Senior Business Analyst

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Senior Business Analyst reporting to the Global Head of Product Development, you will act as a key liaison between business and technical teams, translating business needs into actionable requirements and managing project workflows. The role involves stakeholder collaboration, process analysis, and data-driven insights in financial services and hedge fund operations. 

Your primary responsibilities will be to: 

• Collaborate with stakeholders, product owners, and development teams to gather and document business requirements. 

• Serve as a liaison between business units and IT teams to ensure alignment and successful project delivery. 

• Translate business needs into detailed user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria in Jira. 

• Maintain and manage Jira boards, workflows, and dashboards to support agile project tracking. 

• Analyze current business processes and identify areas for improvement. 

• Work closely with Quality Assurance and Development teams to ensure requirements are clearly understood and implemented correctly. 

• Demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate business requests into technical specifications and to challenge and refine requests when appropriate. 

PRIMARY SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelor’s or Master's Degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related fields. 

• Strong experience using Jira in Agile/Scrum environments, with proficiency in drafting user stories, process flows, and functional specifications. 

• 5-10 years of experience as a Business Analyst, including 5+ years within the technology function of a hedge fund, fund administrator, prime broker, or financial institution in their capital markets division. 

• Good knowledge of Excel, SQL, and data visualization tools such as Power BI and Tableau, with a proven ability to analyze data using dashboards and reports. 

• Excellent project management and communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate and present information to stakeholders. 

• Analytical, detail-oriented, and resourceful, with a proven ability to stay organized and manage tasks efficiently. 

• Familiarity with leveraging AI assisted tools such as Microsoft 365 Copilot, Rovo and AI enabled platforms for requirements gathering and documentation.   

• Knowledge of middle-office hedge fund processes such as reconciliation, Treasury, NAV calculation, and margin calculation is considered an asset. 

• Experience in application development related to Treasury or the Trade Life Cycle within financial services, ideally in the hedge fund space, is considered an asset. 

• Certifications such as CFA, FRM, PMP, or CSPO are considered assets. 

• Hands-on development experience (i.e. Python) is considered an asset. 

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