Business Analyst (Futures & Derivatives Clearing)
- Contract until 31 Dec 2025
The Client
- MNC Bank
The Opportunity
- Provide PM/ BA support to lead for a Regulatory Reporting stream to support transition to strategic end state model, incl requirements, design, test definition, control definition, training, and production readiness.
- Documentation of project artefacts, including, Target Operating Models, BRDs, User Stories, Test Cases
- Deliver requirements, prepare testing plans if any and execute/oversee testing and development of associated project artifacts as required for deliverables.
- Day-to-day management of individual project responsibilities including milestone setting, task and actions management, co-ordination, and execution of plan within required timelines and to stakeholder quality expectations.
- Assess and manage risk and issues.
- Support and manage business ad-hoc queries and requirements.
- Foster and maintain relationships with business and technology stakeholders and support engagement in working groups, steercos, and workshops where required.
- Identify key project risks, whether stated or not, and manage to resolution or escalate accordingly.
- Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy and can operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
- Requires attention to detail when making judgments and recommendations based on the analysis of factual information
Your Background
- 6-10 years' experience, with track record as a Business Analyst/ Program manager within the Financial Services/Investment Banking industry. Knowledge of Markets Operations businesses/ functions is required. Knowledge & understanding of workflows and controls beneficial.
- Knowledge on Futures and Options products and Clearing industry is a plus.
- Strong communication skills to enable the capture of current state and target state processes, challenges and requirements
- Ability to work independently, multi-task, have great attention to detail and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiative.
- Able to lead conference calls and produce meeting agendas, materials, and minutes.
- Have experience of leading User Acceptance Testing (UAT) projects, including overseeing the development & implementation of the UAT test plan, scripts and tools using the detailed functional requirements document.
- Must be extremely organized, motivated and a self-starter.
- Ability to prioritize and multi-task is key.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to clearly document findings and put together proposals for solutions.
- Excellent Excel, PowerPoint and process mapping skillsets required.
- Ability to work under tight contractual deadlines.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate to a range of audiences and facilitate discussions.
EA Reg no: R1762272
EA Licence Number: 08C5248
