Business Analyst – VP recruitment
Job Description:
The Transaction Management Layer (TML) is a key strategic component and transformation initiative for ICG that will bridge Citi's trade flows from different business and product units with Citi's evolving finance and clearance and settlement platforms. In addition, TML provides a repository for aggregate and robust trade data for many Citi internal consumers. The business analyst will be responsible for business analysis and project management activities across the implementation project lifecycle from concept to post-implementation.
Key Responsibilities
- Work with business teams functional units defining priorities improving trade flows.
- Own, write, and complete Business Requirement Documents (BRDs),
- Ensure successful project testing and delivery.
- Develop business cases and project initiation deliverables including scope definition, project assumptions, project plans process and system flows across multiple business units and functions, measurable metrics and identify project dependencies and risks.
- Plan, coordinate and facilitate workshops with the appropriate subject matter experts and stakeholders globally.
- Ensure that high-level business requirements have been decomposed properly into useable functional requirements by creating flow diagrams, and other system/ process representations.
- Lead Business Requirement Documents (BRD) reviews, feedback and complsign-off process
-Work with technology partners to ensure understanding of the business requirements
- Coordinate with technology partners in development of Functional Requirements Document (FRD's)
- Manage changes to baseline requirements through a change control process.
- Develop and execute test plans that will ensure requirements have been met.
- Play a key role in implementation activities
- Assist in the organization and delivery of presentations and project status updates.
Qualifications:
- Previous 5-10 years of experience in developing and documenting business requirements documents, business flows, use cases, test plans and documenting and reporting project issues.
- Minimum of 5-10 years of practical experience in analysis, design, testing and implementation on successfully implemented projects in the financial services and securities industry.
- Previous operations, client services, or middle / front office experience within the financial services and securities industry or project experience with securities operations processing (Back-Office and Middle-Office).
- Experience with major securities product types (equities, fixed income, options).
- Experience in working closely with technology development teams.
- Ability to write and articulate clear and detailed requirements documents.
- Abilty to define and manage project scope and change.
- Ability to manage projects and ensure executions of all phases of the project life cycle.