Senior Business Analyst

Job Title: Senior Business Analyst – OTC Transaction Management

Length
: 12 months

Location
:
Edinburgh

Provide business analysis expertise delivering a robust, scalable transaction management solution supporting a global operating model. The role gathers and translates business requirements, documents current and target-state processes, influences solution design, and supports delivery through working closely with business and technology.

• Product owners
• Operations teams
• Project Managers
• Clients

• Business Analysis - capture, analyse and document end-to-end business processes (including IT processes).
• Participating in change management activities which can include tasks such as timeline planning, tracking progress and stakeholder engagement.
• Translate and clarify business requirements; define design options and provide detailed functional requirements.
• Provide detailed background on existing processes and actively influence the proposed solution design.
• Prepare business test scripts, scenarios and test cases aligned to signed-off requirements.
• Execute tests to ensure quality assurance of solutions delivered.
• Coordinate, manage and support execution of UAT with end-users and clients.
• Training, Change & Implementation
• Prepare training materials for new procedures and technology applications.
• Deliver end-user training and support adoption.
• Risk & Controls Continually assess operational risks associated with the role and delivery activities.
• Maintain compliance with internal control standards and relevant policies and procedures.

• Extensive experience in a financial services environment.
• Detailed knowledge of OTC derivatives trade lifecycle, pricing and collateral management.
• Strong knowledge of OTC products including vanilla and complex derivatives.
• Experience in transaction processing of OTC derivatives.
• Hands-on experience with Calypso.
• Strong business analysis capability.
• Hands-on testing experience: test scripting, execution, UAT support, and user training.
• Experience working in a large, ideally global, project delivery team.
• Experience supporting business process transformation and operating model change.