Monday, May 25, 2009

[itroundtable] LEAD: BA - NYC Dwntown - Options/Derivatives - FIX



I am currently recruiting for a fulltime Business Analyst role (description below) in downtown NYC. Please contact me at 732-662-5819 if you feel you might be a fit.

We are currently recruiting a dynamic Business Analyst to join our Product Management team. The qualified individual will be responsible for acting as an interface between our Options business unit and the platform development and implementation areas. They will also be involved in creating and assembling detailed business requirement specifications for new products/applicatio ns.
Responsibilities to include:
  • Participate in identifying user requirements by working on teams with a number of key individuals representing business and technology
  • Document, communicate, and review requirements with product and project team members and sponsors
  • Manage deadlines and work to meet feature requirements and customer expectations
  • Assist in development of testing plans, scenarios and scripts and participate in user acceptance testing
  • Assemble, complete, and distribute updates to key ISE documents for developers, testers, change management and our customers
  • Become a Subject Matter Expert on the core trading platform

Required Experience

Experience/Skills Required:
  • Must have previous experience writing business requirements and training materials, as well as reviewing functional specifications, for trading systems
  • Must have knowledge of options/derivatives and/or experience supporting a trading environment
  • Must be familiar with formal requirements gathering and management process
  • Working knowledge of system design, architecture and application programming/ analysis
  • In-depth understanding of software development life cycle
  • Strong knowledge of equity or derivatives products, market data feeds, trade lifecycle and post-trade processing
  • Understanding of the FIX financial messaging protocol a plus
  • Bachelors degree in Finance, Engineering, Math, or Economics with a minimum of 4-6 years of IT business analysis experience
  • Previous experience in equity or derivatives trading technology for an exchange or a brokerage/financial firm is preferable
Results Expected:
  • Ability to learn details of managed applications quickly
  • Able to handle dynamic trading environment and prioritization of projects/issues among a large client base
  • Timely completion of requirements specifications
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Effective communication and coordination with development, test and implementation colleagues, which will include external organization
  • Know and apply best practices in requirements management

Thanks,
-Michael Hornby
BAMM, Inc.
732-662-5819


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