REFERENCE DATA BUSINESS ANALYST WITH EQUITIES AND SQL recruitment
Role Description
Summary:
The Business Analyst is responsible the review and analysis of requirements and requests that come from areas of the business, operations and additional users of IT services. Business Analysts focus on client relationship management and providing internal clients with accurate reporting of service level agreements, key performance indicators (KPIs) and operating level agreements with other areas in IT.
Requires an excellent understanding and experience in Reference Data. Experience with Reference Data Mastering, Exception management, and other aspects of data management. Good understanding of the support processes and infrastructure requirements. Experience with workflow applications and integration of multiple GUI environments via workflow is a plus. Experience interacting with a diverse group of stakeholders, including the business, operations and technology at different levels of the organization.
Ability to drive the application of the established direction for the Reference Data platform, including solution design, communication of the solution to the stakeholders, managing requirements analysis and creation of documentation. Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
Tasks / Responsibilities:
- Collect and define business requirements in partnership and collaboration with the business.
• Work with Domain Managers to ensure consistent use and implementation of processes.
- Work in close collaboration with functional analysts and application owners as the business/functional counterpart in solution identification and maintenance.
- Support the design and conceptualization of new business solution options and articulates impacts and risks, as identified.
- Prepare and create business case(s) outlining cost impacts and value drivers of proposed solutions.
- Responsible for gaining agreement on solution business requirements with (domain) architects.
- Prepares and documents feasibility studies and estimates.
- Participate in the creation of Terms of Reference (ToR) documents and other related material for projects.
- Support the user acceptance testing (UAT) strategy of the business.
- Support the Business Analyst and/or Domain Manager on the prioritization of change requests.
- Act as an escalation point for solution issues in the Production environment and during projects.
- Partner with the business to design effective processes.
- Collaborate with Application/Service Owners as the Process Manager counterpart in the management of services (Business Process Management) such as requests, optimizations, etc.
Experience | Exposure | Education | Certification
Experience | Exposure (Recommended):
• Relevant experience in business analysis and banking processes
• Deep knowledge of Instrument Reference Data is a must (Equity product knowledge a plus)
• Experience in delivering Reference Data Platforms, including Instrument, Client, or Book
• Awareness of industry trends and developments and collaborate to drive change and continual improvement in Business Analysis
• Able to guide teams in documenting business requirements effectively and efficiently
• Maturity and persuasiveness to engage in business dialogue and support stakeholders
• Ability to work across multiple business groups and domains
• Broad knowledge of related business solutions in the marketplace
• Ability to balance interests of different stakeholders
• Ability to work in virtual teams and in matrixed organizations
• Ability to draft and/or edit professional business documentation including BRDs and FSDs
• Fluent in English (written/verbal)
Education | Certification (Recommended):
- Bachelors Degree from an accredited college or university with a concentration in Business, Economics or Computer Science (or similar qualification/equivalent work experience) (Masters Degree a plus)
SALARIES UP TO 150,000 PLUS BONUS
RESUMES TO BE SENT TO : jclifford@ttstechnology.com