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The investment management arm of one of the UK’s leading financial services organisations. The Role:
Reporting to the Director of Sales this role will have close engagement with the Managing Directors for each of the Group’s UK and offshore jurisdictions.
The key objective of the role is the achievement of sales targets through the development and execution of the …
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Top Investment Bank seeks Experienced Business Change Project Manager with experience in Middle office Operations and specific project exposure with Trade Capture projects. This roles sites within Operations a Global function providing Middle Office Support and transaction management and settlement services across all Asset Classes.
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Listed Options Trading Business Analyst
Ref 31639
Country USA
City New York
Business Area Global Technology
Contract Type Permanent
Estimated publish end date
Department Overview Equity Derivatives Technology (EDT) provides IT development and support for the Equity Derivatives business. Equity Derivatives covers a variety of business lines, including Arbitrage, Volatility, Exotics, Fund Linked derivative and Convertible Bond trading. Trading desks are currently in London, New York and Hong Kong with Sales in offices worldwide. Equity Derivatives is a vibrant and exciting business which is undergoing spectacular growth in terms of trading volumes, global coverage, the breadth of product coverage and the revenue it generates for the firm. It is a relatively young business area in Barclays Capital and has grown up in close partnership with IT.
Equity Derivatives Technology currently has ~ 300 staff across London, New York and Singapore. The role is focused in the listed options space, where we are building out a platform for sales-trader interaction, order management, exchange connectivity supporting the front office derivatives trading and sales function.
About Barclays Capital
Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC. With a distinctive business model, Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients with a full spectrum of solutions to their strategic advisory, financing and risk management needs. Barclays Capital has offices around the world, employs over 23,000 people and has the global reach, advisory services and distribution power to meet the needs of issuers and investors worldwide.
For further information about Barclays Capital, please visit our website www.barclayscapital.com.
It is the policy of Barclays Capital to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law
Main FunctionThe business analyst role will involve analysis of requirements for small, medium and large projects covering front, middle and back office users around listed options execution, order management, and settlement. In addition to facing-off with the business users, there will be extensive involvement with technical teams based in New York, so a technical background or appreciation of technical issues would of benefit. The BA will bridge the development teams that span across order management, exchange + broker connectivity, algorithmics, and trade reporting.
Main Duties
The candidate will be facing off to key stakeholders in trading, sales, operations, and compliance for requirements gathering and project management. Within IT, he/she will be working with the multiple development teams to ensure scope is clear and achievable, test plans are comprehensive, and milestones are known and tracked. Dependency management and issue resolution is vital. As a senior BA/PM, he/she is expected to also act in consultative manner at times when new initiatives come up to steer them in the right direction.
* All aspects of project work, including analysis, requirements gathering, design, testing and deployment
* Helping to design solutions that fit with the strategic direction of the group, making use of current components
* Delivery to the business and handover to the support team.
* To deliver to tight project plans, recognizing needs around testing, integration and delivery of software
* Creation of quality functional specifications and working closely with the developers in the creation of technical specs
* Mapping of as-is and to-be processes, use cases and full test and migrations strategies
* Working with the users on UAT planning and liaison with the user base during the UAT
Person Requirements
Basic Qualification
* Bachelors Degree
Preferred Qualifications
* Strong understanding listed options sales-trader interaction, order management, exchange and broker dealings, compliance, etc.
* Full Business Analysis development lifecycle experience, working within IT, with proven delivery record and an ability to work in a demanding environment. Experience of global project deliveries
* Capable of producing functional specifications that drive change, cross functional project plans
* Experience of working with traders, sales and operations functions
* Strong written, verbal, reasoning analytical and inter-personal skills
* Experience with MS Visio, Project, Excel, SharePoint as well as testing (e.g. Quality Center) and knowledge sharing tools (e.g. Confluence wiki)
* Ideally with some Project management and business analysis training
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Media Trader – Financial Trading – Business Analytics/Strategic Consultant
If you are a Media Trading with Financial Trading and Business Analytics experience, please read on!
What you need for this position:
– MUST be a team player, willing to learn new skills, and apply them daily
– Approximately 5 years in business analytics/business strategy
– Have a proven track record in applying mathematical/analytical approaches to solving business problems.
– A background in finance, economics, analytically driven strategic marketing, pricing strategy, or strategic analysis will round out the ideal candidate’s technical skills with practical experience.
– Must have the ability to creatively structure and executive practical analytics, as well as partner and influence across the organization to implement solutions.
– Experienced in building and applying statistical models in a business strategy environment
– Experience in market research and analysis
– Bachelor degree in business/economics/mathematics or another analytical field
– Proficient in SQL
Preferred Skills and Experience:
– Masters degree in business/economics/mathematics or another analytical field
– Econometric modeling experience (particularly applied econometrics)
– Consulting or consultative selling experience
– Previous management experience
– Product strategy experience
– Expert user of at least one Business Intelligence software tool. SAS, SPSS, Clementine, Spotfire, Tableau, Business Objects, Cognos, etc.
What you’ll be doing:
– Take the lead in developing and deploying insights that enable our organization to optimize profit while staying aligned with its strategic goals.
– Much like a stock trader, the Media Trader will take the day to day lead in ensuring that pricing, inventory acquisition, and ad spend investments are aligned to optimize yield.
– The Media Trader will also be a conduit between the Trading Desk, Ad Operations and the Product Development team to ensure that product and pricing strategy are aligned.
What’s in it for you:
– Competitive Base Salary
– Competitive Bonus Plan
-offers a comprehensive benefits package, including, Medical/Dental/Vision,
– Group Life, AD&D, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Supplemental Life & AD&D, Flexible Spending Plan, 401k and Pre-Tax Commuter Benefit Plan (MBTA Corporate Pass & Parking).
So, if you are a Media Trading with Financial Trading and Business Analytics experience, please apply today!
Required Skills
Financial Trading, Business Analytics, Media Trading, Strategic Consultant, Media Buying, Pricing, Purchasing, Inventory acquisition, Trading Desk, Ad Opperations
If you are a good fit for the Media Trader – Financial Trader – Business Analytics position, and have a background that includes:
Financial Trading, Business Analytics, Media Trading, Strategic Consultant, Media Buying, Pricing, Purchasing, Inventory acquisition, Trading Desk, Ad Opperations and you are interested in working the following job types:
Business Development, Sales, Marketing
Within the following industries:
Computer Software, Computer Hardware, Wireless
Our privacy policy: Your resume and information will be kept completely confidential.
Looking forward to receiving your resume through our website and going over the job in more detail with you!
Requirements Financial Trading, Business Analytics, Media Trading, Strategic Consultant, Media Buying, Pricing, Purchasing, Inventory acquisition, Trading Desk, Ad Opperations
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