Project Management Specialist - Business Analyst

Verithium; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Verithium in Newark, NJ is seeking a Business Analyst to support the Fixed Income investment team, translating business requirements into functional deliverables and aiding technology projects. You will be part of a group that covers Portfolio Management, Operations, Compliance, Client Services and Credit Research Performance Reporting.

The role participates in technology initiatives, infrastructure upgrades, process improvements and strategic business initiatives, with a path from consulting to

Qualifications

• Undergraduate (B.S.) degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or computer related field.
• Minimum of 2-4 years experience in the Fixed Income Industry and Information Systems.
• Proven ability to solve problems based on researching and analyzing information.
• Strong analytical skill and ability to make independent decisions and develop creative solutions to meet business needs.
• Strong knowledge of fixed income securities, trading or operational processing.
• Strong computer skills including experience with key Investment management tools and trading systems, such as Blackrock Solutions Aladdin Trading System.
• Proficient with MS Excel, MS Word, MS Visio and PowerPoint.
• Project management and systems solutions implementation experience preferred.
• Possesses excellent communication and interpersonal skills and comfortable working with all levels of an organizations technology and business departments.
• Basic understanding of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Must be customer focused meaning must be able to understand the importance stakeholders business objectives and drive the process towards achieving those objectives.
• Ability to proactively manage workload and identify opportunities for additional contribution.
• Must be a self-starter, enthusiastic; and possess very strong organizational, task management and prioritization skills.

Responsibilities

• The Business Analyst is responsible for supporting various initiatives across the Fixed Income investment team, with an emphasis on understanding the project(s) requirements from the business perspective and to ensure those requirements are translated into the appropriate functional deliverables.
• He will be part of a group that supports the following business areas: Portfolio Management and Analysis, Operations, Compliance, Client Services and Credit Research Performance Reporting.
• The group leads/participates in 1) Technology projects 2) Infrastructure upgrades 3) Process Improvements 4) Strategic Business Initiatives.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication

Self-starter

Organization & prioritization

Customer focus

Education

B.S. in Finance/Economics/Business/CS

Tools

BlackRock Aladdin

SQL

MS Visio

PowerPoint

MS Word

Job description

This opportunity is a "Right-to-Hire" opportunity beginning as a consulting opportunity with expected conversion to a permanent employee within the first year. The client is notin position to provide Visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

The Business Analyst is responsible for supporting various initiatives across the Fixed Income investment team, with an emphasis on understanding the project(s) requirements from the business perspective and to ensure those requirements are translated into the appropriate functional deliverables. He will be part of a group that supports the following business areas: Portfolio Management and Analysis, Operations, Compliance, Client Services and Credit Research Performance Reporting. The group leads/participates in 1) Technology projects 2) Infrastructure upgrades 3) Process Improvements 4) Strategic Business Initiatives.

Requirements

• Undergraduate (B.S.) degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or computer related field.
• Minimum of 2-4 years experience in the Fixed Income Industry and Information Systems.
• Proven ability to solve problems based on researching and analyzing information.
• Strong analytical skill and ability to make independent decisions and develop creative solutions to meet business needs.
• Strong knowledge of fixed income securities, trading or operational processing.
• Strong computer skills including experience with key Investment management tools and trading systems, such as Blackrock Solutions Aladdin Trading System.
• Proficient with MS Excel, MS Word, MS Visio and PowerPoint.
• Project management and systems solutions implementation experience preferred.
• Possesses excellent communication and interpersonal skills and comfortable working with all levels of an organizations technology and business departments.
• Basic understanding of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Must be customer focused meaning must be able to understand the importance stakeholders business objectives and drive the process towards achieving those objectives.
• Ability to proactively manage workload and identify opportunities for additional contribution.
• Must be a self-starter, enthusiastic; and possess very strong organizational, task management and prioritization skills.

Preferred Additional skills

• Experience conducting and leading requirements gathering sessions and translating business requirements into functional specifications for testing and development.
• Experience in executing QA efforts from requirements inception to production release, including well rounded testing skills with some understanding of Functional, System, User Acceptance and Regression Testing.
• Experience in data manipulation and writing SQL queries.
• Experience in executing validation tests on application development or process/workflow design.