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The Business Analyst position is responsible for understanding business problems, analysing them thoroughly, finding appropriate solutions and working with development squad to implement them. This BA position requires good analytical knowledge on Fixed Income bonds and derivative products from Middle Office perspective. FiTP is the primary deal capture, trade processing, inline PV & risk, and workflow processing for Bonds, Vanilla and Exotic IR derivatives, as well as being the strategic capture system for several other asset classes. The team is responsible for supporting the business in the development of Trade capture and processing functions for these products. The team actively engages with the multiple trading desks involved, Middle Office and Operations, Financial Control, Market Risk management, Regulatory, Credit and close collaboration with the development and QA testing teams. This role encompasses the capture of requirements, specification and transition them through build and QA, user acceptance testing and delivery to production.
Role Overview/What will you do:
- Analysis and requirements gathering for fixed income OTC products for Trade Capture and Processing.
- Work with traders, Sales, business unit managers and heads of businesses to understand business practices and provide solutions enabling business growth and growing operational efficiencies
- Lead deliveries end to end from requirements, design, construction, testing and implementation; provide user and operational support on application to business users.
- Work with PM to establish and maintain periodic communication to business and technology partners.
- Take lead in planning the best practice solutions, tracking, execution, and overall project management of the roll out of cross asset and multi-functional initiatives.
Key Skills and Experience:
- Extensive experience as a Business Analyst or similar role, ideally within Investment Banking.
- Ability and proven experience of driving functionality/project from analysis to successful production. Proven experience as an owner of delivering successful project outcomes.
- Ability to communicate productively and efficiently with business (FO Traders, Business Managers etc.).
- Ability to transform business requirements into precise functional/technical specifications.
- Proven diplomatic and analytical skills. Have ability to manage complex and variable issues with substantial potential impact by weighing various action plans and balancing potentially conflicting needs
- Strong team orientation and commitment to overall team success, intense user focus and commitment to driving quality.
- Effective time management skills to manage multiple priorities with flexibility
Beneficial / Nice to have skills and experience:
- Ability to manually calculate P&L, Accrued interest, aptitude/interest in number crunching, problem solving and articulation skills.
- Knowledge of any programming language basics, to be able to read and understand code.
- Knowledge of any other financial protocols/formats used to exchange financial products information (SwML, FIX, FPML etc.).
- Knowledge of investment bank structure and departments responsibility, operational processes (FO, MO, BO).
- Nice to Have: Experience with MarkitWire, ICELink platforms
This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
What we’ll provide you
By joining Citi, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:
- 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- A discretional annual performance related bonus
- Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Pension Plan
- Paid Parental Leave
- Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
- Access to an array of learning and development resources
Visit our Global Benefits page to learn more.
Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay and empowered to thrive.
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Please see the requirements listed above.
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For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.
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Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.
