Business Analyst, Charles River Development, Officer

Charles River Development; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles River Development (CRD) is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join the Middle Office team to collaborate with clients and developers on improving the CRD Investment Management System. The role focuses on delivering feature-rich solutions across asset classes and supporting the full software lifecycle.

They will become a product expert, translate client needs into requirements, and contribute to API/integration work while supporting agile delivery and client training on new releases.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development lifecycle experience, with Agile preferred.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Advanced writing skills to abstract/summarize detailed information.
• Strong analytical skills to reconcile conflicting data.
• Ability to translate customer business needs into application requirements.
• Knowledge of middle office investment management functions and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Apply detailed knowledge of business requirements and workflows to assist in product development.
• Research and produce business and technical requirement documents.
• Provide product expertise support to internal parties to ensure product meets customer expectations.
• Gather product requirements with customers and management; contribute to all software product life cycle stages.
• Technical acumen with APIs, state stores, and integration utilities.
• Collaborate with development to implement and refine features.
• Plan and schedule validation tasks; perform manual tests; develop verification plans.
• Provide feedback on product performance and documentation quality.
• Support client beta testing and train personnel on new releases.
• Assist with project schedules, milestones and delivery.
• Support implementation and escalate client issues as needed.
• Participate in Agile SCRUM ceremonies and group testing.

Skills

Strong communication

Analytical skills

Writing skills

Technical background

APIs & integration

Agile methodologies

Job description

Summary

Job Description

At Charles River Development (CRD) we’ve been creating some of the most insightful and complex asset management technologies since 1997. Through our commitment to product quality and operating through a client-focused lens, we’ve experienced continuous growth. Charles River IMS is strategically aligned to innovate the future of investment management technologies. Together with State Street’s middle and back office capabilities, Charles River’s cloud-deployed software technology forms the foundation of State Street Alpha℠. Charles River Development brings together data and capabilities across the investment lifecycle to help our clients make better decisions, grow at scale, and deliver returns for their clients. Our diverse team of highly skilled technologists and professionals are agile thinkers and problem solvers, committed to our end users and engineering excellence. We use mentorship and teamwork to impact and drive our business forward every day. By joining the Middle Office team, you will use advanced technology and critical thinking to challenge the status quo and drive results.

• The Chares River Development Middle Office team is looking to hire a Senior Business Analyst who will be responsible for working with clients and development to create solutions to improve the client experience, the product feature set, and the strategic position of the CRD Investment Management System.
• The Senior Business Analyst will become a Charles River product expert and help to ensure that our software products effectively aid our end users with their trading and front office workflows. In consultation with our financial industry clients and internal product teams, they will utilize business and technical knowledge to improve product performance and competitive advantages.
• The Senior Business Analyst will work within a specific module of the product and several instrument types (equity, fixed income, derivatives, FX, etc.), participating in the full software development lifecycle and contributing as a member of a feature-focused product development team
• They must be familiar with both financial and technical concepts, with a strong ability to deliver against specific requirement in a timely fashion on a project by project basis.

Responsibilities

• Apply detailed knowledge of business requirements and workflows to assist in product development
• Research and produce business and technical requirement documents
• Provide product expertise support to various internal parties to ensure the product meets customer expectations
• Work directly with customers and product management team to gather product requirements and develop feature specifications; involvement in all aspects of the software product life cycle
• Technical acumen and experience with building APIs, state stores, and integration utilities
• 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 resolve escalated client issues
• Actively participate in the Agile software development process by adhering to the CRD Scrum Methodology including attending all daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.
• Participate in group testing activities as needed.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software development lifecycle experience, particularly Agile methodologies preferred
• 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
• Experience with middle office investment management functions
• Knowledge of API, state store and integration workflows
• Demonstrated planning and scheduling skills