Wednesday, March 21, 2012

[itroundtable] LEAD: Tech BA - AML/Trade Surveil - NJ - Bank

 

 

Technical Business Analyst – Trade Surveillance - AML

Jersey City, New Jersey

Contract (long term ongoing)

Competitive Compensation

 

Please send resume to Efrain Sarmiento at esarmiento@sptechpartners.com

 

 

Overview:

The technology teams supporting Compliance develop and manage systems that are used by Compliance officers to control and monitor our adherence to regulatory policies, standards, and processes.  The portfolio covers Anti-Money Laundering, Trade Surveillance, Control Room, and Position Monitoring functions.

 

Compliance protects Bank by:

** Advising on ethical conduct and identifying regulatory solutions;

** Safeguarding integrity and reputation; and

** Promoting, in partnership with the business, a culture of Compliance.

Team is focused on strengthening IT's partnership with its clients to establish and maintain optimized portfolios of work across all areas of the organisation, while ensuring IT continues to deliver strategic, high quality solutions, in a timely and effective manner.  An opportunity has arisen to join the team of Business Analysts within this group that supports the Compliance Control Room function.  The team is focused on defining and developing new IT systems that manage price-sensitive inside-information and monitor personal and institutional trading activity. The role of Business Analyst is vital to determining what successful, high-quality delivery looks like and ensuring that the technology teams have delivered on this.  It is a highly visible role, communicating with employees on various levels within our client group and the other areas of IT.

Key Responsibilities:

** Gathering, verification, analysis, and documentation of business requirements.

** Data and systems analysis to support documentation and understanding of the current-state.

** Gaining client and IT sign-off of requirements documents and specifications by conducting walkthroughs, presentations, and formal reviews.

** Perform reviews and provide feedback on documentation produced by other Business Analysts, Architects and development teams.

** Work closely with the development teams to develop functional specifications and help develop technical designs.

** Ensure that development teams and management have a clear understanding of business priorities.

** Plan, script, manage, and execute acceptance testing - both UAT, with the client performing execution, and acceptance testing prior to UAT start.

** Plan and execute user training on new systems.

 

MUST HAVE:

** Previous experience working as a Business or Systems Analyst in a technology team in a financial services organisation (preferably a tier 1 investment bank).

** Knowledge of some the key responsibilities of an investment bank's Compliance department (preferably including Control Room and transaction surveillance).

** A good understanding of business analysis (including knowledge of at least one requirements management / modelling tool) and with the ability to select the right tools / methodologies for a given task.

** Experience of writing test plans, scripts, and cases.

** An understanding of the technology product and project lifecycle.

** Any previous development, data modelling / warehousing experience would be an advantage.

** Able to manage a portfolio of analysis tasks.

** Flexible, able to organize and prioritize your own work to meet tight deadlines.

** Able to identify and interpret stakeholders needs and requirements

** Preferably educated to at least Bachelor's degree level or equivalent.

** A strong critical thinker with creative problem solving skills.

** An excellent communicator – both written and verbal - with technical and non-technical audiences.

** Able to work effectively with all levels of clients and IT stakeholders up to and including director-level.

** Able to work with remote stakeholders and team members.

 

 
 
 
 
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Cheers,

Efrain Sarmiento 
Senior Technical Recruiter
Solomon Page Technology Partners
260 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10016
esarmiento@sptechpartners.com
T 212-403-6124
C 917-365-5656


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