Business Analyst

Job Description

The successful candidate for the Business Analyst position will need to be extremely motivated, personable, and able to provide our customer with a broad range of analytical support. This will include developing and documenting solutions that will resolve complex technical and business issues.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for providing business analysis that includes participating on multiple project teams to gather and understand business needs and translate those needs to written functional requirements and specifications; work with end users and programmers to capture and create system capabilities; guide QA team in writing and executing test cases and plans; and providing oversight of the testing events.
They will be a part of a highly successful team that delivers high quality products on time

Key Responsibilities

Working independently and interdependently with colleagues and customers on multiple concurrent projects to gather and analyses business requirements, interpret needs, and identify process and technical solutions.
Utilize advanced verbal and written communication skills and business process knowledge to effectively communicate technical and non-technical materials to the customer.
Develop high quality project documentation to include project scope agreements, software development plans, detailed functional requirements, system evaluation documents, status reports, meeting notes, risk management plans, etc.
Participate in peer reviews for documentation.
Participate in meetings, which will include presentations to management and other IT personnel, design reviews, peer reviews, and user acceptance reviews.
Manage all aspects of the testing phase for all types of system implementations and enhancements – including test data setup, test plans and test cases, as well as working effectively with the customer and programmers throughout all phases of testing.
Assist task manager and project managers in planning and estimating efforts, providing support on business requirements, implementation strategies, and level of effort estimates.

Experience, Qualification Requirement

5-7 years of relevant experience working with the SDLC.
MBA or equivalent degree in Financial Markets
Experience in the Capital Markets domain with Exposure to Institutional Broking or Algorithmic Trading
Exposure working closely with Traders, Quants, product and business managers
Self-starter – able to take initiative, manage own workload, and meet very aggressive deadlines
Outstanding written & oral communication, interviewing, analytical and problem solving skills are essential, as well as the ability to interact positively with others and work well individually or in a team environment
Demonstrated successful mastery of requirements gathering and development of functional specifications and all facets of test plan development and execution.
Demonstrated ability to work as a team player; working with the group to develop outstanding solutions to complex problems, thinking out of the box, encouraging group consensus, recommending the best resolution.
Process oriented, logical thinker.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Project, Visio,
PowerPoint, Excel and Word.
Excellent customer service orientation
Innovative – able to creatively and effectively solve problems, able to think quickly
Demonstrated experience in requirements documentation and discerning requirements from clients
Knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Experience with information architecture practices such as process flow diagrams and use cases.