Business Implementation Analyst recruitment
The ideal candidate for this job will bring domain knowledge from an investment management, equities, fixed income or derivatives background and will have worked across the full technology project lifecycle. The candidate should be naturally curious, passionate about solving business problems through high-quality solutions, and be someone who has demonstrated flexibility in meeting the needs of a challenging, fast-paced business environment.
Key job responsibilities:
- BA/BS in related field or equivalent
- 3-5 years of related Business Analyst, experience w/in the financial sector, prior experience working as a business data analysis preferred
- Elicit and document business and system requirements using requirements engineering best practices not limited to use cases, use case realizations, domain modeling, functional and non-functional requirements, business rules, and business process flow diagrams
- Lead and participate in requirements walkthroughs, reviews and inspections
- Compile/enhance index business procedures and document process flows. Liaise with end user groups and Product Management to ensure the hand-off points are clearly understood, confirmed and documented
- Administer and co-ordinate user testing, documenting results of test cases for sign-off by team leads and business heads.
- Build strong working partnerships with internal customers, addresses customer demands with sense of urgency and manages expectations.
- Familiarity with index/benchmark data and relevant providers such as MSCI, SP, FTSE, Barclays (Legacy Lehman and Barcap) and Russell desired and/or basic knowledge of index fund structures
- Prior experience with data mapping, process modeling and evaluating for best practices including, implementation of robust and scalable processes
- Understanding of Vendor Methodologies/Benchmark Construction experience, including composites
- Provide 2nd level support to Operations for ad-hoc enquiries, where either content or volume of request is unusual.
Technical skills:
- 3+ years experience in gathering and developing detailed functional requirements or equivalent experience
- Experience in investment management environment
- Experience in leading process improvement efforts
- Knowledge of SDLC and testing best practices (system, integration, and unit testing)
- Proficient in Structured Query Language (SQL) and relational database concepts (tables, indices, procedures, triggers, etc.)
- Proficient in Unix, Perl
- Business process modeling skills.
- Good presentation skills
Personality characteristics:
- Strong team player and experience working in a global team
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong critical reasoning skills
- Desire to deliver world class client support
- Passion for solving investment business problems
- Enthusiasm for learning
- Ability to adapt to changing requirements and priorities
BlackRock is proud to be an E-Verify Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer--M/F/D/V.
Skills
BlackRock is one of the world's preeminent asset management firms and a premier provider of global investment management, risk management and advisory services to institutional, intermediary and individual investors around the world. BlackRock offers a range of solutions -- from rigorous fundamental and quantitative active management approaches aimed at maximizing outperformance to highly efficient indexing strategies designed to gain broad exposure to the world's capital markets. Our clients can access our investment solutions through a variety of product structures, including individual and institutional separate accounts, mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles, and the industry-leading iShares® ETFs.