Position: Capital Markets Business Analyst with Murex Experience
Location: Washington, DC (3 days onsite)
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced, motivated, and ambitious Business Analyst with extensive experience in Capital Markets domains. The ideal candidate will have a primary focus on Issuances, Valuation, Settlement, Accounting, Liquidity Management, and knowledge of external ratings of securities and financial counterparts.
Core Responsibilities
Understand business needs related to liquidity management with expertise in WB Loan products, IDA products, Capital Market products, and Investment products.
Minimize gaps, redundancies, rework, and duplication by coordinating new requirements with Business Sponsors and project governance bodies.
Ensure product-based solutions align with ITS's strategic guidelines, including technology standards, development methodology, and outsourcing/offshoring.
Gain an in-depth understanding of business processes and data, providing technical leadership to the application support team post-product launch.
Document business requirements using bank-standard tools/templates, ensuring quality standards are met.
Analyze requirements and scenarios, prepare test cases, perform system integration testing, document results, conduct regression testing, and assist with User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
Duties And Accountabilities
Act as a Business Analyst for Capital Markets within Treasury, including Liquidity Management, Issuances, buybacks, derivatives, valuations, trade lifecycle, accounting, and debt allocation.
Build stakeholder consensus and ensure alignment on proposed solutions.
Develop business cases, requirements, use cases, test plans, test strategies, test cases, and operational procedures.
Coordinate with fiduciary reviewers and support security testing.
Participate in COTS solution procurement, including RFP preparation, cost estimates, benefits realization, and IT Governance.
Prioritize requirements and manage scope effectively.
Document business processes and workflows.
Collaborate with Project Managers, Tech Leads, Solution Architects, Developers, etc., to evaluate existing solutions or feasibility of new solutions.
Use rapid prototyping to present current and proposed processes/workflows and solution designs.
Support successful design, testing, and implementation of applications, develop training materials, and conduct training.
Maintain a comprehensive chronological trail of requirements and agreements, contribute to the project change control process, and document/manage issues and actions.
Evaluate new products or initiatives for technology support and analyze gaps between current and desired states.
Propose recommendations based on industry best practices and coordinate with vendors to oversee deliverables.
Train business users on applications and troubleshoot systems post-production.
Knowledge Required And Selection Criteria
Excellent knowledge of capital markets business, including External and Internal Ratings, Front & Back Office Business Processes, Market Data, Plain Vanilla & Structured Instruments, Trade Lifecycle, Settlement & Messaging, and Accounting.
Up-to-date experience with SDLC and a cross-functional perspective to bridge business and IT gaps.
Strong understanding of Project Management and IT Governance.
Advanced knowledge of MS Excel and SQL.
Proven conceptual, analytical, and judgmental skills.
Excellent communication skills (verbal & written) and ability to present concepts to senior audiences.
Minimum Qualifications
Advanced degree in Computer Science, Finance, MBA, or related field.
8+ years of professional experience in Capital Markets.
Solid experience as a Business Analyst with a record of presenting concepts to senior stakeholders and ensuring clear business architecture definitions.
Experience in teamwork and consensus-building within a multinational, multicultural institution.
Highest personal and professional integrity with strong personal values.
Proven organizational skills and ability to deliver results under tight deadlines.
Ideal (Additional Qualifications)
CFA candidate or degree in Risk Management.
Strong organizational skills, business judgment, and a track record of delivering results.
Strategic vision with experience translating client's business needs into IT deliverables.
Knowledge of VBA, PL/SQL, and reporting tools like Tableau or Power BI.
Experience with Capital Markets trading systems (such as Murex or Summit).
Project Management experience.
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