RTB Projects / BA recruitment

Product Control is primarily responsible for understanding, substantiating and controlling the daily trading balance sheet and income statement . Product Control's functional responsibilities include: production of a daily trading PL and balance sheet.

The RTB Projects team is aligned to specific business areas (e.g. Equities Prime Services, FI Rates/Credit, Commodities) and is focused on delivering Product Control driven projects, and supporting Front Office or IT driven projects that impact PC.
This vacancy is in the Cross Business projects team, this team manages those projects that are not specifically aligned to one business area.

Main Function

This role is for a Business Analyst, the main functions of this role are as follows; 

Working in conjunction with;

1) Line controllers to gather and agree business requirements
2) IT in the creation of functional specifications
3) Line controllers and IT to develop test plans and complete UAT

This role is a great opportunity for a dynamic enthusiastic individual to develop an extensive knowledge of the products, systems, and PC processes. In addition they will gain a thorough understanding of the systems development lifecycle.

Main Duties

The main duties for the Business Analyst are as follows:

1) Working with user representatives to determine the business requirements. This must involve a thorough consideration of all implications of these requirements to the business, including the identification of any potential issues or functional omissions

2) Fully documenting the analysis carried out, (this may include for example the production of process flows, use cases and scenarios).

3) The business analyst must be able to fully explain all diagrams and models to the business representative and end user, ensuring that they match the business requirements

4) Working with IT groups to convert requirements into functional requirements

5) Identifying analysis and design issues/risks on a timely basis and escalates to the project manager as appropriate

6) Assisting in the preparation and execution of UAT, user procedures and training packs

The successful candidate will have good written and verbal communication skills and will be diligent and thorough.

Person Requirements

* = Essential

 ACA/CIMA or equivalent

*Experience working in Product Control.

 Experience as a Business Analyst

*Graduate from top university with good honors degree

*Willingness to learn

*Enthusiastic self starter

*Numerate, able to work with spreadsheets and perform financial analysis

*Communication skills – written/verbal and formal/informal to different audiences at all levels