Senior Business Analyst, Clearing Product Development

Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. seeks a Senior Business Analyst to define functionality for ICE's post-trade and risk products in futures and options markets. You will liaison between stakeholders and a software-development team, translating business needs into system requirements for large-scale projects.

You will develop artifacts, support demos and training, and ensure on-time delivery while collaborating across teams to optimize existing systems and processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or comparable experience required.
• 5+ years’ software product development, business analysis, QA, or related experience.
• Strong business-writing and excellent communication skills required.
• Competence in data analysis and Microsoft Office tools (SQL, Word and Excel).
• Highly detail-oriented with keen organizational skills.
• Ability to multitask and work independently in a fast-paced environment and within deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with stakeholders in non-technical terms to learn business workflows and propose solutions.
• Translate business requirements into functional requirements for the development team.
• Reconcile conflicting requirements with stakeholders.
• Assess impact of new systems on existing systems and communicate findings.
• Develop analysis artifacts including use-cases, activity diagrams, UI schematics, business rules, technical specs, process flows, and API documentation.
• Adhere to change-control procedures and ensure requirements changes are agreed with release teams and stakeholders.
• Conduct demonstrations and training sessions; assist end users to adopt tools.
• Produce end-user documentation including release notes and guides.
• Query and compile data to support management and sales strategic analysis.
• Support QA and development efforts as required.
• Assist project management to prioritize and track system enhancements.

Skills

Software product development

Business analysis

Communication skills

SQL

Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree or comparable experience

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Overview

Job Purpose

As a Senior Business Analyst supporting the ICE Clearing Technology team, you will be responsible for defining the functionality of ICE's post-trade and risk product and service offerings, principally in the futures and options markets. Serving as the primary liaison between stakeholders and a software-development team, you will lead and coordinate the translation of business needs into system requirements for large-scale development projects.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with stakeholders in non-technical terms to learn business workflows, understand client needs, and propose solutions
• Translate business requirements into concise functional requirements that are actionable by the development team
• Reconcile conflicting requirements with stakeholders
• Recognize and communicate the impact new systems and features have on existing systems
• Develop analysis artifacts including use-cases, activity diagrams, user-interface schematics, business rules, technical specifications, process flows, and API documentation.
• Adhere to change-control procedures to ensure requirements changes are agreed to by the release team and stakeholders
• Conduct demonstrations and training sessions, and assist end users to adopt the tools developed by the team
• Produce end-user documentation, including release notes and guides
• Query and compile data to support management and sales strategic analysis
• Support the technical development and quality-assurance efforts, as required
• Assist project management to prioritize and track requested system enhancements

Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or comparable experience is required, preferably in Economics, Finance, Mathematics or Computer Science
• 5+ years’ software product development, business analysis, quality assurance, or related experience
• Strong business-writing and excellent communication skills required
• Competence in data analysis and Microsoft Office tools (particularly SQL, Word and Excel)
• Highly detail-oriented, with keen organizational skills
• Ability to multitask and work independently, in a fast-paced environment and within deadline
• Commitment to customer service and on-time product delivery

Preferred, but not required

• Trading, clearing or banking-industry experience preferred
• A basic understanding of web applications, data structures, API, XML, HTML, Jira, Confluence

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.