Business analyst

Job Title: Business analyst
Location: Rutherford, NJ & Mississauga, ON (3 days onsite in a week)
Employment Type: Full-time
Experience Needed: 10 Years

Knowledge/Experience:

• At least 5-6 years' experience as Business Analyst with any Investment/ Global Bank in Foreign Exchange, Trade Processing, Risk Management areas.
• At least 6-8 years' overall experience working in a Banking/Financial services industry.
• Should understand full front to back workflow for minimum of two asset classes.
• (FX/FI/MM/Derivatives) viz., deal capture, deal execution, risk management, confirmations, accounting, settlements etc.
• Familiarity with SDLC and Agile development methodologies.
• Knowledge of FX Options, Bonds, Rates is a plus.

Essential Skills/Competencies:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to transform business requirements into precise functional/technical specifications.
• Strong analysis skills; ability to create business analysis from scratch, ability to troubleshoot data quality issues.
• Basic Oracle/ SQL and PLSQL knowledge, any application language knowledge such as Java and Oracle PLSQL.

Education Level:
Strong academic record ideally with a Bachelors or Master's degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline from a top tier University.