OnDemand Agility - Business Analyst - Capital Markets/Investment Banking Domain

Skills Required:

- IB Background with a good understanding of IB products, and basic understanding of trade lifecycle

- RELEVANT BA experience - Both functional BAs and core technical BAs.

- Technical BAs - experience with data related projects would be advantageous, Data mining, identifying and understanding data flows and systems, handling large datasets.

- All senior BAs must demonstrate hands-on experience performing a variety of core BA activities e.g. planning the approach, running the requirements gathering sessions,synthesising information gathered from the requirements sessions in a format appropriate to

the intended audience.

- Experience of creating key documents like BRD, FRD and Project status reports for senior stakeholders.

- Candidates must be comfortable using a variety of approaches to capture and present information/data and will be able to explain why they have chosen certain approaches or techniques used

- Experience on managing senior stakeholders in current profile

- Managing forums like working group, Executive committee or Steer-cos

- Process mapping / process enhancement

- Ability to demonstrate instances that they've had to document / catalogue process flows (data, system, trade, etc.)

- Process automation projects requiring process mapping skills

- Experience on strategic initiatives with middle and senior management

Mind set required:

- Good practical experience in Financial products like Fixed Income, FX, Equities, etc. as a business analyst and/or a project manager

- Expect sound understanding of trade lifecycle, global regulations and trading/investment banking processes

- Ability to operate in both agile and waterfall style project methodologies and have an understanding of deliverables required for each methodology

- Attention to detail and high quality standards of documentation, processes and control environment

- Experience in the full E2E systems delivery lifecycle (SDLC)

- Detailed knowledge of all Microsoft Office products, i.e. Word, Excel, Power Point, Project and Visio

- Excellent Communication, Organization and Documentation Skills

- Flexibility (Openness to Change) - Adapts effectively to changing plans, domains and priorities;

- Is open and flexible when faced with changing project constraints

- Deals comfortably with ambiguity - Stays on target to complete goals regardless of obstacles or adverse circumstances

- Rigorous follow ups through on all commitments to achieve results

- Excellent and demonstrable understanding of "best practice" approaches to functional testing especially User Acceptance Testing.