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Operations Business Analayst

Investment Banking

City of London

Temp ⁄ Competitive Salary

Updated August 11, 2008


The key skills of a business analyst are to:

• Work on any particular aspect of the project lifecycle from initiation to implementation and post-project review
• Be comfortable with change management in its many forms (e.g. infrastructure development, operational re-engineering, restructuring/out-sourcing, continuous improvement, strategic development)
• Package discreet pieces of work or problems into clearly focused and structured projects (typically requiring a small team or leveraging Production staff)
• Translate specific business knowledge from subject matter experts (SME's) into clearly articulated and succinct business requirement documents and/or business cases
• Identify and document test scripts, migration approaches, etc in a structured and logical fashion
• Solve complex problems across a broad range of disciplines (functional as well as project-orientated)
• Critically assess, document and facilitate the improvement of operational processes
• Have a comprehensive understanding of current market settlement processes and practices and the trade lifecycle.
IT Infrastructure Projects

Initiation
• May form part of a team that creates an initial project proposal document helping to identify objectives, scope and deliverables. May also assist in the creation of the business case.

Definition
• Involvement with and/or production of:
• Project Approach
• Business requirements
• Project Planning - the Business Solution and implementation.
• Conducting Gap Analysis or Impact Analysis
• Owning the Business Solution

Operations Projects

Initiation
• May form part of or leads a team that creates an initial project proposal document helping to identify objectives, scope and deliverables. May also assist in or own the creation of any business case.

Definition
• Involvement with and/or production of:
• Project Approach
• Project Planning - the business solution and implementation.
• Conducting Gap Analysis or Impact Analysis
• Owning the Business Solution
• Business Process design/redesign
• Business procedure setup/change

Who we're looking for
Core BA skills a pre-requisite. Candidate should have solid understanding of Interest Rates derivatives, end to end Operations process, full trade lifecycle, Confirmations and industry matching platforms.

About our client
Hugely successful European Bank

What's on offer
Competitive Salary

Michael Page Contact
For further info, apply or phone on 020 7776 5923.  Job Ref: 12991799
Your application will be sent to Paul Kempton.

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