- MUST have Capital Markets to apply
- Sydney based role
Project Description:
An opportunity for a senior BA to be a part of the ClearStar Program, which is a multi-year roadmap of work for the Derivatives Clearing business. Derivatives clearing operates critical financial market infrastructure to meet public interest mandates in reducing systemic risk and to meet the needs of a diverse set of market participants. The overall objective of the Program is to upgrade, modernise and re-platform critical Derivatives Clearing technology that are nearing end of life, find new growth opportunities, and pivot the business to be relevant for its customers with futureproof adaptive delivery frameworks.
Responsibilities:
The role is responsible for assessing new concepts against current systems and procedures, analysing stakeholder needs from and end-to-end perspective, engaging internal and external clients through various facilitation techniques and mediums, and providing high quality, fit for purpose business analysis artefacts - including, but not limited to, business requirements, user stories with clear acceptance criteria, functional specifications, business process models and interface and impact analysis documents.
Responsibilities:?
• Work with impacted stakeholders to perform deep dives and discovery on the As-Is state of derivative clearing systems, allowing for effective review by project team members and impacted stakeholders
• Liaise with assigned Product Owners and Subject Matter Experts for prioritisation, elicitation and analysis of new business requests within the ClearStar program
• Define transitions of business processes to the strategic state, with interim/tactical states where needed.
• Elicitation, preparation and generation of business requirements (including functional and non-functional) in the form of epics, features, user stories and acceptance criteria and clearly articulate to a wide audience including developers, testers, vendors and project stakeholders.
• Use formal modelling techniques to assist in the representation of business requirements
• Liaise with counterparts in related internal project/domain teams to understand dependencies, constraints, associated requirements and agree upon and deliver solutions
• Review and contribute to specific test scenarios the overall Test Strategy
• Liaise with IT solution providers (internal & external) on project progress and problem resolution
• Ability to assume cross-functional responsibilities when needed, such as running project coordination, daily stand-ups, retros and backlog grooming sessions.
• Work with Release Management to ensure a smooth implementation and transition phase
• Contribution to change management activities and preparation of training artefacts that would enable impacted stakeholders to apply the changes introduced by a delivered business requirement.
• Conduct peer review of business analysis artefacts to ensure quality and alignment to framework.
• Produce high quality business analysis deliverables using relevant techniques and tools in line with the delivery framework.
• Being an active member of, the BA Community of Practice (CoP).
• Support and mentor junior members of the team
Mandatory Skills Description:
• Capital Markets Experience e.g. Financial services background with knowledge gained through industry experience in front/middle/back office operations
• 7+ years dedicated business analysis experience working on Agile, Lean and Waterfall projects
• Experience working independently on Tier 1 project across the full SDLC from early ideation to execution and embedment in BAU.
• Deep understanding of the business analysis fundamentals.
• Experience in gathering stakeholder needs and translating these to detailed requirements
• Experience in business process modelling using software such as MS Visio or other enterprise endorsed platforms.
• Experience using Atlassian tool suite (JIRA and Confluence).
• Effective communication, facilitation, influencing and negotiation skills. Can collaborate with stakeholders across seniority levels.
• Demonstrated effective problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage change within a dynamic environment.
• Be comfortable working within a matrix structure.
• Experience working with Change Management and influencing user behaviour.
• Experience in helping teams transform agile ways of working at scale, quarterly planning, sprint planning
• Worked both independently and as part of a larger, cohesive team
• Managed, or assisted in managing, a small scrum team, including running Agile ceremonies
• Shown adaptability and flexibility within a very dynamic environment
• Experience in helping to build foundational project capabilities
• Experience in helping to build a strong, cohesive team.
• Degree qualified in an engineering, financial or mathematical discipline
Nice-to-Have Skills Description:
• Proven ability to provide support for production incidents and end user queries.
• Business Analysis Certification, eg. IIBA CBAP.
