Your business analysis skills will lead the way in interacting with business representatives within the Risk area, IT delivery and other vendor teams to deliver a serious of dynamic IT projects to clients within Market Risk.

Consulting on site at one of our Top tier Investment Banking clients, you will be required to lead analysis, design and testing activities to enhance Market Risk platforms. A good understanding of market risk is therefore essential as not only will you be liaising with market risk managers but you will be analysing the capabilities of existing systems and if needed, proposing new systems.

You will have a passion for delivery and pride yourself in providing services which are a cut above the rest.  The scope of this role will be around the following aspects of the project lifecycle: Project initiation, Business Analysis, Functional Design, Technical Design, Test planning, preparation and execution, issue analysis and resolution.

As well as the below responsibilities and skills, you will of course be confident, a team player, strong development skills, fabulous communication skills and be a proven problem solver.

Your responsibilities:

• Work with the Market Risk project process covering all business aspects of the process from requirements gathering through implementation

• Be responsible for the relationship with business users and off shore delivery teams

• Ensure that specific project deliverables are produced on time in accordance with the project plan and make sure that all relevant parties are informed of progress

• Maintain a quality control process and ensure that project deliverables meet the required quality standards

• Manage the execution of policy statements and all standards derived from them

• Manage risks and issues for a project’s successful outcome

• Report project progress at regular intervals to senior management and produce key documentation for distribution

• Together with the Technical Analyst perform a detailed low level evaluation of development effort estimates that are provided by vendors

• Enhance/improve the delivery process of Market Risk projects

Your talents:

• Degree level qualification

• Substantial experience as a Business Analyst within an Investment Banking domain

• Expert Excel skills

• Experience of Market Risk, Front Office Risk or similar area is a core requirement

• Experience of working within a full project life cycle from initiation through to implementation, experience of working with a project management methodology would be an advantage

• Experience of liaison with other departments (i.e. Business units, Infrastructure teams, Audit) across multiple countries

•  Experience in working with remote client and vendor resources

• Experience in identifying and documenting client technical needs, internal structures, procedures, workflows and systems

• Vendor management experience