Technical Business Analyst

Description:
“On top of BA qualities, here are the following Data qualities that the Manager is looking for:
1.         Able to write SQL queries (join tables, aggregate data)
2.         Data Analysis – reconciliation, validations – tell difference between 2 datasets
3.         Data Flows – understand data movement, ETLs”

Technical Business Analyst

Hybrid 3 days a week onsite

Key Responsibilities:
Elicit, analyze, generate Business requirements documents (including Agile user stories, proof of concept models, and supporting documentation)
Analyze data sets to determine data gaps and work with cross functional teams to bridge the gap
Liaise with the development team to ensure the product is developed according to specifications
Conduct Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), write and execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT) test plan
Create and manage the overall project plan at the project level; and escalate delays to the program lead.

Skills Required:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
Minimum 10 years of experience in global organizations as a Technical Business Analyst.
Proficiency in Data Analysis, with working experience in SQL and relational databases
Established technical knowledge in software development life cycle and agile methodologies.
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written; as well as work in an international team setting.
Collaborate effectively across a variety of IT and Business groups, across regions and roles.
Self-motivated individual and creative thinker who will take ownership of tasks assigned.
Ability to problem solve and have creative solutions in challenging environments
Able to thrive in a fast-paced, high energy, demanding and team-orientated environment
Manage and delegate workload through the team
Good customer service skills. Ability to deal with difficult situations gracefully.
Experience in Trade lifecycles and asset classes, Equity, Fixed Income, Options, Futures
Understanding of Compliance surveillance platforms (Actimize, MANTAS, Sungard) and their models, Wash trades, Marking the Open/Close, Spoofing, Insider Trading, etc.

Skills Desired:
IT Project Management and SDLC knowledge/experience (Waterfall, Agile/Scrum) and experience using BDD.
Experience working in medium to large-scale development projects.
Knowledge of trades data, positions data, reference data.
Experience in Nasdaq SMARTS platform