Senior Business Analyst

London
January 13, 2024

Job Description


Job title: Senior Business Analyst

Company: CMC Markets

Job description: We are hiring a Senior Business Analyst who will work in our Technology Development department. Our Senior Business Analysts liaise with business and technical teams to develop requirements for strategic programmes of work.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Leading workshops, providing detailed analysis and documentation of requirements resulting in a pipeline of new user stories for development teams.
  • Once features are in development, the role will require the user to help project manage the development life cycle. This involves monitoring progress of the development team, tracking story status, maintaining project plans and providing clear visibility on project status (including reporting and communicating outside of the team).
  • As new features are completed by the developers the role will also require the user to carry out testing to ensure the output satisfactorily meets the original requirements before being handed over to business teams.
  • The role will occasionally mean assisting the support and customer facing teams to investigate and resolve live issues.

KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Financial background is essential. Lifecycle knowledge from client onboarding through to trading and/or settlement of asset classes and post-trade activities is highly advantageous. Exposure to leveraged and/or non-leveraged products is desirable.
  • Experience in driving collaboration across multiple teams internally and/or externally, including excellent communication skills and a core focus on delivery.
  • Minimum of 3 years commercial experience as a Business Analyst embedded in a technology team.
  • Proven experience of applying Agile software development methodologies is highly desirable.
  • General exposure to working on Finance Trading platforms is a distinct advantage.
  • Good working knowledge of the following software is desirable: Confluence, Jira, Miro.
  • Strong problem solving skills are required along with the ability to work effectively with minimal supervision, taking ownership of tasks large and small.

CMC Markets is powered by our people. We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, where our people feel confident to be themselves, feel valued and are able to do their best work. We don’t just value differences and unique perspectives, we seek them out and we invite them in, because we know it will lead to better outcomes for everyone.

Expected salary:

Location: London

Job date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 04:08:19 GMT

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