# Collateral Business Analyst / SME

> G MASS · London, United Kingdom (Hybrid) · Contract · Posted 2026-06-17

**Workplace:** hybrid

## Description

ace is partnered with a leading Tier 1 Investment Bank, currently undertaking a significant re-platforming of its collateral management infrastructure. The programme involves replacing a legacy vendor solution with a new in-house platform, with a strong focus on controls, exception management and operational workflow redesign.

This role will provide hands-on Business Analysis and subject matter expertise to support the platform change, working closely with Technology, Operations and Compliance stakeholders to translate business requirements into functional design.

**Responsibilities**

-   Lead business requirements gathering for collateral workflows, controls, exception management and platform onboarding across the re-platforming programme
-   Conduct gap analysis between the new platform build and current production processes, identifying and resolving operational and control breaks
-   Define expected collateral processing logic and validate outputs independently, providing sign-off before Technology implements
-   Support design reviews and contribute to the future-state collateral architecture in partnership with Technology, Operations and Compliance
-   Develop and execute test scenarios covering key collateral workflows, margin call processing, dispute handling and exception management
-   Interpret and apply collateral-related regulatory and operational obligations to the firm's data model and system design
-   Produce structured status updates and maintain clear, milestone-driven delivery plans for senior stakeholder reporting
-   Support BAU collateral queries and issue resolution as required, on a secondary basis to programme delivery
-   Produce documentation covering control ownership, business requirements and implementation readines

## Requirements

-   5+ years' experience in collateral management at a Tier 1 Investment Bank, with direct involvement in platform change or system onboarding (e.g. Colleen, Vermeg or equivalent)
-   Proven Business Analysis skills — requirements writing, acceptance criteria, structured documentation and delivery tracking
-   Deep knowledge of collateral workflows including margin call processing, dispute management, exception handling and control frameworks
-   Hands-on experience working alongside Engineering / Technology teams on collateral platform implementations
-   Strong understanding of data lineage, reconciliations and operational control design
-   Ability to translate complex business requirements into clear functional specifications for IT delivery
-   Experience managing and communicating milestone-driven delivery plans to senior stakeholders
-   Strong documentation and stakeholder management skills

**Desirable**

-   Familiarity with collateral platforms such as Colleen, Vermeg, Acadiasoft or similar
-   Experience with data querying tools (e.g. BigQuery, SQL) for validation and testing purposes
-   Understanding of regulatory margin requirements (e.g. UMR, EMIR, Dodd-Frank) as they apply to collateral operations
-   Prior experience working in a programme management or structured delivery environment

## Benefits

6-month initial contract with likelihood of extension.

September estimated start.

Salary to be discussed.

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