A well known Financial Services company based out of New York City is looking for a Business Analyst.
As a Business Analyst, you will serve as liaison between technology and business end-users. Work with the business to analyze business requirements and review/produce specifications for any new/change to technology applications. 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 and techical area. Develop use cases to explain/demonstrate business requirements/specifications to the development team and ensure that they understand the specifications. Contribute a business or process perspective during design reviews. Ensure that requirements documentation can be easily translated into test plans. Conduct testing to ensure that test results correspond to the business expectations. Facilitate implementation of new functionality through training sessions, demos, and the development of appropriate documentation.
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: Skills:
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 plus
- Credit Risk Management experience a plus
PLEASE EMAIL RESUME IN MS WORD WITH SHORT SYNOPSIS OF MATCHING SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE.
Interested candidates please contact Pedro Garcia at pedro(dot)garcia(at)ajilon(dot)com
Adecco / Ajilon is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010