Job Title : Business Analyst (Ref code 031814- FORKAT-IO41-E-VIC)
Location : WASHINGTON, District of Columbia
Duration : 6 Months
Senior Business Analyst/Project Manager
We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst who can also function as a Project Manager.
Responsibilities:
- Interface with the QRA business client to understand and document business needs and requirements relating to the development and maintenance of the systems used for portfolio risk and analytics, performance measurement and attribution,
compliance and reporting functions.
Further, the Senior Business Analyst is expected to help develop and maintain the client relationship with the Risk and Analytics Team staff members.
- Identify business and functional requirements by working primarily with the Risk and Analytics Team staff members and end-users, and lead the collection, analysis, documentation and coordination of those requirements.
- Craft business cases to evaluate the feasibility of QRA technology initiatives.
- Collaborate with IT professionals to determine if solutions currently exist (internally or externally) or whether new solutions are feasible to meet QRA requirements.
- Design and execute test cases for application development and implementation projects.
- Provide overall support to ensure the successful design, testing and implementation of QRA applications.
- Document and manage issues and actions for IT applications and projects related to QRA.
- Evaluate applications and IT environments, and analyze gaps between current and desired states.
- Document business and IT processes and workflows as it relates to QRA.
- Participate in the evaluation of new products or initiatives to determine the technology support required.
- Perform the business analyst function in support of the implementation of automated workflows for information security processes, including security incident management, compliance, vendor risk management,
and others as identified in the future, using a COTS IT GRC tool (RSAM).
- Work with staff to conduct business analysis, identifying requirements, developing test plans, and conducting testing. Facilitate and lead requirements elicitation sessions with stakeholders as needed.
- Create Use Cases, identify and document business and system requirements, Test Strategies, Test Plans, Test Cases and Operational procedures and plans. Develop and conduct user training as necessary.
- Perform the Project Manager role by working with the team to develop the project plan. Lead and coordinate task execution, conduct project status meetings, track and report on project status on a regular basis.
- Manage the tasks and deliverables performed by the technical team.
- Participate in system testing and track requirements validation activity.
- Prepare presentations and workflows using MS PowerPoint and Visio.
Required Qualifications:
- Masters degree, majoring in Computer Science/Information Systems/Finance, specialized training or equivalent work experience with a minimum of 5 years relevant technical and business work experience.
8-10 years of experience in defining and implementing technology solutions for a front office trading and/or quantitative risk management environment, preferably from a major financial institution, asset manager, or Wall Street bank.
- Demonstrated exposure in the design, development and implementation of risk management and risk budgeting models and tools for investment portfolios within an asset and/or asset-liability management framework.
- Good knowledge and experience with capital markets, market conventions and market data manipulations.
- Prior experience with fixed-income securities and portfolio management is required. Good understanding of relationships and attributes of complex portfolio-related reporting is a must.
- Experience with a financial modeling environment and rapid-deployable analytical applications in a desktop environment are required.
- Working knowledge of OLAP techniques is desirable.
- Extensive experience in documenting business requirements, developing functional specifications, defining test cases, executing test scripts, and providing user training and support.
- Knowledge of VBA, SQL and C++ numerical programming knowledge, MS Access, Oracle and reporting tools such as Crystal Reports is a strong plus.
- Solid understanding of systems engineering concepts and the SDLC.
- Ability to work directly with clients and management with minimal supervision.
- Ability to work well with team members and gain consensus.
- Familiarity with Information Security concepts and technologies.
- Strong MS Visio, and MS Excel skills are essential.
- Excellent verbal & written communication and presentation skills.
- Excellent personal organization skills.
Desired Skills and Qualifications:
- Quantitative background, with knowledge of financial mathematics (calculus, differential equations, stochastic calculus, probability
and statistics, numerical methods, simulation, algorithms and optimization) is a strong plus.
- MS PowerPoint experience.
- Knowledge of ITIL, service and process management.
- Previous experience with implementing information security processes such as Security Incident Management preferred.
- Ability to plan and lead projects with minimal supervision.
- Experience with managing a technical project especially COTS implementation and leading a small team composed of technical analysts and business analysts.
- Prior experience with an IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) tool such as RSAM, Archer.
Please mention the job Title in the subject line:"Business Analyst "
Please rush your resumes to mail to: careers@iormyx.com<mail to: careers@iormyx.com>
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