Business Analyst

About 6-8 years of total experience with most of it in Financial Services and experience in Investment Management front office domain covering research, portfolio management, trading, risk, attribution, analytics etc. B. Tech / B.E. or MBA (Finance) preferred Exposure to structured software development life-cycle methodology (preferably Agile or Iterative development) & Production Support processes Experience of working with multi-cultural teams in a geographically diverse environment A good understanding of the overall investment process and data needs of investment firms Experience of working in Fixed Income - Portfolio Management, Research applications or Trading programmes. Thorough understanding of different asset classes Equity, Fund of Funds, Fixed Income, Derivatives Basic knowledge of technology, third party products and their usage within Investment Management domain Must possess working knowledge of database technologies to query / write SQL on standard databases like Oracle. Knowhow of industry technology trends and cloud technologies - AWS, APIs, Snowflake, Python etc. Must be an expert in using MS Office products like Visio and Excel Nice to have skills include

• Experience of working with 3rd party market data providers like Bloomberg, Reuters etc.
• Strong SQL
• Experience of working in data platforms
• Experience of re-engineering legacy systems
• Experience in client billing function or systems in investment management domain
• Working knowledge of reporting tools like OBIEE and other visualisation tools like Tableau, Power BI, DOMO etc

We are looking for the following characteristics in the candidate

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to think laterally to arrive at a solution
• Must have an eye for detail and analyse/relate to the business problem in hand
• Excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills
• Ability to develop & maintain good relationships with all business and systems stakeholders
• Strong customer awareness with ability to manage customer expectations
• Flexible and positive attitude, openness to change
• Self-motivation is essential, should demonstrate commitment to high quality solution.
• Ability to learn and quickly get familiar with a complex business and systems environment

6-8 Years of Experience with Strong SQL

1. Good Communication Skills – For engaging with senior stakeholders
2. Domain Skills – Strong Capital Market experience or knowledge (Pension and Derivative products)
3. BA Skills - Good exp in BA skills like requirement gathering, data analysis, impact and gap analysis, Jira and Agile knowledge, Definition or Ready (for requirements).
4. Technical Skills – Good SQL and BI experience.