Job Title
Business Analyst – Capital Markets / Financial Services
Experience
5–10 years
Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst with a strong background in Capital Markets and Financial Services. The ideal candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, product owners, and technology teams to gather, analyze, and document business requirements for trading, investment, post-trade, risk, and regulatory reporting solutions. The candidate should have a solid understanding of financial products, market operations, and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
Key Responsibilities
- Gather, analyze, and document business, functional, and non-functional requirements.
- Prepare Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Functional Requirement Documents (FRDs), user stories, and process flows.
- Collaborate with business users, product managers, developers, QA teams, and external vendors.
- Analyze and improve front-office, middle-office, and back-office business processes.
- Translate business needs into functional specifications and support solution design.
- Conduct gap analysis, impact analysis, and data mapping.
- Support API integration and system interface requirements.
- Facilitate workshops, stakeholder meetings, and requirement walkthroughs.
- Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT), defect management, and production support.
- Ensure solutions comply with regulatory and business requirements.
- Support Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and reviews.
Required Domain Knowledge
- Capital Markets
- Investment Banking
- Wealth Management
- Asset Management
- Securities Trading
- Equities
- Fixed Income
- Derivatives
- Foreign Exchange (FX)
- Mutual Funds
- Corporate Actions
- Trade Lifecycle
- Order Management
- Trade Capture
- Clearing and Settlement
- Custody
- Reconciliation
- Risk Management
- Regulatory Reporting
Required SkillsBusiness Analysis
- Requirement Gathering
- BRD/FRD Documentation
- User Stories
- Process Mapping
- Gap Analysis
- Use Cases
- Data Mapping
- UML/BPMN
- Stakeholder Management
Technical Skills
- SQL
- REST/SOAP APIs
- JSON/XML
- Jira
- Confluence
- Microsoft Visio
- Excel
SDLC
- Agile/Scrum
- Waterfall
- UAT
- Defect Management
- Release Management
Preferred Knowledge
- Trade Lifecycle (Front Office to Back Office)
- FIX Protocol
- SWIFT Messaging
- Market Data Platforms (Bloomberg, Refinitiv)
- Regulatory frameworks (MiFID II, Dodd-Frank, EMIR, Basel III)
- AML/KYC processes
- Risk and Compliance reporting
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- MBA (Finance) or equivalent is a plus.
- CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA, CFA (Level I or above), or Scrum certification is preferred.
Pay: $50.00-$55.00 per hour
Experience:
- Capital markets/ financial services: 7 years (preferred)
- prime brokerage & DTCC: 5 years (required)
Work Location: In person
