Front Office Services - Business Analyst (Investment Platforms) - 12 mths FTC

City: Melbourne Division: Investments COO Why work for us? A career at Janus Henderson is more than a job, it’s about investing in a brighter future together. Our Mission at Janus Henderson is to help clients define and achieve superior financial outcomes through differentiated insights, disciplined investments, and world-class service. We will do this by protecting and growing our core business, amplifying our strengths and diversifying where we have the right. Our Values are key to driving our success, and are at the heart of everything we do: Clients Come First - Always | Execution Supersedes Intention | Together We Win | Diversity Improves Results | Truth Builds Trust If our mission, values, and purpose align with your own, we would love to hear from you! Your opportunity Front Office Services (FOS) sits within the Investment Management COO Office and operates at the intersection of investments, operations, technology, and change. We work closely with investment teams to turn strategic intent into practical, deliverable solutions. We are seeking a Business Analyst with front-office and investment platform experience to support complex change initiatives, particularly across Aladdin and related investment systems. This role is hands-on, highly collaborative, and influential across global stakeholders. Act as a trusted business partner to Front Office, Investment Operations, Risk, and Technology teams. Elicit, analyze, and document business and functional requirements for investment platform initiatives, ensuring clarity, traceability, and alignment to business outcomes. Support delivery and enhancement of investment platforms (e.g., Aladdin), including impacts to positions, valuations, reconciliations, analytics, data quality, and workflows. Champion Front Office requirements, ensuring they are accurately reflected in solution design, program specifications, and vendor deliverables. Facilitate workshops, working groups, and design sessions to drive shared understanding and decision-making. Translate complex business problems into clear, actionable components, identifying pragmatic solutions. Partner closely with project managers and delivery teams to balance business needs with execution constraints. Support testing, training, and adoption activities, including UAT design, validation of outcomes, and business readiness. Contribute to core delivery artefacts such as process maps, requirements documentation, issue tracking, and executive-level updates. Engage with global stakeholders across Australia, the UK, the US, and Asia as required. Must have skills 3-6 years’ experience as a Business Analyst within asset management, investments, or financial services. Experience supporting investment teams or front-office-facing initiatives. Aladdin experience (strongly preferred), including understanding of front-to-back investment workflows. Strong capability in gathering, documenting, and managing business and functional requirements. Experience working across multiple stakeholders and functions in a matrixed environment. Ability to analyze complex problems, distil key issues, and drive practical solutions. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities. Nice to have skills Exposure to other investment platforms (e.g., Charles River OMS). Experience supporting platform implementations or transformation programmes. Understanding of middle- and back-office investment operations. Experience with data analysis, large datasets, or writing user stories. SQL or data interrogation skills. Working knowledge of Jira and Confluence (or similar delivery tools). Supervisory responsibilities No Potential for growth Mentoring and coaching Ongoing technical and leadership development Clear progression pathways within Front Office Services and Investment Change You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role. At Janus Henderson Investors we’re committed to an inclusive and supportive environment. We believe diversity improves results and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. Don’t worry if you don’t think you tick every box, we still want to hear from you! We understand everyone has different commitments and while we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’re happy to be asked about work flexibility and our hybrid working environment. If you need any reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process, please get in touch and let us know at [email protected] #LI-GL1 #LI-HYBRID Annual Bonus Opportunity: Position may be 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 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. All applications are subject to background checks. Janus Henderson (including its subsidiaries) will not maintain existing or sponsor new industry registrations or licenses where not supported by an employee’s job functions (as determined by Janus Henderson at its sole discretion). You should be willing to adhere to the provisions of our Investment Advisory Code of Ethics related to personal securities activities and other disclosure and certification requirements, including past political contributions and political activities. Applicants’ past political contributions or activity may impact applicants’ eligibility for this position. You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm, and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role.