Lead Business Analyst - Trade Surveillance

DXC Luxoft; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Scrum Master certification

Product Owner certification

PMP certification

Trade Surveillance knowledge

MAR knowledge

Job summary

Luxoft in India is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join the Trade Management team on the SABRE platform. You will design, deliver and onboard new products, drive enhancements and set project timelines while coordinating with users and developers to achieve outcomes.

The role emphasizes trade data store understanding, FX and IR product knowledge, and providing third-level support for trade replication issues. Strong English skills required.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in business analysis, solution design and end-to-end delivery in Financial Markets.
• Deep experience in equities and fixed income or commodities, with FX options expertise.
• Understanding of trade booking, lifecycle, and price formation from static or market data.
• Technical background to analyze or review code changes is desirable.
• Strong problem solving, analytical skills and ability to document project artifacts.
• Knowledge of Agile development practices and excellent English communication.
• Ability to work proactively, independently and show initiative.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with stakeholders from various project teams to agree timelines and funding.
• Collaborate with cross-discipline team members to track requirements and schedules.
• Document actions from workshops and assist with deliverable tracking.
• Prepare Gap Analyses, BRDs and Project Approval Requests.
• Work with SMEs to understand business processes and capture needs.
• Document risks and issues to product and program management.
• Participate in project testing cycles and prepare test packs.
• Identify system/process improvements based on current functionalities.

Skills

12+ years of BA experience

Experience in Equities/Fixed Income

FX Options expertise

Strong problem solving

Agile practices knowledge

Excellent English communication

Documentation of artifacts

Independent initiative

Job description

Project description

The role sits in the Trade Management team focusing on the build out of the in-house strategic cross asset risk platform: SABRE which is the bank's strategic platform for trade processing, valuation and market. It consists in designing and delivering solutions to the users of this platform with an initial focus onboarding new products, driving enhancement solutions, planning project timelines and working with multiple stakeholders such as users and developers to achieve desired outcome.As the main focus of the role is on the Trade Data Store (TDS2), experience in trade booking, lifecycling and how a trade prices using static or market data is preferable. This would also require basic understanding of the financial products booked in the trades, with emphasis on FX (swaps, forwards, NDFs, etc) and IR products (eg. Repo and bonds). The role will be required to provide third-level business support for issues in trade replication, and also project enhancements for Front Office traders' requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating with stakeholders from various project teams in Financial Markets, agree timelines and funding, manage all governance requirements in close collaboration with technical development manager
• Coordinating with cross discipline team members to make sure that all parties are on track with project requirements, deadlines, and schedules
• Document Actions from the workshops and assist with the tracking of the deliverables.
• Prepare Gap Analysis, Business Requirements Documents and Project Approval Requests
• Work closely with SME experts in various areas of the business gaining an understanding of their processes.
• Document and raise any Risks and Issues to the Product Owners, Business owners and Program Management.
• Take part in project testing cycles and assist with the preparation of test packs.
• Understand the functionalities of the current systems and process, and come up with requirements for system/process improvements.

SKILLS

Must have

• 12+ years of experience with business analysis, solution design and end-to-end delivery in the Financial Markets industry
• Must have deep & strong experience in any one of below (mandatory):- Equities and Fix Income- Commodities - especially Precious & Base Metals- FX Options - expert in FXO strategies and Structures
• Some technical background in analyzing or reviewing code changes would be preferable
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Knowledge and experience of Agile development practices
• Ability to work proactively, independently and displays strong initiative.
• Meticulous and upkeep documentation of project artifacts, discussions, risks, functional specifications
• Strong communication and presentation skills with an excellent standard of English are a must.

Nice to have

• Certifications such as Scrum Master, Product Owner or PMP a plus.
• Knowledge and previous experience of large-scale financial markets technology platforms a plus.
• Experience in Trade Surveillance, Market Abuse Regulation (MAR)