• Extensive experience working with and a deep understanding of financial trading/clearing systems
• experience with futures and options contracts, both from a trading and clearing perspective
• Experience with vendor management and communications
- Sydney based role
Project Description:
An opportunity for a senior BA to be a part of the ClearStar Program, which is a multi-year roadmap of work for the Derivatives Clearing business. Derivatives clearing operates critical financial market infrastructure to meet public interest mandates in reducing systemic risk and to meet the needs of a diverse set of market participants. The overall objective of the Program is to upgrade, modernise and re-platform critical Derivatives Clearing technology that are nearing end of life, find new growth opportunities, and pivot the business to be relevant for its customers with futureproof adaptive delivery frameworks.
Responsibilities:
The role is responsible for assessing new concepts against current systems and procedures, analysing stakeholder needs from and end-to-end perspective, engaging internal and external clients through various facilitation techniques and mediums, and providing high quality, fit for purpose business analysis artefacts - including, but not limited to, business requirements, user stories with clear acceptance criteria, functional specifications, business process models and interface and impact analysis documents.
Responsibilities:?
• Work with impacted stakeholders to perform deep dives and discovery on the As-Is state of derivative clearing systems, allowing for effective review by project team members and impacted stakeholders
• Liaise with assigned Product Owners and Subject Matter Experts for prioritisation, elicitation and analysis of new business requests within the ClearStar program
• Define transitions of business processes to the strategic state, with interim/tactical states where needed.
• Elicitation, preparation and generation of business requirements (including functional and non-functional) in the form of epics, features, user stories and acceptance criteria and clearly articulate to a wide audience including developers, testers, vendors and project stakeholders.
• Use formal modelling techniques to assist in the representation of business requirements
• Liaise with counterparts in related internal project/domain teams to understand dependencies, constraints, associated requirements and agree upon and deliver solutions
• Review and contribute to specific test scenarios the overall Test Strategy
• Liaise with IT solution providers (internal & external) on project progress and problem resolution
• Ability to assume cross-functional responsibilities when needed, such as running project coordination, daily stand-ups, retros and backlog grooming sessions.
• Work with Release Management to ensure a smooth implementation and transition phase
• Contribution to change management activities and preparation of training artefacts that would enable impacted stakeholders to apply the changes introduced by a delivered business requirement.
• Conduct peer review of business analysis artefacts to ensure quality and alignment to framework.
• Produce high quality business analysis deliverables using relevant techniques and tools in line with the delivery framework.
• Being an active member of, the BA Community of Practice (CoP).
• Support and mentor junior members of the team
Mandatory Skills Description:
• Capital Markets Experience e.g. Financial services background with knowledge gained through industry experience in front/middle/back office operations
• 7+ years dedicated business analysis experience working on Agile, Lean and Waterfall projects
• Experience working independently on Tier 1 project across the full SDLC from early ideation to execution and embedment in BAU.
• Deep understanding of the business analysis fundamentals.
• Experience in gathering stakeholder needs and translating these to detailed requirements
• Experience in business process modelling using software such as MS Visio or other enterprise endorsed platforms.
• Experience using Atlassian tool suite (JIRA and Confluence).
• Effective communication, facilitation, influencing and negotiation skills. Can collaborate with stakeholders across seniority levels.
• Demonstrated effective problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage change within a dynamic environment.
• Be comfortable working within a matrix structure.
• Experience working with Change Management and influencing user behaviour.
• Experience in helping teams transform agile ways of working at scale, quarterly planning, sprint planning
• Worked both independently and as part of a larger, cohesive team
• Managed, or assisted in managing, a small scrum team, including running Agile ceremonies
• Shown adaptability and flexibility within a very dynamic environment
• Experience in helping to build foundational project capabilities
• Experience in helping to build a strong, cohesive team.
• Degree qualified in an engineering, financial or mathematical discipline
Nice-to-Have Skills Description:
• Proven ability to provide support for production incidents and end user queries.
• Business Analysis Certification, eg. IIBA CBAP.
• Extensive experience working with and a deep understanding of financial trading/clearing systems
• experience with futures and options contracts, both from a trading and clearing perspective
• Experience with vendor management and communications
