IT - Business Analyst

We are looking to find a responsible and open minded candidate who adds value to our client's IT team. Our client is an international Swiss Bank.

ROLE OVERVIEW

- REQUIREMENT ENGINEER/BUSINESS ANALYST FOR TRADING LIMIT SYSTEMS (RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRINCIPALLY FOR OTC DERIVATIVES):
- Elicits, analyzes, documents and validates business requirements, conditions and priorities within an application development project in the Credit risk Domain
- Ensures that specified requirements are transmitted entirely and correctly to the development and test team members by writing clear and detailed functional specifications
- Supports developers and testers by resolving business issues that come up during the technical implementation
- Supports the test team in testing activities, when necessary

KEY DELIVERABLES

Provide standard requirements engineering deliverables (Use Case Model, Use Cases, User Stories Business Rule Specifications, Screen Specifications, Non Functional Requirements Specifications) on time and with high quality and ensure business signoff.

Effort estimations and task planning for Requirements Engineering related project tasks

MUST SKILLS

- Degree at university level (preferably in IT or Banking)
- 6 OR MORE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING IN APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
- Know-how and practice in derivatives, as well as in risk and exposure calculation
- Development or system analysis background
- UML knowledge/experience
- Datamodelling
- SQL knowledge
- Fluent written and spoken English
- Strong communications and customer orientation skills
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Soft skills to handle stakeholders with different background (Business Project Managers, User Representatives, Programmers, Offshore resources, Testers etc.)
- Experience in banking or finance industry

ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS

- Experience in international projects
- Degree level qualification in computing
- Business engineering education and/or certificate
- FRM certificate
- Database skills, and experience in programming
- Experience of Agile
- Subversion or CVS

If this role excites you, and you feel you could take this next challenge in your career, then don't hesitate to send your application.

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