Senior Business Analyst - Capital Markets

Permanent position

• Must have financial markets background
• Flexible on location in Australia

An opportunity exists for a Senior Business Analyst to join our client, a leading Australian Financial institute and be an integral part of the analysis, design and development of the their OTC derivative clearing Platform. This is chance to be part of a large program of work evolving the existing clearing risk management solutions and driving the improvement of business process effectiveness.

• The role is responsible for assessing new concepts against current systems and procedures, analysing stakeholder needs from an end-to-end perspective, engaging internal and external clients through various facilitation techniques and mediums, and providing high quality, fit for purpose business analysis artefacts
• Be an active and vocal member of the Markets transformation team, bringing your past experience in transformation programs and adapting it to a strong client culture.
• Work with impacted stakeholders to perform deep dives and discovery on the As-Is state of clearing risk management systems for cash and derivatives products, allowing for effective review by project team members and impacted stakeholders.
• Liaise with assigned Product Owners and Subject Matter Experts for prioritisation, elicitation and analysis of new business requests within the program.
• Run workshops to identify requirements and evaluate solutions.
• Perform gap analysis between the As-Is state and the To-Be state.
• Write high quality user stories and acceptance criteria for functional and non-functional requirements.
• Use formal modelling techniques to assist in the representation of business requirements.
• Present and clearly articulate user stories and other business requirements to a wide audience including.

developers, testers, vendors and project stakeholders.

• 5+ years of working experience
• Proven experience as a Business Analyst in capital markets, with a strong understanding of derivatives products and back office processes.
• Technical exposure to Swift (ideally ISO) & FIX
• Demonstrated expertise in requirement gathering, Business Requirement
• Document (BRD) preparation, and user story development.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and experience working in agile project environments.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen attention to detail.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Sydney-based candidates are preferred due to project location constraints.
• Techno-functional experience will be considered a plus, although not mandatory.

• Basic technical knowledge in Database, Java, XML and issue analysis using application server logs.
• Customer Centric - understanding the needs of our internal and external customers and ensuring that solutions developed meet / exceed these needs.
• Outcomes-oriented - understanding what levers to pull to drive outcomes in a tightly regulated but changing landscape.
• Ability to Prioritise - having a good handle on prioritising needs and resourcing without being rigid.