Sam Bishop
Consultant
Principal Aladdin Data Business Analyst
Greater London, South East, England
Apply by 6 Sept 2026
£650 - £800 per day
Job Ref.: BH-57947
Job Description
Location: London / Hybrid (x3 days per week in London)
Contract: 6 Months initially
IR35: Inside IR35
Programme: Aladdin Migration
The Role
Our client is looking for an experienced Principal Data Business Analyst to join a large-scale Aladdin migration programme. You will play a key role in defining data requirements, translating business needs into technical specifications and supporting the successful migration and decommissioning of investment management and fund-related data.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the key Data BA across the Aladdin offboarding programme, determining data requirements and translating them into clear technical specifications and artefacts.
- Work closely with Data Engineers, Architects and technical teams to ensure requirements are understood and delivered effectively.
- Engage with senior business and technical stakeholders, bridging the gap between business requirements and technical solutions.
- Define and maintain strong data management and governance practices throughout the programme.
- Support data analysis, mapping, validation and reconciliation activities associated with Aladdin migration/offboarding.
- Ensure high-quality delivery across testing, implementation and migration activities.
- Provide strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities across complex data and migration workstreams.
- Support Investment Management and Fund onboarding/offboarding activities where required.
- Strong experience as a Senior / Principal Data Business Analyst within Financial Services.
- Proven experience working on data migration, transformation or system offboarding programmes.
- Strong understanding of data management, data governance and data requirements.
- Experience translating business requirements into technical specifications and data artefacts.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to bridge business and technical teams.
- Experience working across testing, implementation and migration activities.
- Previous experience within Investment Management, Asset Management or Funds is highly desirable.
- Aladdin / BlackRock Aladdin experience would be highly advantageous.
A strong communicator who can operate confidently at Principal level, take ownership of complex data workstreams and ensure requirements are translated into high-quality technical outcomes across a major Aladdin programme.
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