Front Office IT Business Analyst - London - Fixed Term Contract
Front to back office, SQL, Excel
Our Hedge Fund client is seeking a Business Analyst to join their London office on a Fixed Term Contract until the end of 2026.
This role is circa £65 - 75k base salary.
Our client is looking for a business analyst to join its technology team in London. The candidate should demonstrate strong technical skills and financial product knowledge. They must have experience working alongside a global team to deliver solutions that adhere to firm wide standards. They will oversee the implementation and configuration to provide the solution to the end business user. The role is one that requires full understanding of the in house and third-party systems and dependencies. It is also required to be able to design and create the reporting and controls that need to be in place to maintain the solutions.
Job Description:
Work closely with Compliance team to produce regulatory reporting for the firm to be compliant with regulators' requirements.
Elicit requirements using a variety of techniques to build the specification.
Critically evaluate information from multiple sources, reconciling conflicts and providing options to the business sponsor.
Act as conduit between the business sponsor and the software development team/third party vendor.
Proactive communication with business units around progress and delivery timeframes.
Design and document the controls required to maintain solutions.
Plan and design the implementation phase of any project while considering go live and on-going support process.
Oversee and/or implement the deployment of solutions into the live environment. It is possible that the final solution could be fully controlled by the change team.
Provide user documentation for any applications and processes implemented.
Skills & Experience:
Bachelor's degree in business or IT related field or equivalent work experience
Comprehensive understanding of financial instruments including but not limited to: CDS, IRS, fixed income, equities, equity derivatives, ETD, Commodity and FX
Ability to write complex SQL
Understand both Oracle and SQL Server
Ability to work with XSLT with respect to configuring XML files to maintain mappings for incoming and outgoing feeds
Experience in the coordination, managing and planning the release of application changes into live trading environments.
Persistent/Real-time messaging system experience
VBA within Excel