Business Analyst

Role: Sr. Business Analyst (Finance)

Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

Duration: Long Term Contract

Only W2

Required Qualifications

• BA/BS Degree in finance, computer science or related field
• 12 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.
• 10 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.
• Experience with Trading knowledge in Municipal/Fixed .

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.