Business Analyst Co-op (July - Dec 2026)

Acadian Asset Management is a global, systematic investment manager at the forefront of data-driven investing since 1986. Headquartered in Boston, with locations in Singapore, London, and Sydney, we manage over $120 billion on behalf of leading institutions worldwide—including pension funds, endowments, foundations, and sovereign wealth funds. We harness advanced technology, rich datasets, and multidisciplinary expertise to help clients navigate complex markets and uncover insights that may be overlooked by traditional approaches.

What sets Acadian apart is our people. We foster a collaborative, intellectually curious environment where ideas are tested, diverse perspectives are welcomed, and innovation thrives. We’re united by a shared purpose: delivering effective client outcomes and supporting one another in work that’s both challenging and rewarding. We offer a flexible hybrid work environment, strong benefits, and a casual but focused office culture—all designed to support the meaningful, collaborative work that defines Acadian.

Position Overview:

This position is for a detail-oriented Business Analyst with effective multi-tasking and communication skills.  As a liaison across business users and technical resources, this role will be expected to respond to business partner inquiries, perform analysis for developing new solutions while also enhancing and providing support for new and existing applications.  The Business Analyst role will work with more senior Business Analysts in IT delivery teams primarily supporting Acadian’s Investment Operations Groups.  Primary focus is helping users understand our Positions and Transactions datasets, responding to questions about the data, and laying the foundation for management reporting dashboards. 

This is an excellent opportunity to expand functional knowledge of the business domain while helping the team deliver new capabilities to the firm.  The Business Analyst CO-OP reports to a Business Architect and is a member of the Information Technology team.  The successful candidate will be a self-starter able to handle multiple projects at once and be comfortable working across teams.

We are looking to hire a Co-Op for a 6 month opportunity, July – December 2026 only. Acadian supports a hybrid work environment; Co-Ops are on-site in the Boston office 3-4 days a week.

What You’ll Do:

• Perform business and systems analysis and work with business stakeholders to understand their objectives​
• Conduct data analysis, such as data mapping and data conversion analysis  ​
• Perform story creation and develop acceptance criteria as an agile team member assigned to projects that directly impact your business partners ​
• Participate in User Acceptance Testing as well as Post Implementation Validations to ensure successful releases of your Team’s projects​
• Support the daily operations of our customers and help to research and triage reported issues ​
• Document incident findings to help build our data quality knowledgebase​

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We’re Looking for Teammates With:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelors or Masters degree
• Working knowledge of business domain concepts in Investment Operations
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills ​
• Self-motivated, eagerness to take on projects
• Ability to gather business requirements and system functional requirements; develop systems specifications​
• Ability to work with technical resources and communicate business requirements​
• Ability to multi-task and work on multiple projects​
• Experience with or willingness to learn SQL, or other data visualization tools such as Tableau

The pay range for this role is $30.00 - $45.00 per hour based on your degree level and class year.