Business Analyst - Rates/Money Markets

ROLE DESCRIPTION We are looking for experienced financial services Business Analysts across multiple levels. This role offers the chance to advise and deliver change projects as part of a long-term strategic partnership with leading financial institutions. Roles will have a global focus and will entail collaborating with Business, Operations, Finance, Compliance, Technology, analysing and developing business and technical requirement, effective ways of working and identifying and reporting risks, issues and dependencies The preferred candidate will be expected to: Be a self-motivator working in a team of strong individuals and client colleagues Work closely with stakeholders (both technical and non-technical) to perceive new and better ways of working Help to drive the use of Agile methodologies to help the organisation become more agile Recommend areas for change and then provide support to the business as the changes develop to ensure continuous improvement Collaborate with all parts of the business including 3rd parties SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Experience working within Capital Markets as a Business Analyst and/or in a hybrid role capacity as a Business Analyst/Project Manager. Change Management Methodology – proven delivery experience working in a project environment with different methodologies, Solid experience with Agile methodologies, ideally with experience using tools such as MS Project, JIRA and Confluence Proven stakeholder management skills, including the ability to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders Proven ability to conduct process mapping and customer journey analysis Change Management Implementation - Being involved in projects from Business Case creation through to User Acceptance Testing co-ordination, test planning and execution Requirements Gathering – the ability to produce structured functional specification, including experience of User Story. proven ability to run effective workshops for client business users Data Analysis and Interpretation - the ability to critically evaluate information gathered across multiple sources, reconcile variances, and recommend proposals to clients Strong academic record coupled to good problem-solving skills and analytical mind-set Excellent Communication and Stakeholder Management Skills - the ability to communicate to a variety of audiences across business function and level and tailor messages appropriately Senior Business Analysts will have some experience leading teams, an understanding of project management and planning. Business Analysts/Project Managers will also have experience in: Practical project management, including formation of project governance framework and organizational structure Creation of project charters, project plans, key dependencies, requirements collection, issues, risks and scope changes throughout all phases of the project RAID logs etc. Leading Working Groups and Steering Committees. Some Business Experience can be beneficial, especially in: Front to Back Trade Processing, across various asset classes Regulatory Transaction Reporting Transformation programmes and process re-engineering Counterparty exposure management processes – for Stock Loan, Repo, Buy-sell backs and margin lending transactions Understanding of triparty and bilateral financing trades and associated counterparty risk Collateral and margin management tools Proficient in MS-Excel, MS-Word, MS-Project, MS-Visio & MS-PowerPoint *Rate* - Market rates *Location:London Type:Permanent