Dear All, If you have anyone with you for the following position, please send the suitable resume along with Contact Details, Current Location and Pay Rate as soon as possible.
Kindly share suitable resumes ASAP to hem...@tekshapers.com Your earlier reply would be highly appreciated. *Business Analyst - Fixed Income* *Location - Chicago, IL* *Duration - 6+months * Candidates must be local and available for a F2F interview. *MUST have strong Fixed Income - If the candidate does not have Fixed Income listed on their resume at least 10 - 15 times, please do not send them as they will be deleted.* Business Analyst in Chicago, IL Candidate will act as the Business Analyst/Product Owner/Subject matter expert for one or more work streams, working closely with the Fixed Income business and IT delivery teams to deliver best in class enterprise solutions. *Candidate Responsibilities * * Represent the voice of the Fixed Income business and provide Fixed Income subject matter expertise in the required business domains to the IT delivery teams - Portfolio Management, Trading, Fixed Income Analytics/Data and Credit Research * Define scope, high level requirements and conditions of acceptance of new system features * Facilitate analysis and understanding of requirements between the Fixed Income business and IT delivery teams. * Re-design and optimize business processes * Assist the creation and management of product roadmaps, risks and issues * Work with the London based Fixed Income Programme Manager and IT Scrum Master to manage and prioritize the product backlog for agile software development teams. *Note:* this includes writing and reviewing user stories, including the writing of acceptance criteria * Work with Product Management and Scrum Master to set release plans and prioritize product feature scope. This also includes preparation of the business case sections for the software review milestone gates. * Work directly with IT developers to make ensure the software meets the product requirements and business requirements * Represent the team in facilitating backlog reviews and scope estimation with the IT team * Hands on data analysis and performing acceptance testing and sign-off of deliverables * Ensure business risks and issues are managed and resolved * Promote awareness of change and act as primary trainer for Portfolio Managers in your location *Candidate Profile * Must have significant fixed income experience gained working as a business analyst within asset management firms * Strong Fixed Income business/data acumen and analytical capabilities * Must be credible in front of portfolio managers, and comfortable liaising directly with them * Proven leadership ability, ability to collaborate and influence peers, proven organizational skills * Excellent communication skills for cross group collaboration, be able to discover solutions to problems and objectively defend them, and propose design alternatives and articulate pros and cons. * Coaching / Mentoring - sharing knowledge in an open manner to make those around them better * Ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity * Collaboration - developing trust and positive relationships * Analytical and questioning mind. Be able to challenge the status quo on a large scale and suggest viable alternative approaches. * High energy, results driven person with strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work well with global teams, including time-zone flexibility. * Must be a self starter with ability to build working relationships and ability to work effectively in a global complex - matrixed organization. * Strong analytical and product management skills, including a thorough understanding of the software business, ability to understand market needs and translate into requirements * Strong attention to detail and ability to understand the 'big picture' *Minimum Qualifications* * Significant Fixed Income knowledge and experience within Asset Management * Experience with Fixed Income applications and/or trade order management systems * Considered a SME in one or more of the following: Portfolio Management, Trading, Fixed Income Analytics/Data, Risk, Credit Research * Flexible and comfortable with uncertainty in requirements etc. in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment Education A four year Bachelor's Degree or the international equivalent in Business, Finance or preferred or commensurate relevant work experience. Please note the experience which is important: 1) Fixed Income experience. The person needs to have a very good understanding of fixed income instruments, including a good understanding of their uses, attributes and analytics. Similar experience with fixed income derivatives would be preferable. To put this into context, the candidate should be comfortable in being able to talk about fixed income instruments, and the associated management and trading of them with fixed income portfolio managers. The candidate needs to be credible in front of portfolio managers. Some candidates have fixed income experience within a back office environment, and that is very different to the front office experience we are looking for. 2) Business analysis experience. This is hopefully self-explanatory but we have had some submissions from former portfolio managers who have excellent fixed income experience but have never worked as a business analyst before. I would like the candidate to stay with us for the duration of the programme, and so would prefer someone who has a proven track record as a business analyst and therefore will not have any surprises with the work. As a BA, they will need to spend a lot of time liaising with the portfolio managers, and writing down requirements and drawing Visio diagrams, and liaising with IT, and being part of the IT process. 3) Asset management experience. We could perhaps soften on this requirement but the ideal candidate would understand the asset management business and front office workflows. We have had some candidates with front office investment banking experience, and that could be of interest. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Citrix and Sap problems" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to citrix-and-sap-problems+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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