What are the responsibilities and job description for the Calypso Business Analyst position at Saransh Inc?
Role: Calypso Business Analyst
Location/s: Atlanta, GA; Charlotte, NC and NYC, NY (Hybrid - 3 days a week in the office)
Job Type: Contract
Role Overview:
- We are seeking an experienced Calypso Business Analyst to bridge business stakeholders – Treasury, Trading, Operations, and Risk – with the Calypso engineering and testing teams across Money Market, FX, Fixed Income, Derivatives, and Collateral.
- You will translate business needs into clear functional requirements and drive them through to UAT sign-off across development, enhancement, and version-upgrade workstreams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Elicit, document, and prioritize business requirements from Treasury, Trading, Middle Office, and Operations stakeholders.
- Author Business Requirement Documents (BRDs) and Functional Specification Documents (FSDs) for new features, enhancements, and regulatory changes.
- Perform gap analysis between business requirements and out-of-the-box Calypso functionality; recommend configuration vs. customization.
- Lead requirement walkthroughs, design reviews, and sign-off sessions with business and technology stakeholders.
- Define UAT scope and acceptance criteria; support business users through UAT execution and defect triage.
- Assess business impact of Calypso version upgrades and regulatory changes across Front, Middle, and Back Office workflows.
Required Skills and Experience:
- 6 years of business analysis experience within capital markets, treasury, or investment banking technology programs.
- Strong functional knowledge of Calypso across two or more modules: Money Market, FX, Fixed Income, Derivatives, or Collateral/Margining.
- Understanding of the Calypso trade lifecycle (capture, validation, workflow, settlement, accounting) and static/market data setup.
- Proven experience writing BRDs/FSDs and managing requirements through the full SDLC in an Agile or hybrid environment.
- Working knowledge of SQL for data investigation and validation.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including with senior business sponsors.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Computer Science, or related field; MBA a plus.
- Calypso functional certification(s) preferred.
Good to Have:
- Exposure to regulatory reporting regimes relevant to capital markets.
- Familiarity with adjacent capital markets systems used alongside Calypso in a multi-platform estate.