BUSINESS ANALYST with BOND Accounting and record keeping

Role Overview

• The Business Analyst will work on projects involving US government and private bond issuance, TA operations, and in general fixed-income accounting platforms.
• The role focuses on platform implementation, system migration, and transformation initiatives, bridging business needs with technical solutions while ensuring compliance with regulatory and operational standards.

Core Responsibilities

• Elicit, document, and validate business requirements for bond issuance, TA functions, and accounting workflows.
• Translate business needs into detailed functional specifications and process flows.
• Support platform implementation, data migration, and transformation initiatives including testing and assurance requirements spec.
• Liaise between business stakeholders, IT, and vendors.
• Conduct gap analysis, impact assessments, and testing.
• Ensure compliance with US financial regulations (SEC, MSRB, IRS, etc.).
• Facilitate UAT and coordinate change management activities.
• Necessary Skills & Qualifications (Essential)

Technical & Domain Knowledge

• Good understanding of US Government Bonds (Treasury, Municipal) and Private Bonds (corporate, asset-backed).
• Experience with bond lifecycle: issuance, trade capture, settlement, corporate actions, maturity, redemption.
• Solid knowledge of bond accounting principles (premium/discount amortization, accruals, interest expense recognition).
• Experience in accounting platform or ledger system implementation and migration.
• Knowledge of data mapping, reconciliation, and validation techniques for financial data.
• Understanding of relevant regulations (SEC, MSRB, IRS 1099 reporting, GAAP).

Business Analysis Skills

• Requirements gathering & documentation (BRDs, FRDs, user stories).
• Process mapping (AS-IS / TO-BE) and workflow analysis.
• Gap analysis and risk/impact assessment.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including with government agencies and financial institutions.
• UAT planning, execution, and defect tracking.

Tools & Technologies

• Experience with some of the fixed-income systems (e.g., Bloomberg AIM, Murex, Calypso, Broadridge, Aladdin, Finastra, SimCorp Dimension, Eagle, FIS platforms TA / InvestOne / Loanet).
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Visio/Lucidchart or any other diagramming software, and SQL for data queries.

Soft Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Working with business, operations, technology and multi-vendor teams but coordinating different imperatives to be assimilated into program outcomes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Prior experience with US Government bond auction platforms (TreasuryDirect, FedTrade).
• Familiarity with Transfer Agency operations (investor onboarding, recordkeeping, reporting).
• Familiarity with private placement processes and documentation (PPM, term sheets).
• Knowledge of DTC (Depository Trust Company) and Fedwire settlement processes.
• Exposure to SWIFT messaging for securities transactions.
• Understanding of IFRS bond accounting in addition to US GAAP.
• Hands-on experience with ETL tools or data migration utilities.
• Experience with cloud-based financial platforms (AWS, Azure, SaaS-based bond accounting solutions).
• Certification in Business Analysis (CBAP, PMI-PBA) or relevant finance qualification (CFA, CPA, CTP).
• Experience with agile delivery in financial services transformation projects.