Business Analyst (Fixed Income/Regulatory Projects)

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Business Analyst (Fixed Income & Regulatory Projects) for a contract assignment with one of our premier financial services clients in Stamford, CT. Hybrid schedule 3x weekly onsite.

Prior experience working with an Audit to meet new regulatory requirements.
Detail-oriented Business Analyst to join our Project Management team, specializing in fixed income products and regulatory compliance initiatives. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in driving the analysis, documentation, and delivery of complex projects within the fixed income domain, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and optimizing business processes.

Responsibilities :

• Collaborate with project stakeholders, including business units, compliance teams, and IT, to gather, analyze, and document business requirements related to fixed income products.
• Lead the requirements elicitation process for regulatory projects, ensuring full understanding and compliance with relevant regulations.
• Translate complex regulatory requirements into clear, actionable functional specifications and user stories for development teams.
• Support project managers in planning, tracking, and reporting project progress, risks, and issues related to fixed income regulatory initiatives.
• Facilitate workshops, interviews, and walkthroughs with business users and technical teams to validate requirements and solutions.
• Analyze business processes and identify opportunities for improvement, automation, or enhanced controls within fixed income workflows.
• Ensure traceability of requirements through the project lifecycle, from initiation to testing, deployment, and post-implementation review.
• Assist in the creation and execution of test plans, test cases, and user acceptance testing (UAT) to verify compliance and functionality.
• Stay current with evolving regulatory frameworks affecting fixed income markets and advise on potential impacts to business processes and systems.

Required Skills:

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst or similar role within the financial services sector, specifically with fixed income products.
• Hands-on experience working on regulatory projects, demonstrating knowledge of relevant financial regulations and compliance standards.
• Strong understanding of fixed income markets, instruments, and trading lifecycle.
• Proficient in requirement gathering techniques, process modelling, and documentation standards.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall) and tools (JIRA, Confluence, MS Project).

Degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or related field preferred.

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .

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