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Garda Capital Partners
is hiring
Business Analyst
About Our Company
Garda Capital Partners has over 18 years of experience deploying relative value strategies across fixed income markets for institutional investors.
Garda embraces one investment strategy with one focus: Protect and grow capital for institutional investors who entrust their money to Garda so they can deliver on their promises to their stakeholders. Garda's approach to fixed income relative value investing, their integrity, has earned the trust of investors and counterparties over many market cycles.
Garda has offices in Wayzata, Minnesota; New York City, New York; West Palm Beach, Florida; Geneva, Switzerland; Copenhagen, Denmark; and Singapore.
Job Description & Responsibilities
Garda is looking to hire a Business Analyst in its Research and Technology (R&T) group in our New York office to enhance and support our trading and risk system (Orchestrade). Orchestrade is a mission critical system used across Garda, and the role can expect to interface with multiple functions within the firm including front office, risk, middle and back office.
Position Responsibilities:
- Be a systems expert and go-to person for questions related to Orchestrade
- Perform full lifecycle activities for projects, working closely with multiple stakeholders to ensure enhancements and maintenance projects run smoothly. This includes gathering requirements, analysis, configuration, testing and delivery.
- Work with technical team on analyzing and resolving technical issues and to build new solutions
- Understand and work with business teams to define new processes and improve / automate existing ones.
- Provide ongoing / ad-hoc systems and business to all internal teams
Requirements
Qualifications & Desired Skills
- 4-year degree (focus on Finance, Math, Econ, Accounting or Computer Science desired but not required)
- Expertise configuring, testing and supporting trading / investment banking systems like Orchestrade, Front Arena, Murex, Calypso.
- Good knowledge of trade booking and valuation for FI / Equities / FX
- Ability to interpret and implement business requirements in one of the above systems
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and complete complex projects independently.
- Detail-oriented with strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a high-energy, time sensitive team environment
- Experience with SQL, Excel, Excel VBA, Bloomberg
- Certification(s) such as CFA, FRM, CAIA, etc.
- Prior experience working in a Middle Office or Valuations function
What we offer
This role is also eligible for other forms of compensation and benefits, such as a discretionary bonus, healthcare plan, 401(k) matching program, etc. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, such as job-related skills, experience, and relevant education.
Base Salary for this role is expected to be between:
$100,000—$150,000 USD
