Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Role Responsibilities:

Analyze and understand user's needs. Challenge status quo and the reflex of solutioning rather than focusing on the core requirement or perpetuating old processes and bad habits.
Design and propose optimal and future proof solutions to meet these requirements.
Define and articulate unambiguous implementation instructions for the development teams, success criteria for the test team and operational changes (when applicable) for end users.
Be an active member of the scrum team, contributing to the solution build and delivery, reviewing test cases, closing out open issues / questions, assisting with sprint planning and retrospective.
Assist the business with user acceptance tests, including communication, planning, preparation, and test case preparation.
Pro-actively engage, manage, and build strong relationships with both business and technology stakeholders.
Identify risks and impediments early, plan mitigating steps and communicate these to workstream lead and business stakeholders in a timely manner.
Be delivery focused, committed to specific tasks and ensure these and the deadlines are met.

Key Relationships

Heads of trading desks, flow traders, structured traders, quantitative analysts, middle office, market risk, Product Control/Valuation Control, development leads, developers, testers, project managers, program manager, support groups.

Key Measurement

Stakeholder feedback (Business and Technology).
Delivery of individual tasks within the projected timelines.
Quality of solutions design (future proof, generic, scalable, supportable, high degree of CI / CD).
Quality of documentation, high degree of test coverage of the solutions being delivered.
Compliance with corporate governance, ensuring projects pass internal audits and reviews.

Our Ideal Candidate.

8+ years of experience with business analysis and solution design in the Financial Markets industry.
Strong knowledge of derivatives across asset classes encompassing product knowledge, pricing, risk analytics and trade life cycle.
Extensive knowledge in the reference and market data (rate /fx / cds / commodities curves, vol surfaces, FM instruments, bonds / ABS, futures, ect).
Background in engineering is a big plus.
Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
Quantitative finance understanding, ability to liaise with quants on pricing and risk topics.
Proven ability to work across business streams and have exposure to front to back system implementation.
Good understanding of key technology concepts, basics in SQL, functional programming, and architecture.
Strong technical acumen is a big plus.
Knowledge and experience of Agile development practices.
Ability to work proactively, independently and displays strong initiative.
Pragmatic team player with an attention to detail.
Ability to drive multiple agenda and effectively manage priorities.
Strong communication and presentation skills with an excellent standard of English are a must.
Multicultural awareness.
Displays personal authority, integrity, and ethics.

Role Specific Technical Competencies

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