Associate Product Analyst

Whats in it for you:

As an Associate Product Analyst, youll be working closely with product owners, development, QA, and operation teams in an Agile and/or waterfall environment. Trade Processing has a requirement for a Business Analyst to support the MarkitWire, Trade Manager and TradeServ platforms for Rates, Credit and Equities asset classes.

The role requires the candidate to have excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong organizational / coordination skills, and strong analytical skills. The candidate should be comfortable in a challenging environment and be flexible to adapt to changes.

The candidate will work closely with other Business Analysts and Product Managers in Trade Processing to deliver project change.

The candidate will be expected to collaborate with teams in India, Singapore, Tokyo, New York, and London and build relationships internally as well as externally with clients, clearing houses, venues, and trade repositories.

Duties & Accountabilities

• Able to undertake gap analysis and express in the form of user stories or functional specifications and communicate to Development and QA teams
• Collaborate with Development and Quality Assurance to ensure implementation meets business requirements
• Product Acceptance testing of new features during the development phase & review of test cases
• Able to identify options for potential solutions, including assessment of technical and business suitability
• Able to conduct public presentation of concepts and ideas comfortably

Requirements And Skills

• Postgraduate Bachelors or Masters Degree preferred
• Degree in related subject
• 1-2 years of relevant professional experience
• An understanding of financial derivatives terms and principles
• Strong Analytical & Communication skills
• Knowledge of requirements elicitation, structured analysis, requirement documentation, stakeholder management, use case and user story definition and other Business Analysis techniques will be an added advantage
• Commercial awareness and financial services experience
• Qualifications in Business Analysis / Product Management related subjects
• Microsoft Office / Visio skills