*BANK* Senior Business Analyst (Trade and Transaction Reporting) @CBP - 12 months' contract (extendable / convertible!!)

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform in-depth analysis around key requirements of the project and regulatory changes (Trade Reporting Regulatory projects).
• Working with technology teams to design the reconciliation solution and process, implement the reconciliation tool into SCB architecture.
• Defining and establishing the necessary source TP feeds into the reconciliation tool.
• Defining and establishing the necessary source Trade Repository feeds into the reconciliation tool
• Operationalizing the analysis and categorization of breaks (second half of year)
• Articulate the Scope / requirements in standard documents/process flow diagrams/use case diagrams etc to secure signoff from stakeholders.
• Participation in industry forums / calls and interpretation of new regulations or changes to existing regulations.
• Conduct meetings and relevant discussions to engage stakeholders in the right perspective and take the task to closure.
• Manage relationships with key stakeholders both internal (Legal, Compliance, other tech teams, Transaction Reporting teams) and external (DTCC, Industry calls, Regulators etc).
• Identify risks & issues and communicate them to the relevant people in a timely manner – assist with proposing & planning mitigating steps.
• Determine Strategic Solutions / Proposals – focusing on long term efficiency, risk reduction and regulatory compliance
• Maintain a culture of risk awareness and proactive resolution.
• Facilitates Business process improvement via the methodical investigation, analysis, review and documentation of functional business specifications
• Co-ordinate and manage the delivery of the project across FMO, IT and relevant FO teams
• Provide solutions as well as produce a clear cut functional specifications for development team.
• Use appropriate tools like JIRA, WIKI etc to ensure that Functional Specifications are split and managed with development team in terms of clarity and implementation.
• Pro-actively engage, manage & build relationships with both technology (including vendors) & business stakeholders.
• Assist the PM with planning of BA tasks.
• Support the test team & business users during the testing phase by making design calls & assisting in issue analysis & resolution
• Support the transition to the production support team

​Requirements:

• Good educational background, ideally to degree or equivalent level.
• Minimum 8-10 years of experience in business analysis and Investment Banking with direct experience in front-to-back trading, order processing and regulatory reporting. More the experience, the better. Senior profiles highly preferred.
• Familiarity with financial products - listed and OTC (IRS, Equities, FX, Fixed Income, swaps and rates/credit derivatives). Excellent understanding of Trade Life Cycle.
• Prior demonstrable Experience on Regulatory reporting regimes specifically in the EU (viz: MiFID II, Dodd Frank, EMIR etc)
• SQL skills for data interrogation and analysis. XML and FPML expertise are preferred.
• Strong skills in oral communication, listening and questioning as well as in writing business requirements and functional specifications
• Strong coordination/organizational skills. Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• A good understanding of data analysis, data mapping and user acceptance testing
• Atlassian tools (Confluence and JIRA), and working experience in agile scrum delivery is required