Business Analyst

Your responsibilities will include:

• • Work closely with Trading Model / Quantitative Modeling teams
  • Apply your knowledge of derivatives, pricing, risk and trading strategies
  • Translate complex quantitative/modeling concepts into business and technology requirements
  • Understand and analyse the end-to-end trading lifecycle
  • Partner with quants, traders, risk teams, technology and other stakeholders
  • Participate in model development, enhancement and implementation
  • Analyse how trading strategies and risk models translate into business processes and technology solutions
  • This is not a traditional BA role focused purely on documentation/UAT; strong quantitative and markets knowledge is central to the position
  • Serve as the Derivatives team SME on the Finastra Fusion Invest (FI) Platform
• Understand how the DSG team uses the FI platform and how the platform needs to be adapted and supported to meet their needs.
• Responsible for understanding the FI data structure and extracting data from FI to meet the needs of the DSG team
• Serve as the business SME on the data flow from FI to the Risk Data Mart
• Coordinate between Derivatives, IT and Finastra teams to manage product design and delivery of all development, maintenance and support efforts around FI and keep it fit for our purpose.
• Conduct market research to identify current trends and best practices to help develop an implementation plan to support the FI needs of business
• Face off into product and other Athene projects that impact the Derivatives Risk FI platform
• Assist in defining business requirements, establishing acceptance criteria and formulating an implementation plan and doing UAT for projects around FI and the data feed into RDM

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE: (Academic, Professional, Experience)

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or other relevant STEM disciplines

• 2 + years of experience in IT, Trading, Derivatives or related area

• Master’s degree in a Finance or IT related field preferred

• Familiarity with derivative risk and transactions

• Familiarity with the trade lifecycle and market developments around derivatives

• Experience working with FI or other similar Derivatives OMS & Risk management systems preferred

• Ability to code in C#/C++, SQL, python and other relevant software & ability to handle large data sets is important, knowledge of MS Excel and MS Access is required. Ability to use AI is preferred

• Ability to maintain composure while working under pressure

• A strong candidate will be highly detail-oriented, well-organized, independent, entrepreneurial, assertive, self-motivated, and be able to prioritize in a fast-paced environment

• An ideal applicant will have strong written and oral communication skills, with a working knowledge of the needs of a trading desk