Thursday, July 23, 2009

BUSINESS ANALYST - Consultant - (US-NY-New York)


BUSINESS ANALYST - Consultant - (US-NY-New York)

Minimum Education: 
Bachelors
Job Type: 
Full Time
Jobcode: 
ITWJA111

9 month assignment

business analysis consultant to join our Product Management department. The qualified individual will be responsible for creating and assembling detailed on enhancements. 

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 or project team members and sponsors. 
· Identify and document the impact of the requirements on existing systems and data. 
· Assist in development of testing plans, scenarios and scripts and participate in system testing. 
· Assemble, complete, and distribute updates to key documents for developers, testers, and other customers. 
· Design and document user training material, end user procedures and maintain user guide. 

Experience Required/Expected Results: 
· Participate on multiple analysis projects for various applications, developed internally and by other solution providers. 
· Timely completion of requirements specifications. 
· Accurate and thorough requirements analysis resulting in clear, concise and unambiguous requirements documents. 
· Effective communication and coordination with development colleagues, which will include external organizations. 
· Strong attention to detail. 
· Ability to learn details of managed applications quickly. 
· Knowledge of trading systems, market data feeds and exchange-related post-trade processing. 
· Previous experience as an IT business analyst for an exchange or a brokerage/financial firm is required 
· In-depth understanding of software development life cycle. 
· Proficiency with visual modeling tools and version control systems. 
· Excellent written and verbal communications skills are essential. 
· BS/BA in finance or information systems. 

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. 

NO RELOCATION. NO VISA TRANSFERS. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES. 

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