Business analyst

Luxoft is looking for a Business / Financial Analyst(s) who would be working with our Customer - one of the world's largest investment management companies. Based in Southern California, our client manages close to $2 trillion in assets and is working with Luxoft in a full-scale upgrade of their technology. We are looking for talented and ambitious people to work on the first engagement in the client's offices near Los Angeles, California. It's a high potential engagement with opportunity to expand our reach into a large share of their new and existing business.

Business Analyst would be working in a complex integration project that we've undertaken for the client's Fixed Income investment group. A specific work stream that is currently under way is focused on the development of an adapter for real-time integration of BlackRock's Aladdin to CRD Compliance solution as well as other downstream systems.

Responsibilities

Discuss, understand and document project stakeholder business requirements to direct software and business process development

Write business requirement documents

Collaborate with the development team to design and present the proposition to the stakeholders/users

Work with the team during the development phase to ensure business requirements are met and that requirements and specification documents are kept up to date

Proactively manage changes to requirements to ensure all parties have a full understanding of the required changes and the system/process/project implications

Work with the development team to test the software and business processes developed to ensure they satisfy the business requirements, and meet the design/specification

Skills

Must have

SQL knowledge

Knowledge of the relational databases (Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server etc.)

Creation of physical and logical data models

Understanding of integration patterns (REST API, ETL, Topics etc.)

Knowledge of JSON, XML formats

Knowledge of UML

Experience with Fixed Income domain

Advanced spoken and written English

Good team communication skills, confident in dealing with project stakeholders

Highly developed written and oral communication skills

Superior analytical thinking

Excellent organizational, administration and time management skills

Familiarity with financial markets, trading and investment management

Understanding of testing methodology

Good understanding of Agile SDLC's

Be quick learner and have a desire to learn the domain and its business processes

Nice to have

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Other

Languages

English: C1 Advanced

Seniority

Senior