Description
We are seeking a Business Analyst to support our organisation in achieving its strategic objectives. You will identify business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities.
Accountabilities:
- Identify and analyse business problems and client requirements that require change within the organisation.
- Develop business requirements that will address business problems and opportunities.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure that proposed solutions meet their needs and expectations.
- Support the creation of business cases that justify investment in proposed solutions.
- Conduct feasibility studies to determine the viability of proposed solutions.
- Support the creation of reports on project progress to ensure proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
- Create operational design and process design to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered within the agreed scope.
- Support change management activities, including development of a traceability matrix to ensure proposed solutions are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.
Analyst Expectations:
- Perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard, consistently driving continuous improvement.
- Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise.
- Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise.
- Lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
Job Responsibilities:
- Act as the Techno-Functional Business Analyst for the trade execution platform, providing functional and technical analysis across the trade execution lifecycle.
- Work closely with Dealers, RMS, Broking Operations, Technology, Infrastructure, Information Security, exchanges and external vendors to understand requirements and translate them into implementable solutions.
- Understand and document end-to-end flows covering order capture, order validation, order routing, exchange connectivity, trade confirmation and downstream hand-off to post-trade systems.
- Gather and analyse business, regulatory and technology requirements and translate them into BRDs, functional specifications, user stories, process flows, interface requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Perform As-Is/To-Be and gap analysis, assess solution impacts and identify dependencies across upstream and downstream applications and interfaces.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Finance, Business Management or a related discipline.
- Relevant experience as a Business Analyst/Techno-Functional Analyst in Capital Markets, Securities, Broking or Trading Technology.
- Hands-on experience working with trade execution, Order Management Systems (OMS) or trading platforms.
- Strong knowledge of the equity trading lifecycle and Indian capital markets.
- Working knowledge of SQL and relational databases, with the ability to analyse transactional data.
Nice to Have:
- Prior hands-on experience with NEST/Omnesys NEST or a comparable broker trade execution/OMS platform.
- Knowledge of NSE and BSE trading environments, exchange connectivity and trading terminals.
- Familiarity with NEAT/BOLT or equivalent exchange trading systems.
- Understanding of RMS controls, trading limits, margins and pre-trade validations.