Front Office and Regulatory IT Business Analysts

Front Office and Regulatory IT Business Analysts

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Position Summary

The Global Markets & Risks Pre-Trade Sales & Execution IT team is responsible for providing Global Macro (Rates, FX), Equity/Securities Lending and Credit businesses with reliable and time-sensitive IT solutions to meet their needs. The team is involved in the different phases of application development: user needs collection, analysis, design, implementation, delivery, support, and maintenance, within an agile framework.

We are looking for Front Office and Regulatory IT Business Analysts specializing in:

• FX and Fixed Income electronic trading workflows, including bonds, and Interest Rate Derivatives (primarily Interest Rate Swaps). ION knowledge is a plus.
• TRACE reporting, Broker Dealer regulations.

The candidate will primarily be involved in Business Analysis to help implement new features in the supported applications, and in functional support for end-users in Front Office and Operations. He/She/They will work closely with Traders, Operations and global IT Teams and will have a good knowledge of financial products and Regulatory reporting.

The candidate’s responsibilities will include gathering requirements from traders or compliance, writing business requirements, creating mockup screens or proofs of concept, liaising with IT developers (both locally and in Head Office), defining and executing test scripts, and coordinating with end-users for User Acceptance Testing (UAT). Additionally, the candidate will be responsible for functional support and will assist with planning and status reporting.

Main responsibilities include:

• Work closely with stakeholders, including traders, operations and compliance to understand their needs and requirements.
• Formalise business requirements.
• Collaborate with product owners to translate those requirements into user stories for IT development teams.
• Build mockups or PoC.
• Define and execute test scripts.
• Coordinate user acceptance tests with users.
• Document and enrich our knowledge base.
• Act as a facilitator between end-users and L1 Support team to address support issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science / Finance
• Experience in IT business analysis for Front Office, Operations and Compliance in the Finance industry
• Knowledge of financial products (Structured Products, Equity Options, Securities Lending, TRS, Repo, Interest Rate Derivatives and term structures, Credit bonds, CLO…) and their trade workflows.
• Knowledge and experience in Transactional Regulatory Reporting (TRACE Reporting) and Broker Dealer Regulations
• Knowledge of ION is a plus.
• Knowledge of SQL, Python or C# is a plus.
• Well-versed in Agile Scrum practices and methodologies, using Jira and Confluence.
• Ability to analyze complex problems, with strong attention to detail and provide solutions.
• Ability to prioritise and multi-task in a fast-paced environment on multiple applications.

Natixis is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a workplace free of discrimination. Natixis will not tolerate any form of discrimination based on age, color, mental or physical handicap or disability, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, alienage, ancestry or citizenship status, race, religion, sex (including sex stereotyping, gender identity, gender expression or transgender status), veteran status, creed, genetic information or carrier status, or any other protected characteristic as established by law.

Respect for all means that we deal with each person as an individual and not as a member of any group. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. Management is expected to provide leadership in supporting the firm’s EEO program by taking steps to promote EEO in all facets of employment including recruitment, hiring, retention, promotion,…