ABOUT THE ROLE As a Senior Business Analyst reporting to the Global Head of Product Development, you will act as a key liaison between business and technical teams, translating business needs into actionable requirements and managing project workflows. The role involves stakeholder collaboration, process analysis, and data-driven insights in financial services and hedge fund operations.
Your primary responsibilities will be to:
- Collaborate with stakeholders, product owners, and development teams to gather and document business requirements.
- Serve as a liaison between business units and IT teams to ensure alignment and successful project delivery.
- Translate business needs into detailed user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria in Jira.
- Maintain and manage Jira boards, workflows, and dashboards to support agile project tracking.
- Analyze current business processes and identify areas for improvement.
- Work closely with Quality Assurance and Development teams to ensure requirements are clearly understood and implemented correctly.
- Demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate business requests into technical specifications and to challenge and refine requests when appropriate.
PRIMARY SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related fields.
- Strong experience using Jira in Agile/Scrum environments, with proficiency in drafting user stories, process flows, and functional specifications.
- 5-10 years of experience as a Business Analyst, including 5+ years within the technology function of a hedge fund, fund administrator, prime broker, or financial institution in their capital markets division.
- Good knowledge of Excel, SQL, and data visualization tools such as Power BI and Tableau, with a proven ability to analyze data using dashboards and reports.
- Excellent project management and communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate and present information to stakeholders.
- Analytical, detail-oriented, and resourceful, with a proven ability to stay organized and manage tasks efficiently.
- Familiarity with leveraging AI assisted tools such as Microsoft 365 Copilot, Rovo and AI enabled platforms for requirements gathering and documentation.
- Knowledge of middle-office hedge fund processes such as reconciliation, Treasury, NAV calculation, and margin calculation is considered an asset.
- Experience in application development related to Treasury or the Trade Life Cycle within financial services, ideally in the hedge fund space, is considered an asset.
- Certifications such as CFA, FRM, PMP, or CSPO are considered assets.
- Hands-on development experience (i.e. Python) is considered an asset.
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