Job Location: Mumbai
- We have a requirement for a strong business analyst, with rounded middle/back office experience in investment banking.
- The candidate should be able to demonstrate that they have delivered value on large projects in Capital Markets, preferably in the collateral management or middle/back office area.
- Previous exposure to Collateral Management is a nice to have but not essential
Business knowledge:
- A strong appreciation of Middle/Back Office functions
- Trade lifecycle
- Product knowledge: Interest rates derivatives, Credit Derivatives, Options, Fx options (Knowledge is required more in how these products might be represented in a Front Office, Back office system)
An appreciation of
- Credit Risk framework
- Collateral Management framework
- Static data on Securities
- Market data & prices
Accounting
- Regulatory initiatives such as Dodd Frank, EMIR, Clearing
- Required Business Analysis skills in IT system design
- IT system design and testing: Interfaces between systems (FO feeding Back offices, Back offices feeding settlement and Collateral systems, Collateral systems feeding external systems such as Trioptima, Acadiasoft, Clearing houses )
- Good understanding of data flowing between systems throughout the trade life cycle
Responsibilities
Direct Responsibilities
Initial Analysis
- Feasibility studies
- Initial estimations
- Providing proposals, High level solutions
- Working with Project Managers to identify target delivery dates
Implementation/Post Live Support
- Provide support for new/changed functionality where required, producing:
- Release Notes
- User Guides/documentation
- Arranging Functional Demo s/Training
Testing
- Produce and execute Functional Test Packs or provide guidance where required to TCoE
- Regression Test Pack assessment
- Organise and manage end User Testing where required
- Escalation of environment issues preventing progress
Functional Design and Documentation
- Obtaining / clarifying / elaborating business requirements
- Functional solution design and documentation
- Re-estimation throughout Project lifecycle when required
3rd Level Support
- Provide 3rd level support in line with defined Group process
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
Essential technical skills:
- Experience with understanding complex systems, analysing and resolving issues and writing functional and technical specifications, and test plans.
- Experience in co-ordinating a dispersed set of stakeholders (functionally and geographically)
- Experience with having organised and conducted all types of testing in a Banking environment.
- Experience with structured project methodology.
- Understanding of business analysis and systems analysis
- Experience in drafting test plans, test scenario and test cases
- Experience in executing functional testing
- Knowledge of analysis methodologies like entity-relation modelling, use cases, process / transformation analysis
- Be able to demonstrate an understanding of how business processes have been implemented and how data flows through those processes.
- Ability to be able to represent a data flow and system process into a Visio diagram for presentation purposes to stakeholders
- Ability to work with technology to assist with analysis eg SQL, Access
- A good knowledge of Excel, Access, Visio, PowerPoint is requested.
Essential personality skills:
- Good interpersonal and communications skills to work effectively with representatives of a diverse range of departments located in various sites and locations (Collateral Management FO, IT, Operations, Credit Risk, Market Risk) and within various business lines (mainly Fixed Income, Equity Derivatives).
- Must be able to demonstrate that can communicate well in writing and orally and manage relationships.
- Being able to work under pressure, in a sometimes challenging environment, and to deal with confrontational situations.
- Able to negotiate, to convince and find consensus.
- Pro-active in rearranging priorities and solving issues where requested.
- Being prepared to work long hours when necessary.
- Has to be hands on, rigorous and methodical.
Specific Qualifications (if required)
Preferred business skills:
- Good knowledge of financial markets concepts, terminology and practice, including the collateral management business.
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