Description
FX Business Analyst Up to £800 per day
We are currently seeking a highly experienced senior FX Business Analyst for a contract position with one of the leading investment banks based in the City.
Role is for a business analyst to work on the bank's front office FX deal capture system.
The team consists of 14 developers and 4 business analysts in London.
The key skills for the role are:
Produce/refine business requirements and functional specifications
Define and produce testing plan and participate in user acceptance testing.
Carry out functional, performance and regression tests
Liaise with Development teams to ensure accurate functional coverage and validate test scenarios
Ensure all appropriate tests are of high quality and accuracy
Manage and escalate risks and issues
Assist in defining automation testing procedures and automated tests packs
Coordinate component releases in different environments
The role will involve working on project deliveries as well as on smaller enhancements. These deliveries are centered on business driven deliveries as well as projects to evolve the current system to support future business needs.
The FXT is in the middle of the FX Front to Back stack and project work deliveries can involve co-ordination with up and down stream partners eg E-commerce, settlement etc.
Essential skills
Strong experience as a Business Analyst in an FX trading environment.
Strong understanding of FX deal flow from pricing to booking, risk management and back
office
Experience with working with in-house development teams.
Experience of working in a formal project process methodology.
Familiarity with defect logging systems and defect testing and re-testing cycles.
Basic SQL skills at least to query data and abilityto manipulate data in Xcel.