Front Office Aladdin Consultant

Job Title: Front Office Aladdin Consultant

Job Description

The Front Office Aladdin Consultant supports the Front Office workstream throughout the Aladdin implementation life cycle. This role focuses on defining target-state workflows, validating investment processes, supporting platform configuration and testing, and serving as a central coordination point between portfolio management, trading, risk, technology and implementation teams within an asset management environment.

Responsibilities

• Support the full Aladdin implementation life cycle for Front Office functions, from initial design through to go-live and post-implementation stabilisation.
• Help define and refine target-state investment workflows across asset classes, ensuring they align with Front Office requirements and best practice operating models.
• Validate existing investment processes and recommend improvements to support a front-to-back platform transformation.
• Prepare for and lead business process review workshops, including analysing current-state materials, designing target-state workflows and preparing challenge questions for stakeholders.
• Draft, review and obtain sign-off for process documentation, operating model outputs, workflow designs and other implementation artefacts.
• Provide hands-on support for Aladdin configuration, including template review, workflow validation, data input review and configuration sign-off.
• Support user acceptance testing (UAT), pilot phases, parallel runs and go-live activities, including defect triage, issue ownership, resolution tracking and business readiness tasks.
• Act as a key coordination point between portfolio managers, traders, investment risk teams, compliance, technology teams and external vendors to ensure smooth delivery.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder meetings to gather requirements, present solutions and secure agreement on changes to processes and workflows.
• Maintain disciplined project delivery practices, including regular status updates, risks and issues tracking, and dependency management across workstreams.
• Collaborate closely with technology and implementation teams to ensure that Front Office needs are accurately translated into system configuration and technical solutions.
• Contribute to operating model transformations and front-to-back platform migrations, ensuring that Aladdin capabilities are fully leveraged to support investment management objectives.

Essential Skills

• Minimum of 5 years' experience within Front Office, portfolio management, trading, investment risk or investment platform transformation in an asset management environment.
• Proven experience with BlackRock Aladdin implementations, upgrades, operating model transformations or front-to-back platform migrations.
• Strong understanding of investment workflows across one or more of the following: equities, Fixed Income, derivatives, multi-asset portfolios, cash, benchmark management, analytics and risk processes.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare for and lead business process review workshops, including current-state assessment and target-state workflow design.
• Proven capability to draft, review and secure sign-off for process documentation, operating model deliverables, workflow designs and implementation artefacts.
• Hands-on experience with Aladdin configuration, including templates, workflow validation, data input review and configuration approval.
• Strong knowledge of UAT, pilot, parallel run and go-live support, including defect triage, issue ownership, resolution tracking and business readiness activities.
• Ability to work directly and effectively with portfolio managers, traders, investment risk teams, compliance, technology teams and external vendors.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including workshop facilitation and clear communication across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Solid project delivery discipline, with experience in providing status updates and managing risks, issues and dependencies.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Background in investment management or asset management, with familiarity with Front Office technology and platforms.
• experience as a consultant or in a consulting-style role within technology or implementation projects.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to challenge existing processes and propose practical improvements.
• Ability to translate complex investment workflows into clear, structured documentation and system configuration requirements.
• Comfort working in cross-functional teams and managing multiple stakeholders across business and technology.
• High level of attention to detail when reviewing data inputs, configuration templates and process artefacts.

Why Work Here?

Join a collaborative, change-focused environment where you work on high-impact technology and operating model transformations in investment management. You will gain exposure to leading Front Office platforms, work closely with senior stakeholders across business and technology, and develop deep expertise in Aladdin and front-to-back investment workflows. The culture encourages professional growth, structured project delivery and continuous learning, offering opportunities to build a strong profile in both technology implementation and investment operations.

Work Environment

You will work in a professional asset management and technology-focused setting, collaborating closely with Front Office teams, risk and compliance functions, and dedicated implementation and technology specialists. The role involves project-based work with workshops, configuration reviews, testing cycles and go-live support, requiring organised documentation and structured communication. The environment is dynamic and delivery-oriented, with a strong emphasis on governance, testing discipline and cross-functional teamwork, typically within standard business hours but with flexibility around key implementation milestones.

London, UK

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