Job Description
Domain Knowledge / Experience
* Prior Experience of post-merger integration or entity rationalisation projects (highly desirable but not essential)
* 8+ year experience in Business Analyst capacity with evidence of successful change delivery.
* Experience at an Interdealer Broker or Broker Dealer/Investment Bank: Front Office and/or Middle Office
* Knowledge of types of trade execution (Matched Principal, Named Give-Up, Exchange Give-Up, etc.)
* Familiarity with Front Office and Middle Office processes and controls: Order Management and Capture, Trade Capture, trade lifecycle management, etc.
* Experience within at least one instrument Asset Class (IR, FI, Commodities, Equities); Ideally: Multi-asset class and instrument knowledge (cash and derivatives: OTC and exchange-traded)
* "Front-to-Back" knowledge of the business; able to interact at high to mid-level detail with Technology, Finance, Risk, Operations
* Industry Regulation & Compliance: Knowledge and experience of implementing regulatory response in at least one regime, e.g., MiFID II, IFPR, SM&CR, etc. Ideally: Multi-regime experience
Business Analysis
* Gap Analysis - Appraisal of business processes and establishing traceability to regulations or recommendations.
* Business Process design and re-engineering; Documentation techniques (e.g., BPMN)
* Stakeholder Elicitation (to C-Level)
* Requirements gathering and documentation (AKA Business Requirements Document, Functional Requirements Document, etc.)
* Regulatory interpretation - Regulations, Directives, and/or recommendations from local regulators
* Authoring project artefacts: presentation decks, etc. suitable for audiences to C-Level
* Able to analyse large datasets; reveal and present data trends catering to different audiences (e.g., high level versus low-level views)
* Employ structured analysis techniques such as Use Cases, UML, decision tables to ensure completeness, clarity and non-ambiguity of requirements.
* Lead the UAT testing cycle by analysing the firm's data, capturing the testing evidence and collaborating with IT.
Project Management
* Familiarity with AGILE frameworks and Software Development Life Cycle
* Planning/Forecasting & Project charting; Risk & Issue management (i.e., RAID)
* Able to set up and operate framework for governing activities - 'scrums,' Management Committees, Steering Committees, and so on - where appropriate
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