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State Street · 1 month ago

Business Analyst - Post Trade - Charles River Development

Burlington Massachusetts

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$90K/yr - $142K/yr

5+ years exp

State Street is a global leader in financial services, dedicated to helping institutional investors manage risk and drive performance. The Business Analyst will become a product expert in Charles River and will work with clients to improve software performance in trading and front office workflows, focusing on post-trade matching and settlement processes.

BankingFinanceFinancial Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Under the guidance of the Product Owner, research and produce business and technical requirement documents

Analyze the front, middle and back-office workflows and produce detailed functional documents

Work with the Product Owner to gather product requirements from customers and product management teams and develop feature specifications; involvement in all aspects of the software product life cycle

Apply detailed knowledge of business requirements and workflows to assist in product development

Partner with development to help develop, implement, and refine features

Plan and schedule validation tasks; provide hands-on manual tests; develop verification plans and processes

Provide feedback on product performance

Review documentation to ensure accurate and complete documentation

Provide client beta testing support and train personnel on capabilities of new product releases

Assist with the management of project schedules and deliverables

Assist implementation and support to troubleshoot, reproduce and resolve escalated client issues

Actively participate in the grooming meetings, review the completed work in sprint demos, track progress in standups and plan the sprints with Product Owner

Create Jiras, and assist in maintaining prioritized backlog, release plans and roadmap

Work closely with QA, review and approve QA test plans and test results

Coordinate with cross functional teams to complete the project on-time and release the product

Qualification

Post-trade matchingSettlement workflowsAgile Scrum methodologyMSSQLFinancial instrumentsAnalytical skillsTechnical backgroundPlanning skillsCommunicationWriting skills

Required

5+ years of software development lifecycle experience, particularly Agile Scrum methodology preferred

Hands-on experience with post-trade matching and settlement product development is a plus

Understanding of the post-trade matching vendor workflows, FIX workflows and settlement workflows with SWIFT messages is preferred

Experience building integrations with third party vendors

Experience with MSSQL preferred

Familiarity with various types of financial instruments (Equity, Fixed Income, Derivatives etc.)

Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including negotiation skills

Advanced writing skills, including the ability to abstract/summarize highly detailed information

Strong analytical skills, including the ability to reconcile conflicting data

Ability to translate customer business needs into application requirements

Strong technical background and ability to come up with technical solution

Demonstrated planning, prioritization and scheduling skills

Ability to independently ramp up and proactively resolve impediments to make progress

Demonstrated ability translating business requirements into comprehensive functional and technical product specification documents

BS Degree in Finance, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or Physics

Preferred

Agile Scrum methodology preferred

Hands-on experience with post-trade matching and settlement product development is a plus

Understanding of the post-trade matching vendor workflows, FIX workflows and settlement workflows with SWIFT messages is preferred

Experience with MSSQL preferred

MS/MBA degree strongly preferred

Benefits

401K with company match

Insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages

Paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities

Access to our Employee Assistance Program

Incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans)

Eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans

Company

State Street

Glassdoor3.5

State Street offers a range of financial services, including investment management, research and trading, as well as asset management.

Founded in 1792

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.statestreet.com/

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