Exchange Technology Business Analyst - Dream Exchange

Dream Exchange is creating a new stock exchange that will focus on small business capital formation and diversity using the power of the American investing public. This new stock exchange will allow investors to empower innovators and emerging businesses in a way that has never been done before. 

The purpose of the Business Analyst in the Dream Exchange is to discover, gather and document all information needed to create our functioning exchange.

The sources of information are regulatory, our exchange partner, external exchange entitles such as clearing, surveillance, Security Information Processors, and others.

The Business Analyst will organize the information along each purpose line, so it is readily available to each of the stakeholders that need it and the implementation team.

The Business Analyst will work with the legal team in identifying, defining and documenting regulatory procedures.

Role Objectives:

• Discovering, gathering and documenting all requirements, large and small.
• Creating a system of organization so that the information is readily available, before it is needed.
• Working with Quality Assurance to ensure the requirements are verifiable in the finished product.

Responsibilities:

• Use all avenues of communication to gather all needed requirements.
• Form an image of competence and can-do attitude when representing the Dream Exchange.
• Work with project manager and implementation team to ensure all knowledge is established and known in the form required.
• Track changes in requirements for change control needs.
• Ensure that all work products that are defined in regulation are mappable back to a stated or referred regulatory requirement.
• Qualify all requirements with an eye towards usability.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Mid to senior level experience working in a tight organization
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Securities regulation experience
• Analytical thinking and problem solving
• Detail oriented
• Stakeholder analysis
• Both collaborative and independent work practice
• Responsibility level necessary to provide solutions and not problems
• Information organization skills
• Willingness to consider alternate views
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• Understanding of networks, databases and other technology
• Prior experience working in a National Market Exchange
• Comfortable working in a highly regulated environment

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working at a computer
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times