Senior Business Analyst - FuturesPosted: November 20, 2009
Global Investment Bank located in New York, NY has an immediate contract opportunity for an experienced Business Analyst.
KEY RESPONSIBILTIES:
· Understand and document business requirements and through partnership with Technology and colleagues, deliver an appropriate global solution
o Conduct interviews with key business staff to document current process
o Liaison between Business and IT teams
o Develop model of existing business process
o Document existing business model
o Participate in the definition of optimal business processes
· Manage relationships with colleagues (e.g. Operations staff) and Business partners (e.g. Technology, Trading/Trade Capture, Sales/Sales Support, Legal organization). Ensure smooth, efficient, cost-effective use and delivery of technology. Actively work to improve service, and make more efficient use of technology
· Devise feasible solutions for complex business problems using insight and creativity in evaluating alternatives to gain greater efficiencies for the FID business
· Coordinate and document inter-departmental procedures as needed between the Desk, Middle Office and Operations
· Monitor projects from initiation through delivery and organize interdepartmental or cross-functional team meetings ensuring completion of projects on schedule
· Generate project plans, test scripts, test plan, schedules, process flows and related documents to complete UAT and parallel testing
· Monitor and report on progress of technology related projects in Fixed Income, Equity, FX and Client Service Operations
· Work with stake holders to prioritize deliverables
· Analyze business needs against the best platforms & tools available globally
· Assist in training regional teams on our Global processes and systems, as part of project implementations
· Define, budget and deliver IT solutions for department Operations
QUALIFICATIONS:
5+ years Futures Industry Experience required, specifically within Operations
5+ years GMI experience required
3+ years experience as Business Analyst and/or Project Manager involving both internal and external client interaction
Ability to work independently (without day to day supervision)
Ability to build consensus amongst various groups. History of success working in a team environment. The ability to work within a geographically disperse team environment and positively affect the team dynamics
Well-developed communication skills, both oral and written. The role will be responsible for ensuring clear and concise business requirements documents
As the role deals with a broad cross section of business within company, good interpersonal skills such as influencing, conflict resolution, and delegation are key requirements
Good understanding of technology (both hardware and software), the benefits and pitfalls with technology project concepts (e.g. UAT testing, Prototyping) and experience of interfacing directly with technology development staff (at least 2 years)
Ability to assess the validity of a technological solution
Experience of IT budgeting/accounting would be a significant advantage
Prior experience in business process design, workflow analysis and documentation, project tracking and reporting is required
Strong knowledge of Visio or similar charting tool, PowerPoint, MS Office, MS Project is required
· Knowledge of financial industry is required Please refer to job code 08-12274 when responding to this ad.
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