A large Investment Bank here in Manhattan is seeking a Business Analyst, who will serve as liaison between IT and business end-users. Work with the business to analyze business requirements and review/produce specifications for any new/change to technology applications. Work with the Technical Analyst and development team to ensure that they understand the specifications. Document system scenarios and identify roles impacted and help develop a change management/training plan. Conduct business process modeling and generate applicable scenarios for the technology team.
You will be responsible to identify, assess, and document business requirements, recommending business priorities, and advising business on options, risks, and costs. Conduct research to determine if solutions to business requirements currently exist within or outside the business unit, and if not, whether new solutions are feasible. Analyze impact of proposed solution across the business, develop use cases to explain/demonstrate business requirements/specifications to IT team, and contribute a business or process perspective during design reviews. Ensure that requirements documentation can be easily translated into test plans, and that the proper testing plans have been completed. Facilitate implementation of new functionality through training sessions, demos, and the development of appropriate documentation. Provide relevant test scenarios for the testing team. Work with test team to develop system integration test scripts and ensure the testing results correspond to the business expectations.
You will be working on one of the most sophisticated and innovative credit exposure calculation engines in the industry. The system is processing most of the overall FX and Derivatives portfolio for the bank. You will get an opportunity to work on a variety of projects covering different aspects, such as methodology, new product implementation, process improvement within the system, as well as cross-system initiatives.
Experience: - College degree, or specialized training or equivalent work experience
- Minimum two years of relevant work experience
- Experience/understanding of business systems development and analysis
- Experience setting up test scenarios and managing user testing
- Conceptual and practical understanding of full project lifecycle - ability to manage the processes of requirements gathering, analysis, testing, training, quality assessment
- Ability to plan and monitor projects deliverables
- Experience working with structured software development processes such as Capability Maturity Model (CMM)
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills, to include solid experience in writing business requirements and functional specifications
- Working knowledge of SQL and Microsoft Office products
- Highly motivated and committed to delivering excellent solutions
- FX and Derivatives product knowledge a MUST
- Credit Risk Management experience a MUST
Interested candidates, please email a Word version of your resume to darren(DOT)bakay(AT)ajilon(DOT)com.
***Adecco/Ajilon is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).***
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Sunday, January 20, 2008