Business Analyst(Trade Analytics) - Randstad USA

job summary:

Required Qualifications

• BA/BS Degree in finance, computer science or related field
  
  
• 8+ years of relevant Asset Management experience working as an IT business systems analyst or individuals with business analyst experience looking to transition to technology.
  
  
• 5-7+ years of experience in systems development life cycle including the ability to define and document specifications, work with developers to design/analyze alternative technical solutions, test completed code and complete a smooth implementation with the business partners.
  
  
• 5-7+ years of experience conducting requirements-gathering meetings with users, developers, system design architects, system integrators and vendors.
  
  
• 5+ years of experience working in a cross functional environment while supporting multiple lines of stakeholders, such as trading, portfolio management, compliance, and/or risk.
  
  
• 5+ years of experience partnering with Agile team members to generate requirement stories, UAT test scripts, release notes, and other project artifacts.
  
  
• 5+ years of experience analyzing and providing technology recommendations to the business.
  
  
• 3-5+ years of working knowledge in Visio, Lucid Chart or other visualization software, with experience building flowcharts to represent workflows.
  
  
• 3-5+ years of experience with collaborative tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps (ADO) and Confluence.
  
  
• Coordinating user acceptance testing between vendor, business and NTAM technology team.
  
  
• 8+ years' experience as business analyst or product member in Investments Asset Management (front office), preferably Trading.
  
  
• Experience in Order management system, Aladdin OMS, or Charles River focused on Portfolio Management and/or Trading.
  
  
• Lead teams thru requirements, story writing and sprint planning
  
  
• Experience with directly working with Portfolio Managers or Traders in Investments, enhancing workflows and user experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Finance CFA Foundation or CFA certification.
  
  
• Subject matter expertise and experience with OMS/EMS, Order Management Systems - BlackRock Aladdin, CRD or other widely used enterprise OMS solutions. EMS solutions - Virtu Triton, Bloomberg EMSX.
  
  
• Extensive experience in the financial Asset management, particularly equity trading, portfolio management, operations, and accounting.
  
  
• Experience in component-based development (integrating vendor products with in-house developed code).
  
  
• strong data analysis skills and working experience in an agile development environment.
  
  
• Confidence in presenting both strategic and tactical vision to the business team for both big-picture planning and day-to-day management of project goal.
  
  
• Desire to work with both in-house developed systems and third-party vendor packages.
  
  
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, analytical, problem solving, organizational and negotiation skills.
  
  
• Ensuring that system solutions are delivered successfully to the business stakeholders.
  
  
• Providing deep data support and maintenance of vendor applications and in-house systems, as needed.
  
  
• Gaining in-depth business knowledge to successfully represent the business community in arriving at technical solutions that support business strategies.
  
  
• Adapting to changing priorities and managing multiple tasks.

 
location: Chicago, Illinois
job type: Permanent
salary: $130,000 - 150,000 per year
work hours: 8am to 4pm
education: No Degree Required
 
responsibilities:

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qualifications:

• Experience level: Experienced
• Minimum 8 years of experience
• Education: No Degree Required

 
skills:

• Business Analysis
  

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