IT Business Analyst - Investment Trading Systems

  • New York, NY
  • Posted 1 day ago | Updated 11 hours ago

Overview

On Site
Full Time

Skills

AML
Business Analysis
Regulatory Compliance
Banking
Marketing Operations
Workflow
Agile
As-is Process
Sprint
Management
Trading
JIRA
User Stories
Acceptance Testing
People Management
Quality Assurance
Fixed Income
Front Office
Computer Science
Information Technology
IT Service Management
Innovation
Collaboration
Recruiting
Insurance
Finance
Professional Development
Training
Leadership
CompTIA
Customer Service
Career Counseling
Apex
Oracle Application Express

Job Details

Job#: 3010127

Job Description:

Apex Systems is a world class services business that incorporates industry insights and experience to deliver solutions that fulfill our clients' digital visions.

Apex has an opportunity for an AML / BSA Compliance Analyst to join our fast-paced Banking Industry client partner on an exciting initiative!

Role: IT Business Analyst

Location: NYC, NY

Term: 6 Mo.

Our client is running a greenfield project to enhance its electronic trading offering within Fixed Income. Working closely with the fixed income trading business both in London and Spain, the team is delivering on the 3-year strategy to build out a new eTrading system to replace an existing vendor system.

Role Description

As a Business Analyst you will be collaborating to ensure the team deliver a high-quality solution that meets the needs of the business both in terms of required functionality but also from a technical workflow perspective. Using industry best practices for documenting and communicating the requirements to both the technical team implementing as well as to the non-technical stakeholders. Knowledge of the agile process and how to structure requirements to facilitate this is key to the project's success. As is working closely with the various stakeholders to break the larger stories down into smaller stories to allow the sprint management.

We are looking for candidates with knowledge of the Fixed Income electronic trading businesses and experience within front-office development teams.

Role Responsibilities

Work closely with business sponsors to elicit requirements to deliver the project milestones.

Document these requirements in jira and structure them into epics, user stories and tasks.

Explain requirements to the development team and work closely with them to deliver the features.

Perform UAT testing of newly developed features

Work closely with partner technology teams and collaborate effectively.

Potential to line manage developers, dev Ops and QA resources and to co-ordinate hiring and on-boarding of new team members.

Skills Required:

Deep product knowledge of rates or credit products. Ideally both.

Detailed knowledge of the D2C and D2C eTrading workfows in the market for Fixed Income

Experience as a hands-on business analyst within a front-office development team for an investment bank.

Qualifications

Bachelor degree in Computer Science / Information Technology or a related field, or substantial practical experience of software delivery at an advanced level

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
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