Business Analyst – Finance change / Product Control
For this top tier Investment Bank we are looking for a Business Analyst with strong Finance Change experience. Candidate will be initially allocated to be a Global Business Analyst for the Structured Notes (SN) Programme responsible for the front to back implementation of the SN infrastructures for London Branch Remediation, TOM across various entities. Involvement in the full project lifecycle: Business Requirements, Functional Requirements, Testing, Training and go-live preparation activities. Following the completion of the Structured Notes Programme the candidate will be allocated to another initiative.
Responsibilities:
- Gathering and documenting business requirements from PC / FA for all SN processes to define processes to implement.
- This will include learning business processes and devising solutions to enhance controls and improve efficiencies
- Run business workshops as and when required.
- Validate and agree accounting requirements with APAG.
- Produce and deliver functional requirements documents.
- Liaising with IT to validate business requirements documents.
- Create test plans aligned with business requirements / execute testing.
- Managing project phases independently
- Assisting with project controls and communications. E.g.: Regular updates and escalation of key issues and risks to the project manager; Management of project risks and issues to conclusion as agreed with project manager.
- Defining and documenting procedures and training, in conjunction with the business managers to support and control the new business processes and applications
- Liaising with IT on a regular basis.
- Data analysis to verify accuracy.
- Create control models for new processes.
- Understand the front to back systems architecture
- Determine a suitable go-live schedule, working with Controllers / FA and IT
Qualifications Required:
- Educated to degree level in a numerate subject
- Business Analyst experience working with Financial products
- Project management experience
- Advanced IT knowledge: MS Access with VBA / PL-SQL
- Experience in data modelling and data manipulation preferently gained within a development environment
- Knowledge of investment banking Product Control, Financial Control
- Regulatory and/ or Understanding the importance of the end to end testing process
Desirable:
- Financial studies as part of degree education or supplemental to degree studies
- Project Management and Professional accountancy qualifications
- Exposure to the SN FtB business process from Trade Capture to Regulatory Reporting.
- Develop a broad view of the processes run in each area: FO/MO/Ops/PC/FA.
- Develop an understanding of the FO booking model, learning how SN products are represented and valued.
- Opportunity to use your data modelling knowledge during the functional requirements phase.
- Opportunity to improve on your accounting knowledge through discussions with APAG where specific accounting issues are discussed and accounting solutions are agreed.
- Increase your BA and PM experience by participating in an high exposure program.
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