Technical Business Analyst - CMP.jobs

Background We are a financial services consultancy and outsourcing company with offices in London and New York. Over the past 20 years we have built up experience and knowledge that sets us apart in delivering advanced, complex and transformational change to the capital markets industry. We service a broad range of clients, including investment banks, institutional investment companies, hedge funds, exchanges, commodities trading houses and insurance corporations. The successful candidates will work within our Knowledge practice providing project-based services within the Financial Services arena. Typical engagements address areas such as electronic markets and trading, risk management and regulatory change. The company is a demanding yet rewarding environment and ultimately a great place to work for candidates who have an appetite for intellectual challenge and project delivery. As a result, the employees typically gain a wide variety of experience without any artificial restrictions on the speed of career progression. Job description A Technical Business Analyst is required to work within and, at times, lead teams developing and delivering transformational change projects on behalf of major investment banks and other top tier financial services companies. During client engagements, the successful candidate will usually work as a part of small team of our consultants and perform activities such as requirements gathering and analysis, technical evaluations and specifications, functional analysis and testing. With experience, and a greater understanding of the comapny's engagement model, the individual will have the opportunity to lead project teams, managing stakeholder relationships and ensuring timely delivery of work Within pre-sales, the role involves working with Client Relationship Managers to explore clients’ requirements and qualify them sufficiently to develop compelling proposals for the services we provide. Through investment in research, training and development, the opportunity also exists to develop specific areas of deep expertise for which the successful candidate will become recognised as the company expert, proactively supporting sales strategy and activities. Skills and Qualities In order to maintain our high standards and meet the demanding expectations of our clients, the following skills and qualities are considered indispensable:  Strong written and verbal communication skills, including authoring of business documents and presentations, running workshops and stakeholder management  Experience in a software development environment  The ability to conduct careful, structured analysis on complex problems or requirements in order to support defensible conclusions and solutions.  A detailed and comprehensive approach to gathering of requirements in order to form coherent specifications and similar material  A thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle and the role of the Business Analyst within it  Experience in delivering logical and comprehensive test strategies and clear, concise test cases  5+ years’ experience working in the investment banking industry, preferably with one or more areas of specialism  3+ years’ experience working (and working knowledge of) python and/or java  A practical knowledge of FRTB (Fundamental Review of Trading Book)  A practical knowledge of trade lifecycle and risk processes  A good knowledge of one or more financial product sets including market structure, pricing methodologies and risk characteristics It would be an advantage to demonstrate:  Some development experience and / or knowledge of SQL  Some experience of business process modelling and optimisation and its documentation  The ability to independently plan, organise and manage one’s own work and provide guidance and oversight for that of others’  Hands-on experience with any programming, querying or scripting languages  Understanding of market or credit risk and associated regulations  Ability to analyse regulatory requirements and produce formal specifications Above all, the successful candidate will be proactive, organised and focussed strongly on delivering results. They will remain diligent, cool-headed and professional at all times. Experience The successful candidate will have a track record of working within a team conducting and delivering high-quality analysis work in challenging environments. They will be experienced in dealing with senior stakeholders and taking responsibility for quality and delivery. Careers and Culture We look to remunerate according to experience and personal development within the role. Remuneration includes base salary, bonuses and benefits. However, remuneration is not the only important area where the company can contribute to the welfare of the individual. Skills usage and development is equally important for all: we strive to get the right balance when assigning our people to projects to make use of existing skills and provide exposure to new ones. In addition, we sponsor our employees to undertake a range of industry-recognised training programmes to build up expertise in technology and finance. Once somebody has become established within the company, we look at all the work they are doing and identify the parts they enjoy such as coaching, application of technology or client relationship management. Allied to a better understanding of the individual’s interests, we look at how this can be developed within the company to ensure a long, productive and enjoyable career with us. The company became part of the BIP Group in 2022. BIP has 5,500 consultants delivering innovative projects globally and is backed by CVC Capital Partners.