Business Analyst – Financial Risk Management (IL) - Next Step Systems

Next Step Systems

$110,000 - $180,000 / year

US-IL-Chicago

Business Analyst – Financial Risk Management

$110-$180K

Seeking a Business Analyst with expertise in financial modeling to work with Traders, Risk Management, and Quantitative Research on tools for pricing, hedging, and risk management of OTC and exchange-traded derivatives.

Responsibilities:
-Act as an expert on financial modeling techniques used by proprietary risk systems.
-Gather business requirements from various stakeholders in different levels of the organization.
-Communicate business requirements and big picture concepts to technical teams.
-Ensure that new feature development meets acceptance criteria for stated business requirements.
-Act as liaison between business stakeholders and software developers to identify and resolve issues.
-Assist Product Management with the prioritization of new feature development.
-Assist with training on existing and new risk systems.
-Develop user acceptance testing procedures and test cases.

Qualifications:
-2+ years experience in derivatives trading or financial risk management is required.
-2+ years experience analyzing and translating client needs to create functional requirements.
-Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel including pivot table reporting; comfort with VBA desired.
-Previous experience writing and executing test cases.
-Excellent written and oral communication skills.
-Strong attention to detail is essential.
-Must have ability to quickly internalize new concepts and terminology.
-Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in quantitative field desirable


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