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A major investment bank in NYC is looking for a BA with very strong hands on SQL and some Market Risk exposure
Role / Responsibilities;
Focuses on owning and driving the discussion / work stream and working with business and other stakeholders in identifying solutions
Bridge the gap between business requirements and technical delivery team
Assist the Product Owners with the development and documentation of Epics and Stories.
Define business process and data flows/analysis
Assess the scope and impact of system, dependencies and process changes
Progress projects to completion in a complex and diverse space. Leverage core technical platform to deliver business functionality to the Market Risk User community
Facilitate design review sessions with technology team within Market Risk and outside Market Risk organization
Execute on all facets of delivery to the Market Risk User community from discussions with users shaping deliverables through to the production release of functionality.
Demonstrations of new functionality to business and technology users.
Design of test strategy including preparing test cases, as required
Work closely with the business and technology to gather testing requirements and acceptance criteria.
Coordinate UAT activities, releases and migration events. Tracking of defects and progress of resolution
Escalation of issues in a timely manner
Produce system and process documentation.
Ensure adherence to audit and operational standards.
Required Skills / Experience;
Strong Market Risk, Risk, or Front Office experience
Strong financial markets product knowledge
Solid understanding of regulatory landscape
Strong problem solving skills and experience of analyzing and validating large volumes of numerical data.
The ability to effectively communicate within a multi-disciplined team, across multiple locations and time zones, and to interact with demanding business users.
A flexible, hardworking and "can do" attitude; comfortable working in a fast paced environment with frequent release cycles and rapidly changing priorities.
Good organizational skills with efficient follow up on open items
Exposure to Agile methodologies.
Experience of all aspects of the project life cycle
Excellent technical skills; SQL, Excel, VBA and Python
Computer Engineering/Financial Degree
Strong analytical and quantitative skills
