*10 Years of experience is required.*
Title: Sr Business Analyst Location: Boston, MA Location: 6 Months+ Primary Responsibilities: • Facilitate requirements elicitation sessions with business partners • Collaborate with team members to finalize scope • Translate business requirements into technical specs • Coordinating and providing business direction to Technical Leads • Adheres to the specified project methodology and requisite deliverables • Conduct impact analysis, provides alternate solutions • Create requirements documentation, schedules and leads reviews , obtains final approval from all stakeholders • Participate in peer reviews • Communicate and documents status, issues and risks effectively • Participate actively in project and team meetings • Participate in the full life cycle of the project • Work with QA and the business on test scenarios • Work with business partners and technology team to define, coordinate and execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT) • Maintain trusted relationships with business partners Qualifications • 10+ years PM/BA experience in the investment/securities industry • Working knowledge of standard design methodologies and principles • A strong business perspective and knowledge of the characteristics and analytics associated with both physical and synthetic(swap) instruments • Knowledge of the processing and modeling associated with derivative instruments a plus • Knowledge of Securities Lending a plus • Custody experience a must • Prime Broker experience/working knowledge a must • Strong analysis/project management skills and the ability to handle multiple projects and tasks • Experience working with QA to review test plans and test cases • Excellent negotiation skills, oral and written communication skills • Must be excellent in MS Office applications, including VISIO • BS/BA in related area • MBA is a plus Description : Defines business/system requirements by facilitating user meetings and interviewing users, developing use cases, and researching and resolving issues. Participates in business analysis project planning and management by documenting and maintaining plans, managing issue logs and preparing project documentation. Analyzes current processes and recommends solutions and improved processes. May also oversee the acquisition, analysis and dissemination of subject matter knowledge. Provides technical and business knowledge to clients. Keeps abreast of technological and competitive developments. Conducts research on industry practices and standards and other benchmarking data. Codes and maintains business application programs from user instructions or formal functional specifications. Experience in the analysis and testing phases in the development cycle. In addition having experience of 3 to 6 years. This candidate is required to be on site in Boston 5 days a week. The IT business analyst formulates and defines systems scope and objectives based on both user needs and a good understanding of applicable business systems and industry requirements. The role includes obtaining and analyzing business and user needs, documentation of requirements, and translation into proper system requirements functional specifications. Performs process analysis of customer activities and/or systems to identify alternative business solutions or process improvement opportunities. May analyze feasibility, cost ramifications, economies, or other aspects of planned or potential solutions. Possesses the ability and experience to run projects as a PM as needed. Thanks & Regards, Ramesh Kumar *Global **Associates Inc/ **VCarve Inc* *||* 7106 Corporate Way* ||* Dayton, OH 45459 *||* *||*Phone: 937-877-5870 * ||* Fax: 937-312-1205 *||* ram...@gassociates.com* or* ram...@vcarve.com *||* www.gassociates.com*||* <http://www.gassociates.com||/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "REQSRESUMES" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to reqsresumes+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to reqsresumes@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/reqsresumes. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.