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Business Analyst - Trading & Reporting

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Our client, a top-tier Management & Strategy Consulting firm, is looking for an experienced Business Analyst to support a leading US Bank. As a Business Analyst, you will play a critical role in supporting investment banking operations, specifically focusing on trading and reporting of Fixed Income, Repos, and Money Market instruments. This role involves the development of a custom platform to consolidate scattered derivatives data into a centralized 'golden copy.'

The ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge of Derivative Trading, Interest Trade Swaps, Hedge Accounting, and hands-on experience with SQL, including writing complex SQL queries. The candidate should also be proficient in Swaps data, hedging, hedge relationships, hedge bonds, and mark-to-market values. Strong skills in writing BRDs, excellent communication abilities, and the capability to interact effectively with users are essential.

Qualification & Responsibilities:

  • Elicit business requirements from business users and subject matter experts, define and document requirements, write functional specifications, and perform business process design in conjunction with operations teams.
  • Serve as a liaison between the internal/external business community and the IT organization to provide technical solutions to meet user needs.
  • Lead requirements validation and traceability analysis, manage scope and requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Lead the development of common standards and tools, assist in operational rollout and support, and translate business requirements into functional specifications for the IT organization.
  • Gather requirements from business line users for various systems and fully document all requirements and solutions.
  • Liaise with internal and external technology partners.
  • Work closely with administration, technology, and operations partners.
  • Participate in releases, perform system integration testing, and organize user acceptance testing.
  • Prepare project status reports for Senior Management.
  • Utilize strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with a particular emphasis on producing clear and detailed business requirements and functional specifications.
  • Strong knowledge and understanding of booking trades for Fixed Income, Repos, and Money Market instruments as well as risk and regulatory reporting.
  • Demonstrated expertise in Derivative Trading, Interest Rate Swaps, Hedge Accounting, Swaps data, hedge relationships, hedge bonds, and mark-to-market valuation.
  • Proficiency in SQL, including the ability to write complex SQL queries for data analysis and reporting.
  • Familiarity with financial regulations and accounting standards (e.g., IFRS, US GAAP) related to derivatives and fixed income securities.
  • Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, to articulate complex concepts to stakeholders at various levels.
  • Requires both independent (self-motivated) work and collaboration with a distributed team (i.e., physically located in other regions).
  • Must build and maintain strong relationships with business and technology partners.
  • Understand and analyze business processes & workflows.
  • Strong background in Investment Banking, specifically in trading and reporting of Fixed Income, Repos, and Money Market instruments.
  • Experience working in a highly regulated financial environment with a strong understanding of compliance requirements.
  • Prior experience working on large-scale data consolidation projects or platform migrations is a plus.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
UrBench is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, status as a parent, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics as defined by federal, state or local laws.
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
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Our client, a top-tier Management & Strategy Consulting firm, is looking for an experienced Business Analyst to support a leading US Bank. As a Business Analyst, you will play a critical role in supporting investment banking operations, specifically focusing on trading and reporting of Fixed Income, Repos, and Money Market instruments. This role involves the development of a custom platform to consolidate scattered derivatives data into a centralized 'golden copy.'

The ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge of Derivative Trading, Interest Trade Swaps, Hedge Accounting, and hands-on experience with SQL, including writing complex SQL queries. The candidate should also be proficient in Swaps data, hedging, hedge relationships, hedge bonds, and mark-to-market values. Strong skills in writing BRDs, excellent communication abilities, and the capability to interact effectively with users are essential.

Qualification & Responsibilities:

  • Elicit business requirements from business users and subject matter experts, define and document requirements, write functional specifications, and perform business process design in conjunction with operations teams.
  • Serve as a liaison between the internal/external business community and the IT organization to provide technical solutions to meet user needs.
  • Lead requirements validation and traceability analysis, manage scope and requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Lead the development of common standards and tools, assist in operational rollout and support, and translate business requirements into functional specifications for the IT organization.
  • Gather requirements from business line users for various systems and fully document all requirements and solutions.
  • Liaise with internal and external technology partners.
  • Work closely with administration, technology, and operations partners.
  • Participate in releases, perform system integration testing, and organize user acceptance testing.
  • Prepare project status reports for Senior Management.
  • Utilize strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with a particular emphasis on producing clear and detailed business requirements and functional specifications.
  • Strong knowledge and understanding of booking trades for Fixed Income, Repos, and Money Market instruments as well as risk and regulatory reporting.
  • Demonstrated expertise in Derivative Trading, Interest Rate Swaps, Hedge Accounting, Swaps data, hedge relationships, hedge bonds, and mark-to-market valuation.
  • Proficiency in SQL, including the ability to write complex SQL queries for data analysis and reporting.
  • Familiarity with financial regulations and accounting standards (e.g., IFRS, US GAAP) related to derivatives and fixed income securities.
  • Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, to articulate complex concepts to stakeholders at various levels.
  • Requires both independent (self-motivated) work and collaboration with a distributed team (i.e., physically located in other regions).
  • Must build and maintain strong relationships with business and technology partners.
  • Understand and analyze business processes & workflows.
  • Strong background in Investment Banking, specifically in trading and reporting of Fixed Income, Repos, and Money Market instruments.
  • Experience working in a highly regulated financial environment with a strong understanding of compliance requirements.
  • Prior experience working on large-scale data consolidation projects or platform migrations is a plus.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
UrBench is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, status as a parent, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics as defined by federal, state or local laws.
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
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