Business Analyst - Charles River

Post Date

Dec 08, 2023

Location

Boston,
Massachusetts

ZIP/Postal Code

02110
US
Aug 03, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract,Perm Possible

Category

Business Analyst (BA)

Req #

BOS-669148

Pay Rate

$64 - $96 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

A large investment management firm is looking for a Front-Office Trading BA to join their Delivery Management team for Equities and Multi-Assets. The client has over 50+ offices which service over 22 countries and currently $1.4Tn total AUM. They provide managed equity strategies, active fixed income and liquidity, alternative investments, and custom solutions. They are also committed to sustainable investing and making strides for their customers to meet their ESG goals. This role will sit onsite in downtown Boston three days a week.



The BA will be largely supporting a Charles River IMS lift and shift from on-prem to a hosted SaaS solution by CRD. They will be responsible for requirements gathering, documentation/specifications, business workflows, and working closely with the CRD Implementation SMEs and technical teams, along with the business. The candidate will be also heavily involved with testing to ensure the data is properly mapped over to the new hosted environment and flowing correctly, so have an ETL/Data background is advantageous.



The Business Analyst will work with all members of the Equity and Multi Asset Technology team to implement and support projects and systems for the front office business teams. The primary focus of this position is the administration, enhancement, support and integration of trading and surveillance systems and underlying data requirements. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:



- Performing detailed business and data analysis

- Documenting business and functional requirements and translating to non-technical users

- Developing end user documentation

- Writing and executing test plans and cases

- Answering user questions

- Resolving system issues/problems in a timely manner

- Data analysis and data mapping (SQL)

Required Skills & Experience

- 5-10+ years of BA experience

- strong background in front-office trading technology environments (Charles River IMS)

- business requirement documentation and workflows

- Strong understanding of trading data, data validation/mapping/sourcing utilizing SQL

- experience creating test plans and test cases

- Bachelors Degree or equivalent business experience (Computer Science a plus)

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

- Equities, Multi-Assets

- PMP, CSM, etc

- JIRA agile development

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.