Datacentrix Managed Talent Solutions' client in the Financial Markets sector is looking for Senior Business Analysts to join their fast paced team. The successful candidates should have ±8years experience and be able to manage their own time effectively to deliver projects in the project timeframe. A combination of Agile and Waterfall methodology is applied in the various projects however majority of the projects follows the Agile methodology. The non negotiables are that candidates should have experience in the Clearing, Trading and Derivatives (How trades are captured, risk management, settlement process and operating model) Responsibilities: Manage own delivery on multiple and/or complex projects against departmental delivery plan and set timelines, identify obstacles to delivery and take appropriate action where required Receive request from business to start new project and conduct stakeholder analysis to clearly define the relevant people required for information gathering Gather supporting information by holding interviews, conducting surveys, running workshops and reviewing existing documents and information Draft a full system requirements plan to detail the activities and outputs Execute the requirements plan in alignment with Software Development Lifecycle process to ensure compliance Obtain system project classification by presenting the business requirement to the initiation forum Conduct a cost and benefit analysis to assess the feasibility of the requirements Produce a business case study by assessing solution options, considering costing and risks to formulate a recommendation Support the business sponsor to develop and present the business case Create the business requirements specification document to confirm clarity of business scope Create the functional requirements specification document to translate the business requirements into functional requirements Present functional requirements specification to all stakeholders to validate the requirements and solution Recommend the most effective course of action after evaluating options against decision criteria Provide regular feedback and progress to all stakeholders on current projects Review the technical design specifications to check that all requirements are included Review the test cases to ensure that it covers all scenarios related to the functional requirements Assist the development team and testers to perform root cause analysis for any functional defects Perform adhoc functional testing for quality assurance Ensure correct utilisation of solution developed by creating user training manuals Assist business by project co-ordination of deliverables for small initiatives Proactively or by request identify obstacles to performance relating to process flow and identify opportunities for optimisation Assist users in being effective by utilizing the new solution productively Partner with the project manager/lead to contribute to the development of the Senior Business Analysts role and delivery plan (proactivley being involved upfront to just confirm the scope of the Senior Business Analyst's end-to-end role in the project to mitigate any risk of misunderstanding of who will be doing what) to ensure a successful solution delivery output Reduce time spent on projects by elicitation, analysis and optimisation of business requirements Contribute to BA COE practice development by presenting courses to the team 2 people have applied for this job. 73 people have viewed this job. #J-18808-Ljbffr