Equity Business Analyst – Charles River – Buy Side recruitment

Global Asset Management giant requires Equity subject matter expert Business Analysts with proven buy-side experience for rolling 6 month contract in Hong Kong.

You will have expert knowledge of Equity trade flow processes and investment management systems / order management systems including Charles River / Bloomberg POMS / Latent Zero / Longview / ThinkFolio.

Your key accountabilities:

* Establishing/maintaining good working relationships with the business users and act as a point of contact on Equity systems related issues
* Current state analysis including requirements gathering and process flow documentation
* Provide technical input into development projects to the point of design
* Producing, checking and assessing project documentation
* Take responsibility for the quality of project deliverables to the business including the organising and participating in project testing through to business sign off, project implementation, completion and post implementation reviews
* Ability to understand detailed systems designs documentation
* Provide training and assistance to users
* Problem troubleshooting and solving - owning, coordinating and managing the implementation of a solution
* Communicating relevant, timely information to users, systems teams and management
* Represent the group professionally at project and appropriate business meetings
* Ensuring the links with external systems remain fully functioning and efficient
* Flexible and adaptable approach to work, with a willingness to undertake tasks outside of core skillset.

Essentially required skills:

* Experience of the investment management business is essential and in particular around Equities
* Strong business analysis skills with a proven record of project participation
* Facilitate business technology workshops including walkthroughs for users of all levels
* Obtain business understanding and agreement on technology deliverables
* Ability to understand technical issues and contribute to successful solutions
* Working knowledge of project/development life cycles including formal methods
* Driving reviewing test scripts for both system integration and user acceptance testing
* Able to work to tight deadlines, and manage several tasks concurrently
* Exposure to working with global teams and large scale technology platform implementations.

Desirable skills:

* Knowledge of the Equities business within an Asset Management environment
* Experience with leading Order Management and Trading Systems eg Bloomberg POMS, Charles River, Latent Zero, Longview, ThinkFolio
* Experience of electronic Trading platforms
* Experience of agile and iterative development

Burns Sheehan Ltd will consider applications based only on skills and ability and will not discriminate on any grounds.