Business Analyst (Trade Surveillance)

Trade Surveillance Business Analyst NYC, NY 3 days on site - local candidates only Contract to hire Opportunity Looking for a Trade Surveillance Business Analyst to Create prototypes, build clients relationships and manage expectations and work closely with clients to define the scope and business requirements Responsibilities Write detailed functional requirements and use cases Partner with data providers to ensure model requirements are met Support development team in creating detailed technical specifications focus Perform independent validation with and execution planning Manage the QA team with test case writing Conduct UAT, training sessions and user demos Support ongoing user requirements and investigate issues Required Skills: • The candidate should be capable of understanding and solving highly complex problems, have excellent communication skills and have financial services experience, preferably in the areas of investment banking and trading. • Business Analysis experience • Data Analysis experience; Strong data analytical skills (SQL) • Capital Markets knowledge in Sales & Trading or Investment Banking • Knowledge of trades data, positions data, reference data. • IT Project Management and SDLC knowledge/experience (Waterfall, Agile) • IT knowledge/experience – Jira, Cloud, CI/CD • Experience working in medium to large-scale development projects • Excellent written and communication skills