Jefferies, the global investment banking firm, has served companies and investors for 60 years. Headquartered in New York, with offices in over 30 cities around the world, the firm provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage and securities research, as well as asset and wealth management. The firm provides research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services including underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia

Jefferies Risk Information Technology team is responsible for building and maintaining Risk Management systems solutions and architecture for the Jefferies enterprise. The team works closely with Financial Risk Management functions (Credit, Liquidity, Market) in the areas of measuring, quantifying, analyzing, reporting, controlling, mitigating, and managing the financial risk exposures of the company across all traded securities products.

The Risk Business Analyst/Project Manager will be responsible for providing wide ranging and high-quality Business Analyst and Project Management services to the Firm and the global Risk Management organization, across all areas of Risk Management: measuring, quantifying, analyzing, reporting, controlling, mitigating, and managing of Financial Risks for the Firm across all capital markets traded products, including Commodities, Equities, FX, Fixed Income, and both Listed and OTC Derivatives.

Job responsibilities include:

• Deliver Technology projects and initiatives for Risk Management by coordinating, collaborating, managing, and working with stakeholders, business users, and other I.T. staff to build and improve the risk systems architecture and processes.
• Conduct business analysis including eliciting, developing, and defining business requirements and functional requirements, and associated documentation, for systems enhancements and changes related to Risk Management technology.
• Work with users at all levels of the organization to understand and define system and data needs for Risk Management applications and Technology processes by conducting business and data analysis, evaluations of current state and future state of system changes; project management and coordination; and ultimately delivery of system enhancements, upgrades, and improvements.
• Drive resolution of wide-ranging scope of analytical and technical issues related to Risk Management information technology that arise during developing, enhancing, managing, operating, and supporting Jefferies' Risk Management Technology infrastructure.
• Employ data analysis and analytical analysis techniques in order to research and evaluate system changes and enhancements, as well as to troubleshoot issues across the risk technology architecture and framework, across all risk exposure calculations and technology processes.
• Provide timely and effective systems support of all Risk Management applications, coding, data processes, programs, system batch processing, system components, User Interfaces etc to the global Risk Management organization, as well as across the Firm.
• Create and manage appropriate documentation required for system changes, that may include project charter, project scope, business requirements, project plans, technical specifications, and test plans.
• Work closely with developers and software engineers to assist them with understanding requirements, implementing requirements, and delivering system enhancements.

Experience & Skills Required:

• 5+ yrs experience in a broker-dealer or financial services company in the area of Risk Management or Risk Technology
• Strong knowledge of market risk or credit risk domains. Having both is a big +
• Good understanding of capital markets traded products such as Derivatives, Equities, Fixed Income, FX
• Experience with enterprise database analysis, and proficiency of one or more data analysis tools such as AquaData, Oracle SQL Developer, Quest, or similar.
• Strong analytic and problem solving abilities
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics)
• Advanced PC skills, including MS Excel, MS project
• Solid understanding of one or more software development approaches: Agile, SDLC.
• Knowledge and experience with a Programming language such as VB, Python, C#, Java, R is a plus