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The Global E-Trading Business Analyst will report into the Global Rates E-Trading Business Manager. Given the increasing industry and regulatory focus around control related tasks, this role is critical to maintaining a robust control environment within the Rates Algorithmic Trading Business. The role is also key to enabling business growth through maintaining a sound control environment, facilitating new business initiatives, product expansion and driving technology change within the business and will cover a range of identified opportunities in Trading and Technology. The Business Analyst should be able to work well in a team environment and should be able to function without close supervision and with good project management skills.

Responsibilities:

Business Administration:

• Liaison with support functions building relationships with market risk, risk and controls, compliance and technology to assist in delivering on business strategy
• Create and update effective metrics to desk heads and seniors
• Involvement in maintaining the control framework for the wider business including Managers Control Assessment (MCA), operational loss processes, investigation and developing and driving corrective actions.
• Other ad hoc administration tasks that support the activities of the business including PowerPoint presentations and excel analysis.

Control Focus:

• Seek out and ensure corrective actions are implemented for control related issues across the spectrum of control functions with a goal of driving a robust, efficient and scalable business model across all traded asset classes.

Business Development & Project Management:

• Participate in business-driven projects across functions, driving implementation working closely with relevant seniors.
• Provide input into and drive technology change, process and control framework enhancements

Business Skills:

• Demonstrate a knowledge of financial markets, focused on Interest Rate products
• Relay business knowledge, product knowledge, and requirements to business and internal support functions where required
• Co-ordinate and participate actively in all relevant business initiatives as required.

Communication Skills:

• Foster excellent relationships between the businesses and various support functions
• Communicate (written and oral) information within and between the businesses and support functions
• Communicate effectively within the business management teams locally and globally

Technical Capabilities:

• High level of computer literacy especially in the Microsoft Office product suite, specifically Excel and PowerPoint

Development Value:

• Develop a detailed understanding of the Rates business, its products and processes and how it operates within a large organization
• Build effective prioritization skills as the job entails dealing with multiple conflicting priorities in a time-pressured environment.
• The selected candidate will have the opportunity to work and build relationships with a broad range of people inside the organization, including Business/Desk Heads and Global Functions Business Partners

Knowledge/Experience:

• Business management, finance, operations, audit or related experience within global financial services firms
• Exposure to Interest Rate products would be an advantage
• Strong Project Management and execution skills
• Familiar at working with and manipulating large data sets – QlikView, Powerbase, Python or SQL skills an advantage but not required.

Qualifications:

• 2-5 years experience
• Subject matter expert in derivatives products
• Experience of working on projects and delivering to assigned deadlines.
• Effective analytical skills, particularly around requirements gathering, requirements documentation, and data interrogation
• Excellent communication skills

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience