21 Oct
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Automic Group
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Sydney
21 Oct
Automic Group
Sydney
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Automic Group is Australia’s market leader in technology-driven investor administration. Combining proprietary cloud-native technology with expert service, Automic simplifies investor administration and governance for companies and funds.
We are looking for 2 people and offer fixed term 12m contracts for both.
Job Purpose
The Senior Business Process Analyst in Funds Administration and Registry leads the analysis, design, standardisation and improvement of end-to-end operational processes. The role develops practical workflows, explicit procedures and effective controls to improve service quality, reduce manual effort and operational risk, and support scalable delivery.
Working with Operations, Registry, Fund Administration, Technology, Risk and Compliance, and client service teams, you will translate operational and client needs into approved process designs, SOPs, service catalogue entries and measurable improvements. You will support implementation, adoption and ongoing process governance.
Principal Accountabilities
Process discovery and current state mapping
Lead workshops, interviews and operational walkthroughs to document current processes, process boundaries, hand-offs, business rules, systems, data inputs, exceptions and accountabilities. Use BPMN or structured swimlane mapping and validate findings with SMEs and process owners.
Future state process and workflow design
Design future state workflows that simplify processing, clarify ownership and embed approval rules, segregation of duties, escalation paths and exception handling. Define entry and exit criteria, cut-off times, service levels and dependencies.
Assess feasibility with Operations and Technology and document process requirements for supporting system changes.
Operational controls and risk assessment
Map key risks and controls to process steps, identify control gaps and redundant checks, and maintain a process risk and control matrix. Define preventive and detective controls, evidence requirements, reconciliations, approval points and escalation triggers. Work with Risk and Compliance to validate designs and support remediation of incidents and audit findings.
SOPs and service catalogue
Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, work instructions, process inventories and service catalogue entries. Document service scope, deliverables, owners, responsibilities, inputs, outputs, service levels, exceptions and client dependencies. Establish document ownership, approval, version control and review cycles.
Continuous improvement and benefit measurement
Analyse volumes, cycle times, rework, error rates, backlogs and service performance to identify root causes and improvement opportunities. Apply Lean or equivalent methods to remove waste and standardise work. Develop recommendations covering benefit, effort, risk and dependencies; establish baselines and track realised outcomes with process owners.
Process data integrity and reconciliation
Identify data capture, validation, ownership and reconciliation requirements within operational workflows.
Analyse breaks and recurring data issues with SMEs, document root causes and propose sustainable controls. Support data remediation and migration by defining business validation rules, reconciliation checkpoints and exception resolution processes.
Client communication and service alignment
Map client and investor communication touchpoints, triggers and hand-offs. Work with client service teams to clarify requirements, turnaround times, escalation routes and approved communication standards. Assess the impact of process changes on clients and investors and support service catalogue alignment and implementation communications.
Implementation adoption and stakeholder engagement
Coordinate process validation, operational testing and UAT with business and technology teams. Define process acceptance criteria, assess operational readiness and support training, implementation and post-change reviews. Facilitate decisions, manage analysis dependencies and report risks and issues. Mentor analysts and SMEs in process mapping and documentation standards.
Essential experience and domain knowledge
- 7–10 years’ experience in financial services, including substantial funds administration and registry experience and demonstrated delivery of process improvement.
- Strong knowledge of investor onboarding and account maintenance; applications, subscriptions, redemptions, switches and transfers; register and unit balance maintenance; distributions, payments and reinvestment; and investor reporting.
- Understanding of fund structures, unit classes, dealing cycles, cut-offs and relationships between fund managers, administrators, trustees, custodians and regi
📌 Continuous Improvement Manager (Sydney)
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