Job Description

DESCRIPTION:

Duties: Serve as a hands on Technical SME/Business Analyst within a real-time credit risk development team. Work with credit officers, trading desks, sales, and other credit users to prioritize requirements, perform detailed analysis, determine timelines, develop designs and architecture, manage development progress, conduct testing, and coordinate user acceptance testing. Evaluate business processes, anticipate requirements, uncover areas for improvement, and design, develop, and implement solutions. Support the business by addressing ongoing business queries and issues and work with development teams to coordinate and deliver fixes. Perform database SQL queries and use advanced Excel/Tableau tools to provide required business reports and data analytics. Test the system and conduct regression tests to ensure that deliverables meet the required functionality in both quality and performance and the development has had no unintended consequences. Develop project plans, and liaise with users and interfacing development teams to create project delivery phases and schedules. Estimate software delivery tasks and review Java/SQL code to detect issues and understand a given implementation. Serve as a SME on financial products and credit risk, dissect requirements, hold detailed discussions with users, provide missing details, address queries from developers, and prioritize issues in scrum calls.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum education and experience required: Bachelors degree or equivalent in Engineering (any), or related field plus 6 years of experience in Application Development, Requirements Analysis, or related experience OR a Masters degree or equivalent in Engineering (any), or related field plus 3 years of experience in Application Development, Requirements Analysis, or related experience.

Skills Required: Must have demonstrated knowledge of Credit and Settlement Risk, including various measures such as Derivatives Risk Exposure, Settlement Exposure, Monte Carlo simulations, and legal agreements/netting. Must have demonstrated knowledge of Financial Derivatives, including risking, settlement and greeks. Must have demonstrated knowledge of Dodd Frank, MiFid and other regulations and understanding of controls involved in the securities market. Must have demonstrated knowledge of database management systems and queries using SQL. Must have project management experience, including working with stakeholders, users, and developers across geographical locations. Must have Microsoft Excel experience, including VBA scripting and pivots. Must have experience with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Sharepoint, Atlassian JIRA, Tableau, Toad, Unix, Visio, and JSON. Must have demonstrated knowledge of Agile Development Methodology. Must have demonstrated knowledge of multiple asset classes including Equities, Fixed Income, OTC Derivative products (IRS, CDS, Futures, Options), and Commodities. Must have development experience in Java. Must have experience with business analysis and project management in the financial industry. Employer will accept any amount of professional experience with the required skills.