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Business Analyst, OTC Clearing (Technology Team)
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Business Analyst to join our Capital Markets Technology team. The successful candidate will act as a crucial link between business stakeholders and technical teams, translating complex business requirements into clear, actionable technical specifications. This role offers an excellent opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects within a dynamic and fast-paced environment, contributing to the development and enhancement of our capital markets platforms. Exposure to derivatives business is a significant plus.
Key Responsibilities
- Requirements Gathering: Conduct detailed elicitation sessions with Business and Operations stakeholders to understand their needs, challenges, and objectives.
- Documentation: Translate business requirements into comprehensive and well-structured documentation, including Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), Functional Specification Documents (FSDs), user stories, use cases, and process flows.
- Analysis and Design: Analyze existing systems and processes, identify gaps, and propose solutions that align with business strategy and technical capabilities. Participate in the design of new features and functionalities.
- Stakeholder Communication: Facilitate effective communication between business users and technical development teams, ensuring mutual understanding and alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
- Testing Support: Collaborate with quality assurance (QA) teams to define test strategies, review test cases, and assist in user acceptance testing (UAT) to ensure solutions meet business requirements.
- Project Lifecycle Participation: Contribute to various phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from initial concept through deployment and post-implementation support.
- Problem Solving: Investigate and analyze production issues, collaborating with development and support teams to identify root causes and implement solutions.
- Market Research: Stay informed about industry trends, regulatory changes, and new technologies impacting capital markets and derivatives.
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Experience: 7-10 years of experience as a Business Analyst, preferably within the financial services industry, with a focus on capital markets.
- Domain Knowledge: Solid understanding of capital markets products.
- Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen eye for detail.
- Technical Acumen: Ability to understand technical concepts and communicate effectively with development teams.
- Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Methodologies: Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall project methodologies.
- Tools: Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) and experience with requirements management tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps).
Preferred Qualifications (A Plus)
- Direct experience working with derivatives products (e.g., options, futures, swaps) and associated business processes (pricing, risk, lifecycle management).
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements impacting capital markets (e.g., MiFID II, Dodd-Frank, EMIR).
- Experience with data analysis tools (e.g., SQL, Python, Tableau).
- Certifications such as CBAP, CFA, or FRM.
Expertise in capital markets products and workflows is essential, with additional exposure to derivatives being a significant advantage.
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