Senior Business Analyst- Capital Markets

An opportunity is available for a Senior Business Analyst to join our client, a prominent Australian financial institution, as a key contributor to the analysis, design, and development of their OTC derivative clearing platform. This role is part of a major transformation program within the capital markets landscape. The work encompasses specialized areas such as new trade processes, risk interface development with the trading platform, regulatory reporting enhancements, and involvement with industry-leading equities and derivatives clearing platforms.

Responsibilities

The role is responsible for assessing new concepts against current systems and procedures, analysing stakeholder needs from an end-to-end perspective, engaging internal and external clients through various facilitation techniques and mediums, and providing high quality, fit for purpose business analysis artefacts

Be an active and vocal member of the Markets transformation team, bringing your past experience in transformation programs and adapting it to a strong client culture.

Work with impacted stakeholders to perform deep dives and discovery on the As-Is state of clearing risk management systems for derivatives products, allowing for effective review by project team members and impacted stakeholders.

Liaise with assigned Product Owners and Development teams for prioritisation, elicitation and analysis of new business requests within the program.

Run workshops to identify requirements and evaluate solutions.

Perform gap analysis between the As-Is state and the To-Be state.

Write high-quality user stories and acceptance criteria for functional and non-functional requirements.

Present and clearly articulate user stories and other business requirements to a wide audience including developers, testers, vendors and project stakeholders

Support QA teams on integration testing, plan and participate in UAT, provide hyper care support post implementation.

Skills

Must have

The role demands over five years of expertise in capital markets, with a focus on derivatives products and back-office processes. Candidates are expected to apply this knowledge to effectively manage and improve related workflows. Additionally, a thorough understanding of agile methodologies is essential to contribute successfully within project environments.

Hard skills include:

In-depth knowledge of capital markets products, specifically interest rate derivatives and fixed income instruments.

Proficiency in requirements gathering, process mapping, stakeholder management, and comprehensive documentation.

Ability to translate business requirements into clear functional specifications and delivery artifacts.

Extensive experience in agile delivery practices such as user story creation, backlog refinement, and supporting user acceptance testing.

Familiarity with digital banking, financial services, or enterprise platforms is beneficial.

Soft skills required encompass:

Strong communication and interpersonal skills to facilitate collaboration across various organizational levels, emphasizing stakeholder engagement, effective communication, and adaptability.

Familiarity with digital banking, financial services, or enterprise platforms is beneficial.

Soft skills required encompass:

Strong communication and interpersonal skills to facilitate collaboration across various organizational levels, emphasizing stakeholder engagement, effective communication, and adaptability.

Nice to have

Basic technical knowledge in Database, Java, XML and issue analysis using application server logs.

Working experience with Central banks, Central Clearing House

CFA / FRM or other BA certifications are desirable

Customer Centric

understanding the needs of our internal and external customers and ensuring that solutions developed meet / exceed these needs.