Business Analyst- IT

Transgraph Consulting; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Transgraph Consulting in Hyderabad is seeking a Business Analyst with strong domain knowledge in financial markets and risk management. You will document requirements, create BRD/FRS/SRS, and develop UML diagrams to support solution design.

Collaboration with clients and internal teams is essential. Ideal candidates have SDLC experience, understanding of risk measures including VaR, and proficiency with MS Visio and SQL/ETL tools.

Qualifications

• 1 complete SDLC experience and understanding of trades and trade life cycle.
• Understanding of exchange traded instruments and their performance/risk measures.
• Understanding of financial derivatives & Risk measurement (VaR).
• Experience in elicitation, analysis, and documentation of requirements (risk management system).
• Strong project documentation skills and governance in delivery and testing.
• Advanced MS Visio for UML diagrams and MS Office (Excel/PowerPoint).
• Willingness to detail, initiative and drive to implement change.
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written).
• CTRM software experience preferred but not mandatory.
• Agile experience not mandatory.
• Some programming knowledge or statistical packages beneficial.
• SQL querying / ETL knowledge.
• Ability to build strong client/internal risk function relationships.
• Team player with stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Interact with clients and internal teams to understand domain requirements.
• Document requirements and explain to team, client, and stakeholders per the agreed template.
• Create Use Cases, User Stories, BRD/FRS/SRS/SRD and traceability matrices.
• Create charts/diagrams to express business information graphically.
• Include Activity, Use Case, Data Flow, and Flow Chart diagrams; UML as needed.
• Provide functional inputs for Solution Design.
• Collaborate with development teams to transfer business knowledge and offer guidance.

Skills

SDLC knowledge

Trades lifecycle

Risk measurement

VaR understanding

Requirements elicitation

Documentation

MS Visio

SQL querying

ETL technologies

Stakeholder management

Education

B Tech + MBA Finance OR M.Tech

Tools

CTRMS software

Job description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Interact with clients and internal functional people to understand domain requirements
• Documentation- All the requirements are to be completely documented and explained to all the team members /client / stakeholders and are to be completed as per agreed template
• Creation of Use Cases, User Stories, Business Requirement Document, Requirement Traceability Matrix, Functional requirement specification (FRS)/ Functional Specification Document (FSD), System requirement specification (SRS)/ System Requirement Document (SRD) etc
• Creating Charts / Diagrams- As a part of documentation, certain aspects have to be expressed graphically for business related information
• Diagrams such as Activity Diagrams, Use Case Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams, Flow Charts etc need to be part of it
• Overall, as and when required the UML diagrams need to be part of the graphical representation
• Provide functional inputs for Solution Design
• Work closely with development teams to transfer the business knowledge and provide guidance

Desired Profile

• Experience of at least 1 complete SDLC. Should have a thorough understanding of trades and trade life cycle
• Understanding of exchange traded instruments and their performance / risk measure is mandatory
• Understanding of financial derivatives & Risk Measurement methodology (VaR) is a MUST
• Experience in Elicitation, analysis, and documentation of requirements (preferably for a risk management system)
• Excellent project documentation skills and good experience with project delivery and test governance process
• Advanced working knowledge of MS-Visio for different UML diagrams and MS-Office Suite like MS Excel, Power Point
• Willingness to dig into details and appetite, enthusiasm and desire to initiate change, and execute strategy
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written)
• Prior experience in using CTRM software is preferred but not mandatory
• Experience of working in an Agile environment (not mandatory)
• Preferable, but not mandatory, some programming experience / knowledge of statistical packages
• SQL querying experience/ Knowledge of ETL technologies
• Able to build strong relationships with client and internal risk functions, business units
• Team player with good interpersonal and stakeholder management skills

Education

• PG is Must have B Tech + MBA Finance OR M.Tech

Additional Qualification

• CBAT/ CCBA/ PMI- Professional in Business Analysis/ PMB/ FRM/ PRMIA (Highly Preferred)

Work Experience Domain Experience

• 2+ yrs BSFI/Financial Markets (any asset class; commodities and currency/ forex is preferred)
• Hands on (Mandatory Exp) Have thorough understanding of trades and trade life cycle
• Understanding of exchange traded instruments and their performance/ risk measures