Business Analyst, Equity Derivatives

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Business Analyst (VP) - Based in London - Equity Derivatives

My client is one of the world's leading financial services organisation and they have an exciting opportunity for a Business Analyst working within the Equities Market Risk Team

Role Summary
Business Analyst working within the Equities Market Risk Team focussing on the analysis and requirement gathering for the build out of a new strategic independent revaluation platform.

Required Skills and Qualifications
*Excellent written and verbal communication
*SQL (key technical strength for analysing the business logic)
*Excellent analytical/problem-solving skills
*Proactive and self-motivated with a positive attitude
*Excellent team-working skills
*Experience of a project life-cycle, including breaking requirements down into technical deliverables and estimating the work required
*Background on large scale projects spanning 6 to 18 months.

Desired Skills

*Equity Derivatives knowledge
*Project Management Experience
*Previous knowledge of FVP processes
*Unix

Necessary Experience
*experience as business analyst in derivative products.
*Education 2.1 or better Maths, Finance, Science or Engineering degree
Key Responsibilities:
*Provide regular updates to management in technology, middle office front office
*Gathering and documenting Business Requirements and preparation of Functional Specifications - liaising closely with users in Front Office and Middle Office.
*Work with development teams to coordinate build and implement the end product
*Definition of testing strategy, timelines, scripts
*Co-ordination support of UAT executed by business users
*Produce implementation approach, timelines, go-live strategy
*Post go-live support, identifying, tracking and resolving risks and issues
The JM Group is acting as an employment agency with relation to this vacancy.

August 31, 2012 • Posted in: General

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