Business Analyst - (US-NY-New York)

Business Analyst - (US-NY-New York)

Compensation: $80K - $85K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: ITWJA20

If not you, would you know someone???  I will pay a finders' fee if you refer someone who is hired.

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/applications.

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

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

Please quote your best rate and email a resume in Word that makes it obvious how you match the specification

Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume.

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