Description
We are seeking a high-calibre Business Analyst to join the Post Trade Business Implementation & Analytics Team under HKEX's Operations Division.
The successful candidate will play a key role in the implementation and enhancement of HKEX's risk management platforms, including Value-at-Risk (VaR) initiatives and other strategic post-trade transformation programmes.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead business analysis activities for risk management and VaR platform implementation projects.
- Engage with business users, risk management teams, operations teams, and other stakeholders to understand, analyze, and document high-quality business requirements.
- Collaborate with IT teams, quantitative risk teams, and third-party vendors to evaluate solution options and review solution designs.
- Facilitate workshops and requirement discussions to ensure alignment between business objectives and technology solutions.
- Support impact assessments, gap analyses, and feasibility studies for new risk methodologies and regulatory changes.
- Work closely with project managers and development teams to manage requirements, scope, dependencies, risks, and change requests.
- Develop and execute UAT strategies and test scenarios.
Key Requirements
- University degree in Risk Management, Finance, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related disciplines.
- Minimum 7 years of relevant experience as a Business Analyst, preferably within financial market infrastructure, exchanges, clearing houses, banks, or risk management environments.
- Experience delivering large-scale system implementation projects involving risk management, margining, VaR, pricing, or post-trade systems.
- Solid understanding of market risk concepts, including Value-at-Risk (VaR), margin methodologies, stress testing, or derivatives products.
- Strong experience in requirements gathering, business process modelling, functional analysis, and solution design.
- Proven ability to work effectively with both business stakeholders and technical teams to deliver technology solutions.
- Familiarity with SDLC, Agile delivery methodologies, and project management tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
- Experience with SQL, Python, data analysis tools, or reporting solutions is preferred.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Self-motivated team player with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple initiatives concurrently.