Business Analyst – Investment Management & Custody

Location: London (Hybrid)

About Albany Beck

Albany Beck are a Management Consultancy focused on providing specialist talent and transformative solutions to Financial Services clients. We combine subject matter expertise with innovative delivery models that help clients scale efficiently, while offering meaningful, long-term career opportunities to our people. At Albany Beck, you’ll be choosing to work with an organisation that’s passionate about your learning journey and committed to your professional career and personal development.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst to join our Change & Transformation Practice, We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst for an immediate deployment onsite with one of our leading Wealth Management clients. The ideal candidate will have strong core BA skills, with proven experience in delivering large-scale change programmes. While Wealth Management experience is highly advantageous, it is not essential. Strong Investment Management and/or Custody knowledge is required

Key Responsibilities

• Gather, analyse, and document business requirements from stakeholders across multiple workstreams.
• Translate business needs into clear and actionable functional and non-functional requirements.
• Support solution design to ensure alignment with strategic objectives.
• Map and analyse current vs target processes, identifying opportunities for operational efficiency.
• Work closely with technology teams to ensure effective delivery of solutions.
• Support testing phases, validating requirements and triaging defects.
• Contribute to governance processes, reporting progress to senior stakeholders.
• Operate effectively in a fast-paced, client-facing environment.

Key Skills & Experience

• Proven track record as a Business Analyst, ideally within financial services.
• Strong knowledge of investment management and/or custody operations.
• Wealth management experience is highly desirable but not essential.
• Strong payments knowledge and experience in end-to-end transaction flows.
• Experience on large-scale transformation programmes, ideally involving core platform migration.
• Exposure to Avaloq implementation projects is highly advantageous.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Proficiency in process mapping and producing high-quality documentation.
• Ability to thrive under pressure and meet tight deadlines.