Description

Key Responsibilities:

1. Business Requirements and Functional Analysis

• Gather, analyze, and document business requirements from stakeholders across Capital Markets and Financial Services.
• Prepare business requirements documents (BRDs), functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, and process workflows.
• Translate business needs into clear functional requirements for technology and development teams.
• Conduct requirement walkthroughs, gap analysis, impact assessments, and requirement validation.
• Ensure requirements are traceable throughout design, development, testing, and implementation.

2. Fixed Income and Capital Markets Analysis

• Analyze business processes related to Fixed Income securities, including:
  • Government Bonds and Treasuries
  • Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS)
  • Corporate Debt Instruments
• Apply a strong understanding of the end-to-end trade lifecycle, including trade capture, confirmation, settlement, accounting, and reporting.
• Identify process gaps, operational inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement across Fixed Income workflows.
• Support business transformation initiatives involving Capital Markets products and processes.

3. Market Reference Data Management

• Work with Market Reference Data domains, including security master, pricing, issuer, and instrument data.
• Analyze data requirements, data quality issues, and dependencies across upstream and downstream systems.
• Document reference data workflows, business rules, data mappings, and validation requirements.
• Collaborate with business and technology teams to resolve data inconsistencies and improve data management processes.
• Support initiatives related to reference data accuracy, consistency, and operational efficiency.

4. Stakeholder Management and Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with Front Office, Middle Office, Operations, and Technology teams.
• Facilitate workshops, requirement discussions, and solution reviews.
• Communicate business requirements and functional expectations clearly to technical teams.
• Manage stakeholder expectations, dependencies, risks, and requirement changes.
• Build alignment between business objectives and technology delivery.

5. Agile Delivery and Implementation Support

• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, and sprint reviews.
• Work with product owners, developers, testers, and project managers to support solution delivery.
• Review test scenarios and validate that delivered functionality meets business requirements.
• Support user acceptance testing (UAT), defect triage, and business sign-off.
• Assist with implementation readiness and post-deployment validation as required.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• 10+ years of professional experience, with strong experience as a Business Analyst in Capital Markets.
• In-depth knowledge of Fixed Income securities, including Bonds, Treasuries, MBS, and Corporate Debt instruments.
• Strong understanding of the end-to-end trade lifecycle, including trade capture, confirmation, settlement, accounting, and reporting.
• Hands-on experience with Market Reference Data, including security master, pricing, issuer, and instrument data management.
• Proven experience gathering, analyzing, and documenting business requirements and functional specifications.
• Experience developing process workflows, business rules, and functional documentation.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree