Title: Business Analyst/Product Manager Location: Rockville, MD Duration: 1 Year +
*** Department: Building investment/planning proposal system with integrated product catalog Interview process: Phone screen then in person ****Manager is open to non local candidates but they will need to relocate at their OWN expense. **There is a possibility that the assignment might be extended to 4/30/2011. However this may not be the case. The current end date is 8/31/2010. Position Summary: The Business Analyst for Thomson Reuters Wealth Management is responsible for analyzing and documenting the business requirements and functional specifications for a major client. This application creates investment recommendations, using client profiling, model matching, portfolio analytics, and trade execution to deliver detailed investment plans. In addition, the Business Analyst will support integration and data conversion activities through detailed analysis and documentation of functional specifications. In order to perform this job effectively, the individual must have excellent written and oral communication skills. The ability to create clear, concise business requirements is essential to this position. Additionally, the individual must be comfortable facilitating groups and bringing stakeholders with different opinions to a consensus on business issues. As a business analyst, this individual will have frequent communication with senior business and technical managers at client sites. The individual must have aptitude to understand and interpret technical requirements and limitations. To successfully perform this function, the business analyst must be able to identify high-level technical requirements and limitations and work with architects and senior developers to formulate solutions. The individual must be familiar with trading system concepts and design of large financial applications. Education: • BA or BS degree (preferably in business related field) Years of Experience: • 3-5 years product management or business analyst experience Position Responsibilities: • Participate in the gathering of business requirement and use cases and documentation of specifications for several large, complex enhancements to this application • Perform hands-on work to assist other team members in writing, reviewing and editing product documentation for other enhancements that are delivered as part of this project. • Serve as a resource for development team (IT) in addressing issues related to requirements, functional specifications and use cases. • Work with the internal QA team to ensure a transfer of requirements knowledge to all key internal constituents. CANDIDATES MUST POSSESS THESE SKILLS if submitted: 1. Investment Industry Experience 2. Strong knowledge of Financial Concepts 3. Design application Position Requirements: • Strong knowledge of financial concepts, including investment instruments, asset allocation, and portfolio analytics. • Experience with design of financial applications, user interface and workflow, web application design. (Does not require specific tools) • Experience in documenting of business requirements, use cases and detailed functional specifications. • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Experience working directly with clients to gather and analyze business requirements and use cases • Ability to work independently to investigate and resolve issues, perform analysis, document results. • Our employees embrace a number of commonly shared values - collaboration, accountability, customer focus, a bias toward action and results, entrepreneurial spirit and, at all times, the highest ethical standards. These values represent the behavior each employee is expected to exhibit in their role. In our view, fostering a culture that embodies these values will lead to success and growth for our employees and our business. Nice to have: Knowledge of security types --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "REQSRESUMES" group. To post to this group, send email to reqsresumes@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to reqsresumes+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/reqsresumes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
