Lead Business Analyst, Trade Management
The Role Responsibilities
In-flight work on the platform includes:
- Extension of the current data model (FpML) to support new use cases.
- Extension of the Trade Lake API supporting high performance querying on a business data dictionary of trade attributes, enabling quick turnaround of business benefits through self-service data extraction capability.
- Support for direct Trade Booking and Life-Cycling within the Application.
- Formulate and transition the Trade Lake control framework into BAU.
- On-going remediation of data accuracy and data completeness gaps.
- Supporting other project / reporting demands (MiFID2, SFTR, SEC, MAR, Securities Settlements, etc.)
Key Responsibilities
- Understand user requirements and study the feasibility. Propose solutions that align to the strategic roadmap. Clearer document and agree on assumptions, shortfalls and timelines to resolve the known constraints and dependencies.
- Pro-actively highlight risk and issues. Engage, manage and build strong relationships with both business and technology stakeholders.
- Ensure the overall quality of business requirements, functional specifications and other supporting documents meet the bank's standards.
- Work proactively with fellow BAs and other team members, ensuring work is proportionally distributed and targets are met.
- Ensure documents such as functional specs support the development of practical technology solutions and suitable test cases.
- Work as part of a combined cross-functional agile team and support the on-going build as required e.g. drafting/reviewing of test cases, closing out developers open issues/questions, contributing to solution design etc.
- Assist the business with UAT, including communication, planning, preparation and test case preparation.
- Identify risks and issues early, plan mitigating steps and communicate these to PMs and business stakeholders in a timely manner.
- Work closely with project and programme managers to ensure stakeholders are fully engaged and expectations managed.
- Delivery focused, committing to specific tasks and ensuring these and the overall projects deadlines are met.
General Skills:
- Extensive product knowledge across asset classes encompassing product & trade life cycle (pricing and risk is good to have). (Regulatory like MIFID II, EMIR, CFTC exposure is a plus).
- Experience working on vendor systems (eCommerce platforms, Murex, BTS, Apex, Sophis, S2BX, Wealth systems).
- Ability to work proactively, independently and displays strong initiative.
- Pragmatic team player with an attention to detail.
- Ability to accurately translate and document business needs into functional requirements and produce quality documentation.
- Ability to drive multiple agenda and effectively manage priorities.
- Strong communication and presentation skills with an excellent standard (written and spoken).
Technical Knowledge
- Good understanding of the FO to BO trade flow of financial products, including Middle Office, Operations and Finance activities.
- Experience working in big data solutions and data querying tools. Experience in (ES) elastic search is a plus.
- Strong understanding of key technology concepts, basics in SQL, NoSQL, functional programming and architecture. Strong technical acumen is a big plus.
- Experience implementing trade STP having multiple source platforms. FpML knowledge, ISDA CDM standards is a plus.
Our Ideal Candidate
- 8+ year's relevant experience in full end to end financial markets project delivery life cycle
- Strong understanding of the FO to BO trade flow of financial products, including Middle Office, Operations and Finance activities
- Experience working in big data solutions and data querying tools. Experience in (ES) elastic search is a plus
- Strong understanding of key technology concepts, basics in SQL, NoSQL, functional programming and architecture
- Strong technical acumen is a big plus
- Experience implementing trade STP having multiple source platforms.
- Experience working with XML/FpML and knowledge of ISDA CDM standards is a plus
- Extensive Product knowledge of at least one asset classes amongst FXO, Rates, Credit & Commods encompassing product & trade life cycle is a must have (working knowledge of more than one asset class is a good to have)
- Experience working on vendor systems (eCommerce platforms, Murex, BTS, Apex, Sophis, S2BX, Wealth systems) is a plus
- Experience working on to regulatory regimes like MIFID II, EMIR, CFTC exposure is a big plus
Company Reg No.: 201131609D, Licence No.: 11C4684
