Business Analyst - (US-NY-New York)

Business Analyst - (US-NY-New York)

Compensation: $110K - $120K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: BNRJA16

MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE IN RATES PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE 
· Experience in a large Investment Banking organization in a technology, operations or front desk related role. 
· Overall understanding of trading business and the how the business structured from a revenue generating and an operational standpoint (ability to define what constitutes front office, middle office and back office) 
· Experience of working on projects, ideally in different roles e.g. analyst, tester, project administrator 
· Strong analytical skills with experience of business analysis 
· Good vanilla rates product knowledge including pricing and risk 
· Prior experience in defining and specifying requirements for a similar front office application as well as basic understanding of the downstream flows including cash, settlements, PnL and GL. 
· Assertiveness, influencing and diplomacy skills; ability to present a viable solution and obtain buy-in 
· Candidate needs to be comfortable in interfacing to a cross-section of groups at various levels, including Front / Middle Office, CFO, COO, CTO, Technology teams and Client Services. 
· Ability to understand and manage the sensitivities of different stakeholders at different levels 
· Self-motivated 
· Competence with MS Office products (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), MS Project and MS Visio. 
· 2+ years banking product experience 


Desirable: 
· Knowledge of structured business analysis (e.g. 6 Sigma) / and design (e.g. UML/RUP) techniques. 
· Experience in test planning and test case/script documentation 
· Knowledge of end-to-end post-trade processes (Derivatives and Securities) 
· Experience in a technology organization 
· Basic SQL skills 

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

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