Principal BA I, Invest Tech

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As one of the world’s leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. If you're looking for challenging work, intelligent colleagues, and exposure across a global footprint, come explore your potential at Invesco. # **Job Description** **Principal Business Analyst** **Risk Technology Team** **About Invesco** Invesco Ltd. is a leading independent global investment management firm, dedicated to helping investors worldwide achieve their financial objectives. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, Invesco provides a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. Operating in more than 20 countries, the firm is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol IVZ. **Job Summary** The ideal candidate will have strong techno-functional expertise and deep data capabilities across investment data domains such as IBOR, ABOR, PBOR, Risk, Analytics, Performance, and Attribution. This role focusses on building and supporting end-to-end Risk Technology solutions supporting Equity, Passive, Solutions, and Fixed Income asset classes. You will work closely with business stakeholders, technology teams, and external data providers/vendors such as FactSet, Aladdin, and State Street to design, develop, deliver, and support data pipelines, APIs, and interactive web dashboards that enable effective risk management and decision-making. Your role will involve gathering requirements, translating business needs into technical solutions, and guiding developers to deliver high-quality, scalable systems leveraging modern cloud-based data architecture. **Key Responsibilities / Duties** - **Requirements & Analysis:** - Collaborate with global business partners and stakeholders across Equity, Passive, Solutions, and Fixed Income asset classes to understand risk and investment data needs, including IBOR, ABOR, PBOR, Risk, Analytics, Performance, and Attribution. - Lead end-to-end business analysis activities including requirements gathering, functional specification, user stories, and process documentation. - Capture and document detailed requirements as Jira user stories for the product backlog, supporting Agile delivery in bi-weekly sprints. - **Solution Design & Delivery:** - Partner with software developers, data engineers, and architects to design, build, test, deploy, and support data pipelines, APIs, and front-end dashboards that integrate complex investment data. - Provide input and guidance on data architecture with a strong understanding of cloud-based technology stacks and data warehousing best practices. - Work closely with technology teams leveraging cloud platforms such as AWS, and tools including Snowflake, dbt and Airflow. - **Stakeholder & Vendor Management:** - Manage relationships and coordinate with external data providers and vendors such as FactSet, Aladdin, and State Street, ensuring data quality, timely delivery, and alignment with business requirements. - Maintain strong stakeholder relationships across business, technology, and vendor teams to ensure alignment, timely issue resolution, and successful delivery and support of solutions. - **Quality & Support:** - Ensure solutions meet business needs, compliance standards, and quality expectations, including implementing both business and technical data quality checks to ensure data integrity. - Lead shift-left initiatives by thoroughly documenting system functionality and process flow and providing knowledge transfer sessions to L1 and L2 support teams to free up capacity for build team. - Support user acceptance testing and prepare documentation for ongoing system support. - **Team Mentorship & Continuous Improvement:** - Mentor and guide developers and team members on product backlog, functionality of systems to develop appropriate technical solutions. - Proactively identify risks, issues, and opportunities for process and technology improvements. - Facilitate communication and coordination across multiple teams and time zones. **WORK EXPERIENCE / KNOWLEDGE:** - Proven experience (8+ years) as a Business Analyst or similar role in financial services, preferably within **risk technology or investment operations**. - Deep understanding of investment data domains including **IBOR, ABOR, PBOR, Risk, Analytics, Performance, and Attribution**. - Strong knowledge of **cloud databases, data warehousing concepts, and data architecture** principles within cloud-based technology stacks. - Hands-on experience or strong familiarity with **Snowflake, dbt, AWS services**, and modern data engineering tools. - Technical proficiency in databases, **SQL**, and data integration concepts. - Hands-on experience with **Python** for data manipulation, automation, or analysis tasks. - Experience working with **data pipelines, APIs, and interactive web dashboards**. - Demonstrated ability to manage **stakeholder relationships** with external data providers and vendors such as FactSet, Aladdin, and State Street. - Familiarity with **Agile delivery methodologies** and tools, including capturing requirements as Jira user stories and supporting bi-weekly sprint cycles. - Experience collaborating with software development teams and driving end-to-end solution delivery and support. - Proven experience in **GenAI implementation** and leveraging AI capabilities to drive innovation and automation. **SKILLS / OTHER PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES REQUIRED** - Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills. - Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. - Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision. - Comfortable working in ambiguous