Business Analyst-AVP recruitment
The Bank is looking for high calibre individual to join the Operations Change Programme team. This person will be responsible for delivering projects or project work streams, driving change and implementing process re-engineering initiatives. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work closely with the business across multiple Programmes.
The Bank needs a Business Analyst to initially support the Summit Decommission Programme within the migrations stream however as projects complete or priorities change the analyst will move across programmes.
Main Duties
- Support a number of business areas through the stages of the change lifecycle: analysis / design, testing, rollout and hand-over to ensure successful migrations off Summit.
- Lead each business area through the transition from Summit to target platform mapping their existing business processes to target architecture.
- Working with user representatives to determine business requirements, including the identification of any potential issues or functional omissions.
- Determine new operational procedures for Front and Middle Office areas ensuring appropriate control procedures are in place, working with the Operations Change team globally to ensure consistent approach.
- Work in partnership with each business area to conduct trade analysis in order to define scope of trades migrating to each target platform.
- Liaise with key stakeholders, drafting Business Requirements, reviewing and refining Functional Specifications (or working with IT to develop) and co-ordinating the execution of UAT.
- Perform Present Value and Risk reconciliations between Summit and Target systems, investigating and explaining any differences in order to achieve sign-off from the business.
- Manage the migration process working with IT to plan and then execute the required steps Assist with preparation, co-ordination and execution of User Acceptance Testing.
- Develop and deliver user procedures and training as well as co-ordinating system access and configuration.
- Endeavour to lessen the impact of change on the line through a planned and structured approach, effective communication and proactive planning.
- Assist with progress reporting, identification and management of issues/risks and communications. Document all work and communications to a high professional standard.
Skills Required
- Good understanding of Interest Rate Derivative products, Investment Banking and the industry sector. Knowledge of Structured IR Derivative products would be of benefit.
- Excellent understanding of front to back operational process flows.
- Ability to produce detailed business requirements documentation for IT implementation
- Proven Business Analyst skills including Migrations experience and large scale data and process analysis.
- Pro-active approach to problem solving, process improvement and project work
- Ability to partner develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders from various areas of Front Office, Operations, Product Control IT
- Work closely with peers to ensure business deliverables are met
- Work closely with Workstream lead to drive and implement business solutions and assist in project management.
- Ability to define analysis approach, conclude and summarise findings Ability to assimilate information quickly
- Ability to confidently represent the Project Team across various Operations teams and at Working Group forums.
- Strong communication skills both verbal written Good organisational time management skills Strong attention to detail
December 10, 2011
• Tags: Accounting & Finance careers in the USA, Business Analyst-AVP recruitment • Posted in: Financial