Business Analyst- OTC Trade Capture
OTC Trade Capture Business Analyst
Business Group: IT Group
Location: London
Job Title: Business Analyst - IPP
Company Overview
Schroders is a FTSE 100, global asset management company with Schroders manages £255.8 billion (EUR 298.5 billion/$388.0 billion)* on behalf of institutional and retail investors, financial institutions and high net worth clients from around the world (all data as at 30 June 2013, including Cazenove Capital assets under management).
Asset management is our only business and our goals are completely aligned with our clients’ – the creation of long-term value. We manage assets on behalf of institutional and retail investors, financial institutions and high net worth clients from around the world, invested in a broad range of asset classes across equities, fixed income and alternatives. We employ more than 2957 talented people worldwide, operating from 33 offices in 26 different countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific close to the markets in which we invest and close to our clients. Schroders has developed under stable ownership for over 200 years and long-term thinking governs our approach to investing, building client relationship and growing our business.
Throughout our history, our people have always been our most important asset, at the heart of everything we do. At Schroders, we are committed to recruiting, retaining and developing talented individuals in order to deliver our potential as an organisation. Our values start with a commitment to Excellence in everything that we do. Excellence is achieved through Innovation and Teamwork - the constant search for new solutions and the understanding that we will only achieve real excellence through working together. Our two key drivers are Passion - an unswerving commitment to our clients and Integrity - honesty and straightforwardness which must underpin all of our relationships.
Overview of IPP
Schroders are embarking on a large programme of change to upgrade our global portfolio management and data platforms and implement scalable enterprise solutions for OTC derivatives and Investment Risk. This is collectively being referred to as the Investment Platform Programme, IPP.
We are looking for a Business Analyst to work on an OTC derivative project focussing on the OTC Trade Capture workstream.
Key duties
The role will be for the
- Documentation of current state OTC trade process capture and supporting processes (instrument creation etc..)
- Producing business requirements and functional requirement documentation
- Investigate and test interfacing options with both the corporate compliance system, the back office system and the corporate security master
- Define and prototype potential solutions
- Define target operating model are ensure they are clear, usable, agreed with the business and successfully implemented
- Oversee the development, test and implementation of the solution
Personal Attributes
Detailed focussed individual.
Self starter who is ready to own responsibility for coordinating and planning the objectives and activities.
Can develop new ideas and approaches that impact on existing methods, policies and approaches.
Confident enough to be able to liaise directly with end users
Essential Skills
Understanding of the Asset Management industry especially OTC trade flow lifecycle
Understand CDS, IRS, TRS and Repo’s instruments
Experience in a business analysis role essential specifically on the production of requirements and functional design documentation and working as part of a small agile team.
Confident in end user interaction, especially OTC traders
Experience of running prototyping workshops.
Experienced of producing target operating models with direct interaction with business users and IT and ensuring their successful adoption.
Logical, structured thought processes
Strong communication skills - written, pictorial, presentational and verbal at all levels within the organisation
Desirable Skills
Contribute to the BA community and the development and deployment of analysis best practice, tools and methods
Managing offshore development resources
Schroders is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications regardless of sex, marital status, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religious belief or age.
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