Vichara is a Financial Services focused products and services firm headquartered in NY and building systems for some of the largest i-banks and hedge funds in the world.

The Sr. Business Analyst is responsible for the following key functions:

• Collaborate with internal and external groups to analyze and document software features, platform capabilities, and processes. Key focus will be our S&P EDM Data Management for data management team that feeds traders and operations teams
• Perform detailed requirements analysis and data analysis to respond to stakeholders - trading and operation, Fund Management, and front-office PMs
• Collate and document requirements according to internally established standards:
• Create user stories
• Define and maintain acceptance criteria
• Review test plans and test cases
• Document and maintain business context and processes
• Act as a technical subject matter expert (especially in areas relating to trading, order management, credit instrument compliance and downstream integrations).
• Act as a delivery manager when required.
• Provide user support to data management, trading desk, operations, fund Management, Equity, Investor Relations, and other departments as needed.
• Provide business process support to help simplify and standardize document posting and other power user processes.
• Act as the first line of support for new enhancement requests, translating the requests into existing capabilities or writing requirements for new capabilities.

Minimum 6 years of business analyst experience required

• Experience with Data Management with any MDM. S&P Markit experience preferred.
• Experience with supporting Order Management system with Credit Products is required - Broadridge Sentry, Allvue or other systems preferred
• Experience working with data management trading desk, operations teams in Credit Asset class required
• Experience working with loan systems (e.g. WSO, Virtus) and accounting systems (e.g. Geneva, PAM) preferred

Compensation - 130K - 150K pa