What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Business Analyst position at Bizoforce - The Innovation Platform Accelerating Digital Solutions for Enterprises?
Job Description:
We looking for an experienced BA with 7-10 Years of experience for Commodities technology team with experience in Agricultural/Soft commodities trading and risk management. The candidate will be actively involved in projects and is accountable for collaborating with various teams such as: Front Office, Quants, Market Risk, Middle Office, Back Office, and downstream systems users.
Key Deliverables and Responsibilities:
- Directly work with Front-office Sales, trading and Quants.
- Facilitate communication among stakeholders to ensure alignment.
- Capture and document detailed requirements for Agricultural financial, physical trades, listed, OTC and funding.
- Work with Technology dev resources to estimate effort and delivery timelines in a Scrum context.
- Define test-cases and validate features before release to production.
- As needed, support production and help resolve critical incidents post go live
Commodities Product Knowledge:
- Understanding of Agricultural commodities markets dynamics
- Familiarity with the different exchanges (ICE, CBOT, CME, etc…)
- Strong Derivatives and OTC product knowledge (Fut, Fwd, Avg, Options etc.)
- Physical business understanding (Leasing, financing and Inventory management)
- Agricultural specific trade lifecycle events
Technical Skills:
- Strong knowledge of the main modules within Endur and/or Murex– Setting up static data, market data (Curve), Contract, trade templates etc. and deep understanding of simulations, EOD process, data extraction and ingestion
- Ability to write SQL statements for analytical work if needed
- Strong Excel skills (formulas, pivots, macros, etc) for analysis and reporting
- Working experience with Jira and Scrum boards