Senior Business Analyst

Key Responsibilities :

• Business Requirement Analysis : Analyze and understand business requirements, functions, and processes within the fixed income and equities securities processing domain.
• Solution Assessment : Drive towards both technical and non-technical solutions, evaluate tactical and strategic approaches, and provide cost and timeframe estimates for solutions.
• Solution Workshops & Testing : Coordinate solution workshops, oversee the testing phase with users, and obtain necessary signoffs.
• Requirement Bridging : Translate precise and detailed business requirements to developers and ensure the accuracy of technical specifications.
• User Coordination & Testing : Work with users to create comprehensive test plans, develop user sign-off criteria, and be hands-on in analyzing and documenting testing results.
• Architectural Design : Participate in the design of new architecture in alignment with IS strategy.
• Collaboration : Collaborate with operations, front office, risk, finance, and external partners, managing business client expectations in a dynamic, time-sensitive environment.

Profile :

Skills and qualifications :

Must Have :

• Min of 7-10 years of experience working as a Business Analyst, preferably with at least half of this experience in investment banking on securities and cash products (Equity and Fixed Income Settlement and Clearance) within a Technology team.
• Knowledge of trading and brokerage operations front to back processing.
• Knowledge of Fixed Income or Equities instruments.
• Advanced skills in working with business clients (front office, accounting, finance, and risk) to understand and document business requirements and priorities, as well as develop technical or user process solutions.
• Previous experience working with developer teams, with a solid understanding of major SDLC approaches, particularly Agile methodology.
• Proficiency in understanding and creating queries in SQL.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, Microsoft Power Point.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, commitments, and projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.

Nice to Have :

• Familiarity with Broadridge applications (BPS / IMPACT / FinancePraDLR).
• Ability to coordinate and facilitate project execution and delivery with teams in different time zones.
• Proactive, self-motivated, dynamic, and results-oriented with the ability to take on leadership roles when necessary.
• A team player with a collaborative attitude, able to maintain high discipline levels within the given SDLC process.
• Ability to understand XML and JSON.
• Experience working with PowerBI.
• Previous experience as a project manager in the information technology sector.
• Education : Bachelor’s degree or Master’s in Finance, Business Administration, or Computer Science / Engineering with a minor in Finance.

Language : French and English

Ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing, is a requirement as the person in this position will need to collaborate regularly with colleagues and partners in the United States.

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