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Business Analyst / Project Manager - Trading Workflow

Jersey City, NJ

Hybrid

Contract

$76/hr - $82/hr

Grow your career with an innovative global bank in Jersey City, NJ as a Business Analyst/Project Manager with strong Prime Brokerage knowledge. Contract role with strong possibility of extension. Will require working a hybrid schedule 3 days onsite per week.

Join one of the world's most renowned global banks and trusted brand with over 200 years of continuously evolving financial services worldwide. Will be working closely with the business and internal technology teams, building out and maintaining platforms across both the cash and synthetics set of products. Will participate in projects to improve trading workflows including incorporating new functionalities within the existing ecosystem, analyzing new requirements, documenting solutions, and manage implementation and testing. You will work alongside some of the smartest minds in the industry who are excited to share their knowledge and to learn from you.

Contract Duration: 9+ Months

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s University degree.

• 5+ years of experience as a hands-on Business Analyst in the financial services industry.

• Understanding of Trade Processing management.

• Must have very good product knowledge in Equity Swap products.

• Good product knowledge of equities, fixed income, derivatives is equally good.

• Must have strong business analysis skills including data analysis, running reports, and evaluating outputs.

• Strong investigation and data analysis skills with intermediate SQL skills.

• Experience working with stakeholders to elicit requirements, write Business & Functional Requirements Documents, and working with QA Teams to review test cases & assist with UAT.0

• Strong level of experience and familiarity with Agile, Scrum or Waterfall SDLC methodology.

• Strong practical experience in analysis, design and project managing end to end delivery.

• Supports continuous improvement, learning opportunity, increasing predictability.

• Demonstrated experience to fully utilize JIRA/Confluence capabilities.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Strongly prefer product level knowledge of Cash Prime Brokerage.

What You Will Be Doing

• Own business/ functional requirements and change requests, documenting solution and managing end to end project delivery.

• Understand business priorities and working as a liaison between business and development teams.

• Manage relationship with Business and take ownership for providing regular project updates to key business and technology stakeholders.

• Communicate key project risks, define mitigation strategies and manage resolution.

• Develop test strategies, document test scenarios and coordinate User Acceptance Testing across front to back tech stack.

• Develop Project Plans and UAT Runbooks.

• Work with development and support teams to resolve production issues and identify root cause.

• Proactively follows escalation and change control processes.

• Own management reports on a given engagement.

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family

• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits

• Vision Benefits

• Health Savings Account (HSA)

• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance

• Hospital Indemnity Insurance

• 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options

• Paid Sick Time Leave

• Legal and Identity Protection Plans

• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit

• 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans/Disability/Women. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under Motion Recruitment Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

Posted by: Melissa Klein

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