Front Office Business Analyst

The requirement is to complete the feasibility study and finalise cost estimates. In order achieve this there is a significant amount of Front Office analysis required. This will consist of:

Supporting the business to gather formal Business Requirements.

Supporting the business to review and provide input into As-is and To-Be workflows for trade booking and lifecycle.

Detailed product analysis for FX and MMT products and support driving the solutions.

Mapping producs into templates and carrying out detailed analysis to map pricing models.

Providing estimates for the Front Office delivery to feed into the project approval process.

Ability to deal with trade booking queries

Completing project/work-stream status reports.

General ad-hoc support for any new requirements or issues related to project.

Supporting our Front Office as being the primary contact for tasks and issues.

MUST HAVE: Business Analyst experience in FX and MMT Asset classes for Investment Bank

Business analysis experience working for a top tier bank

Excellent product knowledge across FX and MMT asset classes

Ability to understand and map a product from term sheet data

Ability and experience of working under pressure

both autonomously and within a team

Ability to liaise with business and IT stakeholders at all levels of the organisation

Solid communication skills

both written and oral

Good overall knowledge of the Murex platform

Good knowledge of bloomberg.

Excellent understanding of PL, Risk and Market Data

Excellent understanding of trade booking and trade lifecycle

Understanding of curve construction, simulation, trade pricing

A strong delivery track record and someone who can really take ownership of the feasibility study

A good understanding of RET interfaces Personal:

Work experience in the Securities Industry, preferably in a similar role

Proactive and self-starting individual with high levels of ownership

Strong analytical skills

Proven ability to organise and prioritise own workload and drive results

Flexibility to adapt to urgent tasks as well as undertaking longer-term solutions

Strong interpersonal skills together with the ability to influence others and make decisions

Strong problem solving skills with a logical approach

The ability to collaborate and partner across the firm

High attention to detail

Regulatory Knowledge/Experience