Front Office Business Analyst- Charles River

We are a leading independent global asset manager, dedicated to delivering the best outcomes for our clients through a highly diversified range of actively-managed products. We are truly global, supporting our individual and institutional investors across a range of products, encompassing equities, fixed income, multi-asset and alternatives. Our high-energy and collaborative culture at Janus Henderson helps our client achieve their goals and ensures that our people love the place they work. Our culture is the foundation for how we interact with clients and one another as part of our unique, people-focused work environment. We support a flexible hybrid working model that allows teams to build a strong and positive culture by inspiring innovation and increasing collaboration. Currently our hybrid working model allows employees to work 2 or more days in office and the remaining time remotely. Employees and Managers will discuss and determine what schedule works best for them and the team, with additional flexibility available based on the role, business needs, and individual circumstances. JHI Workplace Practices is subject to change as the future of work within our organization evolves. The department The Technology department plays a crucial role in supporting the success of Janus Henderson. We are responsible for developing, implementing and supporting state-of-the-art software to support our fund management, trading, distribution and operational areas and for maintaining a stable and resilient IT infrastructure platform. The Global Technology department has 400+ employees, running numerous change projects across all areas of the firm, including vendor implementations, regulatory change, in-house development, as well as overseeing change delivery from third party suppliers. The Investment, Trading & Compliance Technology team is responsible for providing the best solutions and newest innovations to the globally located trading desks and fund managers. The team work very closely with the business and third parties and have a strong relationship and respected reputation for delivering change. Change is either delivered through major initiative funded projects or through the Front Office Scrum. Overview of the role Within this role, your main responsibility will be to evaluate and capture the needs and wants of our global front office business partners (portfolio managers, traders, compliance analysts and their respective support functions) and implement them within the technical/systems ecosystem at JHI in a forward-thinking manner that balances near term concerns/tactical solutions with the longer term/strategic direction of Investments, Trading and Compliance Technology. You will run regular reporting with global senior stakeholders. You will help identify strategic impacts of any cross-team dependencies and escalate where necessary. Core impacted teams being in UK, US, Singapore and Australia. At JHI, outsourcing forms the basis for the Global Operating Model and therefore this role will require engagement and management of Third-Party Administrators to successfully deliver change. Duties and responsibilities You will: Work with portfolio managers, traders, compliance officers and their support staff to understand, capture, refine and implement workflows within the team scrums. Keep up to date with changes reflected in internal and vendor software. Identify where new functionality could be usefully implemented and offer efficiencies in the Front Office. Always work with the big picture in mind. Collaborate with wider technology teams to coordinate inter dependencies and resolve issues. Work with data teams to ensure investment professionals are presented with accurate security master, trading, execution, commission, position and lot level data. Participate fully in all scrum ceremonies. Take full responsibility for solution delivery. This includes facilitating meetings, running white board sessions, obtaining signoff of acceptance criteria and managing implementation through the guarantee period. Contribute to the maintenance of issue logs, meeting minutes, meeting schedules, project summaries and updates. Produce quality test strategies and lead all aspects of system and user acceptance testing. You will work closely with Product Owners to ensure: Any risks / issues are highlighted and mitigation options are worked through. Reporting of progress is clear and concise, ensuring deliverables and timelines are adhered to. Carry out additional duties as assigned. Technical skills and qualifications CRD CRIMS 20r+ experience. Strong working history with Equity Traders, PMs, Compliance, and Operations. In depth understanding of the full lifecycle of trades. Be time sensitive of your own, and the traders / PMs time for all interactions. Experience working with Manager Workbench, Trade Blotters, Modelling, Portfolio Management, Compliance, Order Management, Trading and Execution Management systems including expertise with multiple modules of the Charles River Investment Management System, Version 20r+. Experience of the analysis process including: requirements gathering in form of user stories, writing acceptance criteria / test cases, implementation, capturing sign offs and presenting demos to business. Ability to analyse high-level requirements and translate these into overall detailed system-level designs to be used for architectural design, cost / benefit analysis, and solution development. Understand and document process maps using tools such as Visio. Knowledge of financial products used in asset management including, Equities, Cash, Fixed Income and Complex Swap instruments. Have experience of implementing change across mentioned instrument types. Experience of Flextrade, TSOX, EMX. IMC certification advantageous but not essential. SQL proficiency sufficient to analyse data and investigate stored procedures written in Transact SQL. Understanding of messaging technologies used for the communication of transactional data to 3rd party vendor applications. Understand change delivery within the asset management sector. Agile experience is highly favourable. Knowledge of Jira and Confluence. Competencies required In addition to putting clients first, acting like an owner, and succeeding as a team, the competencies for this role include: A good teammate - collegiate approach to work circulating important information and contributing to team discussion. Problem solving/analysis understanding of complex issues and problems, ability to distill them into useful components and able to identify practical, pragmatic solutions. Self-motivated with an enthusiastic approach a completer-finisher able to work on own initiative with a focus on ownership to resolution. Ability to communicate, present, influence, reason and demonstrate the ability to articulate information technology concepts to non-technology personnel in a clear and compelling manner. Ability to deliver on full workloads and exceed high expectations while remaining focused and organised in a fast-paced environment. Ongoing competence in the role to be assessed, in line with applicable regulatory requirements, by: Annual performance appraisal. Completion of all assigned compliance training. Compliance requirements At a minimum the role will require you to: Place the interest of Janus Hendersons Clients first, act in accordance with TCF (Treating Customers Fairly) principles. Understand and follow laws and regulations applicable for your role, seeking the help of your supervising manager or Compliance if additional guidance is required. Understand and abide by all Janus Henderson policies applicable to your role, and seek support/guidance of the policy owner guidance when required. You are ultimately accountable for your actions and responsible for seeking further information on any or all of the above as necessary. Compensation Information The base salary range for this position is $165,000 - $175,000. This range is estimated for this role. Actual pay may be different LI-GS1LI-HybridAnnual Bonus Opportunity: Position is eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus award from the profit pool. The profit pool is funded based on Company profits. Individual bonuses are determined based on Company, department, team and individual performance. Benefits: Janus Henderson is committed to offering a comprehensive total rewards package to eligible employees that includes; competitive compensation, pension/retirement plans, and various health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits. To learn more about our offerings please visit the Why Join Us section on the career page here (. Janus Henderson Investors is an equal opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Janus Henderson (including its subsidiaries) will not maintain existing or sponsor new industry registrations or licenses where not supported by an employees job functions (as determined by Janus Henderson at its sole discretion).

Created: 2025-11-15