Senior Ba/pm - London, United Kingdom - Talan

Talan

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Company Description

For more than 20 years, Talan has been advising companies and administrations, supporting them and implementing their transformation projects in the UK and abroad.

With a presence on four continents and a headcount of 6000 consultants, our ambition is to reach the billion turnover by the end of 2024.

In the UK, Talan count 250 employees on several site, the main being: London, Edinburgh and Chester, Leeds.

Job Description:

We are looking for Business analyst /Project manager to join our team and work on the rates products electronic trading platform.

This platform underpins the electronic rates activity including pricing, hedging and execution.

Key Responsibilities

Writing actionable specs for their project, and ensuring all assigned developers have understood what needs to be done;
Writing test plans and organizing UAT phases;
Executing functional and nonregression testing of the endtoend service, including automated and manual testing;
Documenting new functionalities and training users;
Closely interacting with business and other quantitative research and IT teams in developing new features in the electronic trading platform and also in assisting them in the investigation of issues (e.g. postevent analysis, performance and scalability, latency reduction)
Gathering continuous intelligence on the product's performance, customers, problems and opportunities; and initiating functional improvements to meet changing customer needs;
Leading by example: ensuring that own behavior as analyst exhibits the team's values of dedication, commitment and transparency at all times and under all circumstances;
Stimulating and advocating Digital transformation throughout the entire Fixed Income organization.

Qualifications:

Top academic background in economics and/or engineering
At least one substantial prior experience (3y+) as a business analyst / project manager in a large organisation
Strong knowledge of fixed income instruments, and associated trading workflows: Government Bonds, Interest Swaps, Repos, Futures and options
Extensive understanding of electronic trading venues, APIs and associated dataflows : market, static and trade data.
Significant experience of working with the ION Trading platform.
Significant prior professional experience in support, business analysis, project and/or product management, either at a financial institution or a software house
Excellent communication skills in English, spoken and written (other languages advantageous)
Innovative mentality
Active interest in design of system architecture
Excellent problem solving skills
Any prior experience with scripting, debugging or software development is a welcome plus.
Pragmatic approach to ensuring delivery on a timely basis. "Get it done" mentality.

Competencies

Be _organised_ and _delivery_
_focused_, with _attention_
_to_
_detail_
Be _articulate_ in their verbal and written communication with all types of project stakeholders: colleagues, users, management, etc
Be _accountable_, ie taking full ownership of their allocated tasks
Be comfortable operating with a strong level of _autonomy_
Be _pro_
_active_ in general, taking own initiatives to prevent risks/issues

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