Business Analyst with Trade Analytics exp - Charlotte, NC / Jersey City, NJ / NYC, NY (Onsite) – Fulltime.

Job Description:

Required Qualifications

· BA/BS Degree in finance, computer science or related field

· 8 years of relevant Asset Management experience working as an IT business systems analyst or individuals with business analyst experience looking to transition to technology.

· 5-7 years of experience in systems development life cycle including the ability to define and document specifications, work with developers to design/analyze alternative technical solutions, test completed code and complete a smooth implementation with the business partners.

· 5-7 years of experience conducting requirements-gathering meetings with users, developers, system design architects, system integrators and vendors.

· 5 years of experience working in a cross functional environment while supporting multiple lines of stakeholders, such as trading, portfolio management, compliance, and/or risk.

· 5 years of experience partnering with Agile team members to generate requirement stories, UAT test scripts, release notes, and other project artifacts.

· 5 years of experience analyzing and providing technology recommendations to the business.

· 3-5 years of working knowledge in Visio, Lucid Chart or other visualization software, with experience building flowcharts to represent workflows.

· 3-5 years of experience with collaborative tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps (ADO) and Confluence.

· Coordinating user acceptance testing between vendor, business and NTAM technology team.

· 8 years’ experience as business analyst or product member in Investments Asset Management (front office), preferably Trading.

· Experience in Order management system, Aladdin OMS, or Charles River focused on Portfolio Management and/or Trading.

· Lead teams thru requirements, story writing and sprint planning 

· Experience with directly working with Portfolio Managers or Traders in Investments, enhancing workflows and user experience.

Preferred Qualifications

· Finance CFA Foundation or CFA certification.

· Subject matter expertise and experience with OMS/EMS, Order Management Systems - BlackRock Aladdin, CRD or other widely used enterprise OMS solutions. EMS solutions - Virtu Triton, Bloomberg EMSX.

· Extensive experience in the financial Asset management, particularly equity trading, portfolio management, operations, and accounting.

· Experience in component-based development (integrating vendor products with in-house developed code).

· Strong data analysis skills and working experience in an agile development environment.

· Confidence in presenting both strategic and tactical vision to the business team for both big-picture planning and day-to-day management of project goal.

· Desire to work with both in-house developed systems and third-party vendor packages.

· Excellent communication, interpersonal, analytical, problem solving, organizational and negotiation skills.

· Ensuring that system solutions are delivered successfully to the business stakeholders.

· Providing deep data support and maintenance of vendor applications and in-house systems, as needed.

· Gaining in-depth business knowledge to successfully represent the business community in arriving at technical solutions that support business strategies.

· Adapting to changing priorities and managing multiple tasks.