Description
Main Duties
* Business analysis - requirements gathering, documentation and analysis using appropriate tools and techniques. Identify and solve complex business facing problems and help to drive the necessary resulting change.
* Process Improvement and Control - partnering with functional groups to produce process mapping in a complete end to end business view and following analysis, produce recommendations for improvements in terms of efficiency and control.
* Workshop facilitation - Engage with key stakeholders to facilitate workshops and provide data to these sessions to enable fact based conclusions to be drawn.
* Presentation - Consolidate all above aspects into a concise business case with clear identification of issues, required actions, costs and benefits.
* Execution - Working with core team from the business, agree defined action plan with owners and dates and follow through to delivery.
* Communication - ensuring all key stakeholders understand project milestones, risks and issues.
Work Experience/Background:
Essential
* Equities product knowledge; candidates with other asset class product knowledge will also be considered.
* Experience in operations across an international investment bank or an asset manager, having worked in at least one of the following areas: Middle Office, Settlements, and Finance/Product Control.
* Strong business analysis skills.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Track record in the delivery and implementation of change initiatives.
* Experience in process improvement analysis and business process reengineering.
* Ability to prioritise, be flexible and respond to changing environments.
* Strong internal relationship management skills - the team works across many areas of the organisation, the ability to relate to people and work in ad-hoc teams is critical.
Desirable
* A good understanding project life cycle methodologies, particularly in the analysis and design phases, including; development of business requirements/functional specifications and test case development.
* Experience within an Investment Bank.
Business Skills & Knowledge:
* Equities (Cash & derivatives).
* Broad knowledge of Capital Markets banking products.
* Analytical skills. Ability to think logically to analyse problems.
* Strong time management and ability to coordinate with various teams to action items.
* Self starting team player, able to demonstrate initiative and work under little supervision.
* Ability to adopt a fact based approach to issue resolution.
* Control and process engineering experience is valuable.