Business Analyst (Hiring Immediately)

In this role, you will:

  • Support the product owner in the management of their work stream Backlog and the prioritization of stories and subtasks.
  • Groom the stories in the backlog to ensure that they are prepared to meet the ‘definition of ready.’
  • Contribute to the project RAID by raising items when necessary.
  • Update the Engagement Lead and Project Management with progress vs delivery milestones.
  • Facilitate the following Agile Forums and project meetings Pod Backlog refinement Pod Sprint Planning/show and tell/ retrospective Pod Scrum

Qualifications -

  • Minimum of 6+ years’ experience as an Business Analyst
  • Understanding of Investment Banking products in at least one asset class; Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives or FX
  • Understanding of the Trade Lifecycle and Capital market
  • Requirements elicitation, functional design, and problem-solving skills - structured, formal approach to analysis tasks
  • Ability to convey requirements to developers in a way that’s clearly understood by them.
  • Expertise in Agile engineering practices (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, LEAN)
  • Should have worked on JIRA, Confluence for requirement management.
  • Accountability for delivery – takes ownership of tasks assigned to ultimate resolution with minimal supervision.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (comfortable in written and verbal communications) to facilitate with users from around the world and from different cultural backgrounds), relationship management and flexible interpersonal skills.
  • Fluent communication, excellent articulation, and presentation skills
  • Experience working in Investment Banking – Exposure to Debt markets / Equities / FX with understanding of trade life cycle.
  • Good knowledge of SQL and RDBMS databases
  • Experience facing off business stakeholders - trading desks, middle office and sales for requirement gathering query resolutions etc.
Company
Vallum Associates
Location
Sheffield, UK
Employment Type
Part-time
Posted
Company
Vallum Associates
Location
Sheffield, UK
Employment Type
Part-time
Posted