Sunday, May 24, 2009

[itroundtable] LEAD: BA - NYC - to 85k + bonus



Business Analyst - Options trading market data etc. $80-$85K PLUS bonus - downtown nyc

Candidates must have strong knowledge of equity or derivatives products,
market data feeds, trade lifecycle and post-trade processing and have
financial services background and an understanding of the FIX financial
messaging protocol. Please refer to the job description for additional
requirements

Job Description

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 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

Terry Welsh
Managing Director-North America
Concepts in Staffing
TERRY@CISNY. COM <mailto:TERRY@CISNY. COM>

212/725-0300 x. 432
212/293-4432


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