Job Description
About Us:
This role is part of the Financial Advisor Monitoring and Registration Department, within LCG. This team supports the Risk and Compliance divisions with tools and applications to assist them with their task of monitoring Financial Advisor compliance with the Firms policies and procedures.
Position Description:
As a Business Analyst / Project Manager, you will be responsible for providing business analysis support for tool enhancements, including all facets of business analysis: eliciting and documenting business requirements, user acceptance testing, data analysis, and product support. The ideal candidate should have the skills listed below but in addition should be a self-driven, dedicated individual who works well in a team and thinks and acts strategically. When faced with a problem, the candidate should be able to ask questions and leverage the skills and expertise of those around them.
Key Responsibilities:
Assist Product Owner in all facets of Agile build of technology solutions and enhancements
Elicit, analyze, write/create Business requirements documents (including Agile stories, screen mock-ups supporting documentation)
Conduct Behavior- Driven Development (BDD), write and execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT) test plans/scripts, manage end user testing, training sessions and user demos
Build clients relationships and manage expectations
Create prototypes for business valuation and feedback
Partner with data providers to ensure model requirements are met
Support development team in creating detailed technical specifications
Perform independent validation with a client centric focus
Support ongoing user requirements and investigate issues
Required technical Skills:
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or Software Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience as a Business Analyst and/or other similar relevant experience
Established technical knowledge in software development methodologies and implementation
Solid understanding of relational databases (DB2) is required
Strong experience with SQL database
Established technical knowledge in software development life cycle and agile methodologies
Required Personal Skills:
Strong communication skills both verbal, written and will be able to work within an international team setting.
Capable of collaborating effectively across a variety of IT and Business groups, across regions and different roles.
Self-motivated individual and creative thinker who will take ownership of tasks assigned.
Able to thrive in a fast-paced, high energy, demanding and team-orientated environment.
Excellent problem-solving skills.
Good customer service skills. Ability to deal with difficult situations/individuals gracefully.
Skills Desired:
Business Analysis experience
Data Analysis experience; Data analytical skills (SQL) and experience with DB2
IT Project Management and SDLC knowledge/experience (Waterfall, Agile/Scrum) and experience using BDD
IT knowledge/experience
Experience working in medium to large-scale development projects
Excellent written and communication skills
Knowledge of trades data, positions data, reference data.
Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in global organizations, preferably in Banking or Financial Services organizations