Business Analyst, Investment Accounting Data and Transformation - London Hybrid - February start
Location: London, 3 days per week in the office
Experience: ~2-5 years
About the Role
We are looking for two Business Analysts to join us and support a financial services client on an investment accounting data change programme. You will work across current-state extracts and future-state data models, turning accounting and data requirements into clear delivery-ready tickets for engineering teams.
What You’ll Do
Analyse investment accounting and investment book of record data (IBOR or equivalent), including positions, transactions and accounting extracts.
Assess current-state accounting extracts versus future-state data needs, define gaps and actions
Produce data mappings between source and target, including transformation rules and controls
Define and maintain schema definitions, data dictionaries, and field-level specifications
Write clear requirements and acceptance criteria that developers and testers can execute
Create and refine JIRA tickets with developers, support backlog grooming and sprint delivery
Support testing and reconciliation, help teams validate outputs against accounting expectations
What We’re Looking For
2 to 6 years of Business Analyst experience in financial services, with strong data focus
Practical experience in investment accounting concepts and data, for example IBOR
Strong data mapping capability, comfortable working with schemas and structured datasets
Experience comparing current-state extracts to future-state design and documenting impacts
Strong requirements writing and acceptance criteria writing skills
Hands-on JIRA experience, creating tickets and refining them with developers
SQL experience is preferred, especially for extract validation and data investigation
Clear communication and structured approach to stakeholder discussions and documentation
Why Join Us
You will work on a delivery-focused programme with clear data outcomes, strong engineering collaboration, and visible impact. You will also have access to coaching and development support through Vantage Point.
Interested?
Apply now with your CV and by answering a few questions about your experience.
Benefits
Ongoing training and development support through one-to-one coaching and access to online training services
Health cash plan coverage
Cycle to work scheme
Vantage Point Global is a fully committed Equal Opportunities, inclusive employer. We welcome applications regardless of ethnicity, culture, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability, or sexual orientation.
- Department
- Experienced Hires
- Locations
- London
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Contract
- Employment level
- First /Mid-Level Officials
About Vantage Point
Vantage Point Global (VP) is a talent consultancy established in 2014 to support top-tier clients in building their talent pipeline. VP provides opportunities for all, hiring exceptional, diverse talent who are supported and developed throughout their career journey at VP, enabling them to be highly effective in their roles.
We partner with our clients to create opportunities for individuals to launch into fulfilling and rewarding careers in the industries we serve and deliver a future-ready workforce to our clients.
Our unique model delivers continuous formal training, personal development and mentoring to create a driven, high-calibre, highly skilled workforce that is empowered to add value to our clients from the outset.
Our head office is in London, but we work with clients globally. We currently have teams in London, Manchester, Newcastle, Belfast, Warsaw, Wroclaw and are expanding into the US and Asia.
Vantage Point Global is a fully committed inclusive employer. We are passionate about attracting diverse talent, and welcome applications regardless of ethnicity, culture, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability, or sexual orientation.
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