IT Information Technology
Business Analyst
Associate / Senior Associate /VP
Job DescriptionJob/Group Overview:
The firm is searching for top-level talent to fill the role of business analyst in Equity Derivatives IT. The position will cover Global clients with focus on APAC region. The position involves working closely with the global / regional BA, PM, IT, QA teams delivering front office solutions. You will need to have strong problem solving abilities and a keen interest in the equity derivatives business. The successful candidate will be a proactive team player with a drive for success and a discipline to meet tight deadlines under pressure.
Responsibilities:
● Gather business requirements by working closely with various business users - trading, operations, finance, risk & back office technology
● Documenting these requirements and working with development team to implement them
● Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope and on budget
● Develop project plans and track progress including updates to management
● Coordinate project resources and manage relationships with stakeholders
● Mitigate risks and escalate issues to management and stakeholders
● Coordinating System Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing for software releases
● Monitoring and reporting project status including tracking of issues
● Co-ordinate project meetings, produce minutes and report on status across the work streams
Requirements:
● Degree holder or above
● Experience with business analyst functions - gathering requirements and documenting them, coordinating User Acceptance Testing, interacting with different business units
● Ability to examine project needs, business needs, and provide improvements on them
● Excellent analytical skills, able to perform detailed gap analysis on multiple systems
● Experience within financial products
● Experience within the IT Project Life Cycle as well as expert knowledge of Agile project management principles and practices
● Strong presentation skills, an excellent understanding of Project Management concepts and an ability to champion and challenge these processes
● Ability to analyze the Ability to influence key decision makers, peer groups and functions outside direct control, excel in a structured but complex working environment and possess clear presentation skills to delivery programme status providing transparency to sponsors and stakeholders
● Excellent communications skills both verbal and written in English and Japanese
Software Knowledge:
● Skilled in using MS Office Tools - Project, Visio, Word and Excel
● Database knowledge and general SQL ability
Location Tokyo