IT BUSINESS ANALYST WITH FIXED INCOME
NYC Hybrid on Site (must currently be in the NYC metro area)
Contract/potentially to hire
W2 only - NO 3RD PARTIES PLEASE
Summary: Serves as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, analyzing business processes, gathering requirements, and recommending solutions to support strategic objectives and operational improvements.
Responsibilities: - Gather and document business requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and analysis.
- Analyze current business processes and identify areas for improvement or automation.
- Translate business needs into functional specifications for development teams.
- Support testing, training, and deployment of new systems or enhancements.
- Facilitate communication between business users and IT teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Prepare reports, dashboards, and documentation to support decision-making.
Skills: - Experience with business analysis, requirements gathering, and process mapping.
- Strong knowledge of software development life cycle and Agile methodologies.
- Proficiency in tools such as Excel, JIRA, PowerBI.
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
- Business Analyst certification (e.g., CBAP, PMI-PBA) is a plus.
Responsibilities Work closely with Fixed Income, Sales & Trading, and Control Function departments
Provide input during development and implementation phases, including formulation and definition of system scope, objectives and necessary system enhancements for complex, high-impact projects
Identify and communicate risks and impacts and propose risk mitigation options, considering business implications of the applications of technology to the current environment
Work directly with the Trading Desk to help find remedies to alleviate day-to-day issues
Analyze gaps in current flows to help with analysis of move to potential new platforms
Work with vendors to verify functional requirements and testing of new or updates to existing software products
Qualifications Essential skills: 6+ years of experience in Fixed Income domain as business analyst, with focus on Rates & Credit for both cash and derivatives
Solid knowledge of broker-dealer/investment banking environment, sales & trade flows and eTrading domain experience
Understanding of market data, market making, and pre-trade concepts
Analytical skills to troubleshoot a variety of symptoms, diagnose problems, and test, recommend and implement solutions to technology problems
Knowledge of Bloomberg TOMS
Forward thinker who seeks to improve business processes that deliver better services
Ability to convey complex information to both technical and nontechnical audiences
Desired skills: Knowledge of platforms such as Tradeweb, MarketAxess, ION, ALLQ, ICE (BondPoint, TMC)
SQL and relational DB experience nice to have
Investment banking experience in the trading or pricing domains, with Front-office trading tools exposure and a good understanding of f2b trade flow
Ability to take an organization from a perspective of legacy technology to a position of industry leading innovation
Ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels within an organization, within and outside technology
TRACE knowledge, FINRA Series 99, nice to have
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