Overview
The Business Analyst MSCI Barra One will play a pivotal role in the implementation of a flagship MSCI Barra One system for a large endowment fund. Working within a hybrid model, this contract position focuses on consolidating various investment portfolios into a unified record, collaborating closely with the project manager, current business analysts, and implementation experts. The role involves validating the operating model and ensuring alignment with the needs of investment, risk, and operations teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead requirements definition and validation for the MSCI implementation.
- Collaborate with project stakeholders to shape and validate the target operating model.
- Ensure the solution design accommodates front-office, risk, performance, and policy needs.
- Support vendor configuration discussions and validate data flows.
- Shape the migration approach for a consolidated whole-fund view.
- Work closely with investment teams to configure the platform to align with workflows.
Requirements
- Proven experience in an asset owner environment such as endowment, pension fund, or sovereign wealth fund.
- Strong knowledge of front-office, risk, or investment policy workflows.
- Hands-on experience with MSCI Barra One or similar investment platforms.
- Understanding of whole-fund investment book of record design and investment data models.
- Robust understanding of risk and performance concepts.
- Ability to effectively lead workstreams and challenge design assumptions.
- Familiarity with SQL Server and data movement is advantageous but not essential.