Our client a mid size mid-town investment firm is seeking a Business Analyst with strong knowledge of Equity cash transactions. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well under pressure. Ideally, they will have deep experience with NYFIX, NASDAQ, ACT, OATS, TRACE, BETA, Flextrade, equities trade flow and routing. Knowledge of Fidessa, Risk Management and Imagine systems is a plus. BRASS experience will also be considered.
Bachelors Degree required.
Location: New York, NY
Salary: $100,000 – 120,000
Contact: Kendal Ridgeway
Excellent opportunity for a flexible, composed & consultative analyst with strong interpersonal, research & project management skills to work closely with the CEO to gather, analyze & develop recommendations for strategic project initiatives for a global trading & risk management software company.
RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:
Analyzing competitive environments
Performing financial & business due diligence
Provide advisory information to management
Preparing recommendations for new systems, procedures or organizational changes
REQUIRED SKILLS:
3+ yrs operational, technical or finance management experience
Bachelor’s degree required/MBA preferred
Strong analytical & problem solving skills
Excellent written and oral presentation skills
Ability to work in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
Location: Long Island, NY
Salary: Competitive
Contact: Kendal Ridgeway
Our client is seeking a Business Analyst to join their Consulting and Product Development group.
RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
Support of Product Development including requirements gathering, specification, documentation and testing
Working with development teams during product development cycles to include testing, issue tracking and solving design issues
Client interactions including presentations, training and sales
REQUIRED SKILLS:
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to organize and prioritize multiple tasks
Good working knowledge of Microsoft tools – Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Location: Long Island, NY
Salary: Competitive
Contact: Kendal Ridgeway
Our client is seeking someone to work with their customers, financial consultants and software engineers to conceptualize, analyze and design financial market enhancements to our client’s trading, risk management and back office software.
TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
To assess marketplace, via existing or potential clients to identify functional gaps within the application
To perform cost/benefit analyst to identify enhancements for consideration for existing or potential clients
Expected to have extensive knowledge about financial markets such as Fixed Income, Interest Rate Derivatives, Equities, Money markets, Precious Metals, FX, Credit Derivatives, back Office Operations
Knowledge of other financial trading, risk management and back office software systems is preferred
To convert user requirements and functional gaps into detailed software functional specifications that will be written using structured analysis and design techniques consistent with our technical architecture
Work closely with the software developers to ensure that enhancements are implemented in a proper and consistent manner
Consult with clients to demonstrate how the systems functionally can satisfy their business requirements
Support sales efforts by performing demos, workshops and responding to RFI/RFPs
Document major enhancements to the software, to be used by the Documentation team in the creation of user guides
Create test plans for major enhancements to the software, to be used by the QA teams for future regression testing
Provide internal training classes on existing and new functionality
The role involves domestic and international travel (up to 25%)
KEY SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES:
Excellent interpersonal communications
Problem solving
Self-starting and self-managing
Client facing skills
Flexibility
Resilient and calm under pressure
Implementer/finisher
Good written and presentation skills
Time management
Organized
Dedicated, decisive, and dynamic
Dependable, loyal and trustworthy
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:
2 years within the financial markets (back, middle, or front office)
Extensive knowledge of some or all of the following markets- Interest Tate Derivatives, Fixed Income, Money Markets, Equities, Precious Metals, FX or Credit Derivatives
Strong math or quantitative background
Experience in designing a trading/risk management/back office software package
Credit and market risk knowledge is a plus
Technical/specification writing
First degree in business, finance math or computers
Second degree or masters is a plus
Knowledge of standard messaging services such as, SWIFT desirable
Proficient with MS office applications
Understanding of relational databases (e.g. Access, Sybase, Oracle) and SQL
Knowledge of programming languages such as, C/C++/VB/Java is a plus
Software Systems user or analyst with previous experience within a complex trading/risk management environment
Location: Long Island, NY
Salary: Competitive
Contact: Kendal Ridgeway
Our client is looking for a Business Analyst, specifically someone with a financial background to join their team. You will be assisting in Finance related projects. Including, but not limited to cash management, enterprise risk management, internal controls, creating global efficiencies and more. This person also has to be somewhat technical, and have experience working with databases. Specifically, you must have experience and/or knowledge of SQL.
REQUIREMENTS:
A business/work background of 2-5 years experience
Must have experience working with databases (Specifically SQL)
Should have experience working with and writing reports (Specifically, with financial, Accounting, and Time-management systems)
Should have some experience working with Time-Management, Tenrox, SharPoint, or ERP systems
Must have a bachelors degree, preferably with a major of finance, business, accounting, or economics
Location: Long Island, NY
Salary: Competitive
Contact: Kendal Ridgeway
Our client is seeking a Senior Consultant as part of their growing FNA client services group, implementing trading, risk management and straight-through-processing (STP) software. The existing team comprises of personnel with backgrounds in trading, software consulting, and IT development for investment banks. This is a challenging role for an enthusiastic problem solver, looking to leverage and apply their 3+ years in system implementation via a background in IT project management, business analysis, or as an end user from trading or operations.
The role includes the coordination and running of Business analysis and gap analysis phases and also being be the team leader on implementation of the software, eventually transferring this knowledge to the clients designated “super-users.” As such the role is “hands on” and requires the individual to become an expert in the software functionality allied to both a product and business process knowledge.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
3-5+ years experience with a financial services institution (in IT, Back, Middle, or Front Office)
Extensive product knowledge of at least one of the following markets- Interest Rate Derivatives, Fixed Income, Money Markets, Equities, Precious Metals, FX, or Credit Derivatives
Project experience of systems implementation: requirements gathering, business analysis, and/or testing
Knowledge of other financial trading, risk management, and back office software systems is a clear plus
Previous experience working on implementation or daily use of competing systems is a strong plus
Strong math or quantitative background is essential
Proficiency with Microsoft excel, ability to write VBA macros is a plus
Minimum bachelor’’s degree in business, finance, math or computer science coupled with demonstrated high academic achievement.
Graduate degree is a plus
Ability to thrive under pressure and work well within a team
Excellent communication, organization and first-class customer-facing skills are essential
Extensive travel– the successful candidate will be expected to work at client sites the majority of the time
Location: Long Island, NY
Salary: Competitive
Contact: Kendal Ridgeway
This is a direct client-facing role. The Business Analyst will be working with Our client’s customers, consultants, and software engineers to conceptualize, analyze, and design enhancements to Our client’s Energy software system. The primary focus of the Consultant will be to meet the needs of the North American and European natural gas markets. You will assess the natural gas trading marketplace to identify functional gaps. The Consultant will perform cost/benefit analysis to identify enhancements for consideration for existing and potential clients. The Consultant will assist in coordinating and prioritizing development requests concerning the natural gas markets. You will demonstrate to clients how the system functionality can satisfy their business requirements. The Energy Consultant will also help to create test plans for major enhancements to the software, to be used by the QA team for future regression testing.
QUALIFICATIONS INCLUDE:
Excellent interpersonal communications
Candidate should have a minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience
Knowledge of one or more of the following areas: Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM), power settlements, ERCOT, NERC, ISO integration, business intelligence, Commodities, Equity, Stocks, natural gas
Strong math or quantitative background
Experience in designing a trading/risk management software package
Experience with related industry software packages
Consulting experience is a plus, but not required
Bachelors degree or higher in business, finance, math or computers
Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (e.g. EXCEL, WORD)
This position requires heavy travel
Location: New York, NY
Salary: Competitive
Contact: Kendal Ridgeway
