Numerix Looking for Business Analyst, Product Development (New York/Toronto) at Toronto, Ontario, Canada Full Time

The Business Analyst will work within the product management team to lead the development of the next generation front-to-risk solution offerings for the financial markets industry. The role will entail working internally across business, research and client onboarding teams as well as externally with clients to determine product features and enhancements that will be commercially successful in providing solutions to capital market participants.

Responsibilities

·      As a member of the product management team, drive and maintain the product road map to become the de facto front-to-risk trading platform for the capital market.

·      Lead the software development lifecycle by applying industry best practices in functional design, review and testing of product features

·      Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, tasks and workflow analysis.

·      Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.

·      Work with Clients, Project Teams and Development Teams to analyze product gaps and enhancement requests, draft technical specifications and prioritize developmental efforts.

·      Serve as business and technical expert to support presales and customer onboarding activities as needed.

Qualifications

·      Bachelor’s degree in finance, mathematics, computer science or related field

·      5+ years of experience in the Financial Services industry including at least 2 years directly working in front or middle office at banks, broker/dealers, hedge funds, or asset managers

·      Strong analytical skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into functional and technical requirements

·      Strong understanding of Derivative Trade Life-cycle management from both a Front and Back Office perspective

·      Thorough understanding of and experience delivering trade capture and pricing solutions, including Vanilla and Exotic Financial Derivatives, Trade Life-cycle and Workflow, Market and Credit Risk analytics

·      In-depth familiarity with Financial Product Structures, Curve Building, and Market and Reference Data

·      Knowledge of valuation models and methodologies of public and OTC Cash and Derivative products and exposure to multiple Asset Classes (FI, Commodities, Credit, Equities and FX)

·      Working knowledge of front office or middle office systems

·      Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills

·      Self-motivated to strive for the success of our products.