Title: Post Trade Senior Business Analyst Duration: 12 monthsSalary: HKD 80K per month (depending on abilities) Post Trade Senior Business Analyst (12M Contract) to HKD80K pm: We're seeking a Senior Business Analyst with strong expertise in Post Trade, Settlements, and Transaction Processing. You must have experience with software development programs (Agile/Waterfall) and a sound understanding of IT infrastructure.
Principal responsibilities - Build and maintain strong working relationships with the product, operations & technology teams.
- Collaborate with business partners, technology groups, suppliers & customers to design innovative, reusable and scalable solutions across custody settlements, safekeeping and connectivity functions.
- Filter, prioritize and validate complex material from multiple sources into concise, meaningful and executable artefacts.
- Drive the documentation of clear and detailed data models, process maps, business requirements, implementation roadmaps as well as test plans.
- Define business, functional and non-functional requirements through partnership with relevant teams
Improve ways of working through regular retrospectives and engagement with project teams and partner functions - Work with technology leads to obtain and challenge development estimates including the alignment and prioritisation of resourcing requirements
- Challenge the status quo to identify opportunities that deliver effective strategic outcomes
- Proactively identify barriers / constraints including resolution paths and future mitigation
- Manage delivery of multiple parallel initiatives across varying stakeholder groups
Candidate Skills & Experience - Experience with Settlements and Transaction processing is a highly desirable
- Domain knowledge of Post Trade, Equities or Fixed Income within a Custodian, Broker Dealer or Asset Manager environment is highly desirable.
- Experience with software development programme in agile / waterfall approach is a must
- Previous experience with Lending & Borrowing and/or Collateral is an advantage
- Strong analytical thought process with an ability to manage ambiguity and an aptitude for problem solving
- Strong written and verbal communication in English, and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex information clearly depending on audience (e.g. internal stakeholders, clients etc)
- Willingness to challenge and ask probing questions to validate priorities, proposed solutions and realisation of benefits.
- Flexibility in approach, and the ability to show initiative and respond quickly to changing situations.
- Thrives working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment working across different groups and time zones with ability to work autonomously while being mindful of when to seek guidance and approval
- Experience with delivering change in Agile frameworks: this may include formal qualifications and/or certified online courses and/or evidence of practical experience.
- Sound understanding of IT infrastructure and software development
