Job Description
Vichara is a Financial Services focused products and services firm headquartered in NY and building systems for some of the largest i-banks and hedge funds in the world.
Job DescriptionThe Sr. Business Analyst is responsible for the following key functions:
- Collaborate with internal and external groups to analyze and document software features, platform capabilities, and processes. Key focus will be our S&P EDM Data Management for data management team that feeds traders and operations teams
- Perform detailed requirements analysis and data analysis to respond to stakeholders - trading and operation, Fund Management, and front-office PMs
- Collate and document requirements according to internally established standards:
- Create user stories
- Define and maintain acceptance criteria
- Review test plans and test cases
- Document and maintain business context and processes
- Act as a technical subject matter expert (especially in areas relating to trading, Order Management, credit instrument compliance and downstream integrations).
- Act as a delivery manager when required.
- Provide user support to data management, trading desk, operations, fund Management, Equity, Investor Relations, and other departments as needed.
- Provide business process support to help simplify and standardize document posting and other power user processes.
- Act as the first line of support for new enhancement requests, translating the requests into existing capabilities or writing requirements for new capabilities.
Minimum 6 years of Business Analyst experience required
- Experience with Data Management with any MDM. S&P Markit experience preferred.
- Experience with supporting Order Management system with Credit Products is required - Broadridge Sentry, Allvue or other systems preferred
- Experience working with data management trading desk, operations teams in Credit Asset class required
- Experience working with loan systems (e.g. WSO, Virtus) and accounting systems (e.g. Geneva, PAM) preferred
Additional Information
Compensation - 130K - 150K pa