Business Analyst – Fixed Income

Description

The company is a global consulting firm delivering digital solutions in AI, consulting, cloud and DevOps, data and software engineering for financial services and technology clients.

Its FinLabs group builds solutions including AI, blockchain, data science models, digital underwriting and mobile-first apps.

The firm has 17,000+ staff, 58 offices in 22 countries and 20+ years in business.

The team is hiring a Technical Business Analyst with experience on Fixed Income trading systems.

Responsibilities

• Partner with developers, application support and business users to design a Fixed Income e-trading solution, with a focus on the credit business.
• Support data migration projects alongside the AWS data team.
• Write business and functional requirements documents.
• Run several projects in parallel and deliver on schedule to end users.
• Coordinate changes with the front office application support team.
• Keep documentation current in SharePoint or Confluence.
• Organise QA testing and production releases.

Requirements

• Skilled at communicating and managing projects.
• Hands-on experience as a technical business analyst in fixed income technology.
• Experience with client to dealer fixed income trading systems such as Bloomberg, TradeWeb and MarketAxess.
• Solid fixed income knowledge across rates, credit and mortgages.
• Comfort working in database tools, for example AquaData Studio or SQL Developers.
• Strong ANSI SQL and PL/SQL skills across Oracle, MSSQL and Sybase, including writing stored procedures.
• Basic grasp of bond pricing, risk and P&L systems.
• Good grasp of trading system data: statics, trades, RFQs, pricing, axes and market data.
• Understanding of how fixed income trading and sales roles differ.
• Working knowledge of Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation.
• Unix environment knowledge (a plus).
• AWS knowledge (a plus).
• Preferred, but not required:
• Preferred: sharp problem-solving and initiative, with a habit of finding elegant, inventive fixes to complex issues.
• Preferred: clear communication in visual, written and oral form, held to high standards.
• Preferred: ability to build good working relationships with technical and non-technical colleagues.
• Preferred: self-disciplined and independent, meeting deadlines and standards with little supervision when needed.
• Preferred: energetic and enthusiastic about the tasks you take on.
• Preferred: commercially aware, aiming for the right results with solutions that are sound and easy to maintain.

Conditions

Base pay varies by location and other factors. Under local law, the base salary for a role filled in New York, NY is $140k - $160k/year, plus benefits.

The company is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, and hiring decisions rest only on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits package.
• Possibility to work abroad across the firm's 58 offices in 22 countries.
• 10 days paid annual leave, plus sick leave and national holidays.
• Maternity and paternity leave plans.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and long- and short-term disability insurance, varying by region.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Education certification policy for higher study.
• Commuter benefits, varying by region.
• Training on skills, technical knowledge and personal growth.
• Free access to 5000+ curated courses on an on-demand learning platform.
• Coaching from experienced colleagues in FinLabs and Centers of Excellence.
• Work on projects for leading banks, financial institutions and insurers.
• Flat, approachable structure.
• Diverse, relaxed, global work culture.
• Flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility and learning programmes.