23 Dec
Business Systems Analyst
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Business Systems AnalystWe are looking for a Technical Business Analyst with investment and trading industry experience to support the development ofs proprietary applications. The successful candidate will assist engineering teams by defining the business problem/opportunity and communicating goals and evaluating results as requested. You will facilitate projects by serving as the liaison between developers and business partners including portfolio management, operations & technology operations teams. You must have exceptional people skills as well as creative solutions.
Responsibilities:- Work as a liaison between development teams and business partners in order to elicit, analyze, document, communicate and validate requirements
- Abstract, synthesize and communicate complex requirements and adapt communication approach/style depending on the audience
- Ensure application designs align with organizational and technical goals
- Transform user requirements into epics, themes and user stories with upfront detailed technical analysis and direction for development team
- Create mock-ups and/or conduct demos for business partners
- Ensure solution delivered by development team meets user's acceptance criteria
- Assist quality assurance with the development of detailed test plans and test cases
- Acquire/build and maintain knowledge base for trading and investment applications
- Ensure production support teams are fully trained on new features, workflows, and processes
- 5+ years of Business Analyst of relevant investment industry experience including requirements gathering, analyzing and communicating business requirements to achieve strategic goals
- 5+ years of authoring epics, themes and user stories, or equivalent requirements from other methodologies, while adhering to best practices
- Experience in facilitating requirements sessions and implementing mediation/conflict resolution techniques to drive stakeholders to common understanding/agreement
- Experience identifying and escalating potential requirement gaps to senior project and business partners
- Working knowledge of several Agile methodologies such as SCRUM, Kanban, and SAFe
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in a technical major
- Understanding of programming languages and object-oriented concepts
- Understanding of relational databases, with emphasis on SQL server, data loading mechanisms and reporting
- Understanding of financial market data
- Detail oriented with exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Willingness to take initiative, seeing problems through to final completion
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, set goals and meet deadlines in a high-pressure environment
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