Cash Equities Business Analyst in New York, NY

A large financial institution located in Manhattan is seeking 2 strong candidates to work on their Business Analysis team who come from a cash equities environment. This spot is a long term contract, starting at 6 months +. Position Summary The Business Analyst (BA) has the primary responsibility to elicit, analyze, validate, specify and verify requirements and specifications. This position will provide this service as directed by the project stakeholders directly to the business, technology and end users. The BA serves as the conduit between the business or customer community and the software development team. This position will directly report into the Equities Central BA team for best practices/standards and project prioritization. A BA is involved at some level throughout the entire system or software development life cycle. When the requirements baseline is established at the end of the Requirements and Design phases, the focus is shifted towards the management of the requirements specification and verifying the fulfillment of all requirements during the Implementation and Testing phases. Business coverage and Location This position will cover Business Analysis for the Global Cash Equities business but will be based in North America. However, if there is a strong candidate based in London this will be considered. Job Responsibilities . Work closely with project managers, lead developers and business users to formulize a business idea and define requests. . Interview business users, subject matter experts and Technology resources to elicit requirements. . Analyze gathered requirements data, verify requirements and create functional specifications. . Work with Development and QA teams to transition business requirements into their respective parts of the development process. . Work with subject matter experts to produce relevant artifacts e.g. process flow charts, architectural diagrams, and design documents. . Create user documentation such as user guides, quick reference guides, and release notes. . Create functional & technical documentation such as Functional specifications, Use Cases & other UML based diagrams. General Experience Requirements . Minimum of 3 years experience as a Business Analyst supporting Cash Equities. . 5 years Equities market knowledge and a strong familiarity with trading, trading workflows, and trading technology is essential. . Exposure to Business Process Modeling would be an added benefit. . Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills. Specific Business Experience Requirements Any candidate would be expected to have strong working knowledge and previous experience in the area of Equities Sales and Trading from a sell side investment bank perspective covering Equities markets in the major centers i.e. New York, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo. Experience: Please forward an attached MS word version of your resume along with hourly pay requirements to To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here