Senior Business Analyst - Capital Markets and Fixed Income Products

Version 1 has celebrated over 26 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Version 1 has several strategic technology partners including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems and Snowflake. We’re also an award-winning employer reflecting how employees are at the heart of Version 1. 

We’ve been awarded: Innovation Partner of the Year Winner 2023 Oracle EMEA Partner Awards, Global Microsoft Modernising Applications Partner of the Year Award 2023, AWS Collaboration Partner of the Year - EMEA 2023 and Best Workplaces for Women by Great Place To Work in UK and Ireland 2023. 

As a consultancy and service provider, Version 1 is a digital-first environment and we do things differently. We’re focused on our core values; using these we’ve seen significant growth across our practices and our Digital, Data and Cloud team is preparing for the next phase of expansion. This creates new opportunities for driven and skilled individuals to join one of the fastest-growing consultancies globally. 

We are looking to hire a Senior Agile Business Analyst who is expert in requirements management with a particular focus in Capital Markets and the Financial industry including fixed income markets, including how bonds and other securities are issued, traded, and managed.

Using your analytical skills, you will be able to investigate problems and identify opportunities for improvement, support decision making and prioritization, and define success measures.  You will understand the business and policy constraints that need to be considered and be able to assess their impact. 

You will be able to work without close supervision, and collaboratively with other disciplines in a team to deliver valuable results, and manage stakeholder relationships within client projects to a senior level.  Where needed, you will be able to lead a team, raising risks and issues to the appropriate people. 

Essential skills and experience:

• Significant experience in Capital Markets, having worked at major big banks 
• Strong grasp of fixed income markets, including how bonds and other securities are issued, traded, and managed. 
• Understand financial industry standards, compliance with laws, rules, and regulations, and exercise sound ethical judgment. 
• Expert in managing business, functional, reporting, and data requirements. Analyse business and user needs, document use cases, and translate business requirements to resolve problems and define technical solutions.
• Facilitate communication between business leaders, IT stakeholders, and third parties. Communicate risks and impacts, and provide reports and presentations in the right format and language to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Understand research and user experience, using findings to inform decision-making and balance user needs against business priorities. 
• Contribute to the design of system enhancements, identify process optimization through automation, meeting user needs and inclusion of emerging technologies. Deliver end-to-end process mapping (current, interim, and future states) as required.
• Test systems to ensure they meet requirements, identify problems, and support the testing of technical solutions focusing on business and user value, functionality and usability throughout the systems development life cycle.
• Troubleshoot complex issues by evaluating business processes and systems. Raise appropriate risks and issues to senior stakeholders with mitigating actions. 
• Experience working independently, leading a team, and managing the execution of deliverables.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Agile methodology.

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their well-being, professional growth, and financial stability. 

One of our standout advantages is the ability to work with a hybrid schedule along with business travel, allowing our employees to strike a balance between work and life. We also offer a range of tech-related benefits, including an innovative Tech Scheme to help keep our team members up-to-date with the latest technology. 

We prioritise the health and safety of our employees, providing private medical and life insurance coverage, as well as free eye tests and contributions towards glasses. Our team members can also stay ahead of the curve with incentivized certifications and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat. 

Our employee-designed Profit Share scheme divides a portion of our company's profits each quarter amongst employees. We are dedicated to helping our employees reach their full potential, offering Pathways Career Development Quarterly, a programme designed to support professional growth. 

Ashley Smith - Talent Acquisition Capability Partner

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