Senior FX Business Analyst - Execution Services Technology - Dublin C13

About the Role

As a member of our Passive Currency Overlay Technology Team the Senior FX Business Analyst will play a pivotal role in designing, documenting and managing the delivery of solutions that align with the strategic vision for our business.

Through close partnership with working with the Development, Delivery, Product & Operations teams you will be at the intersection between the business and technology and responsible for breaking down high level requirements, converting them into deliverable tasks and project managing these through to completion. To do this you will engage a wide variety of stakeholders across Product, Technology, Operations, Execution & Production Support to ensure the solutions fit the needs of our business and clients.

This role is a tremendous opportunity to be part of growing business that is looking for someone to make a meaningful impact and help us deliver our ambition goals over the coming years.

About Passive Currency Overlay

Sitting within the Execution Services business unit, Passive Currency Overlay is an expanding business that offers outsourced Foreign Exchange (FX) calculation and execution services for a wide range of clients around the world.

The business is supported by teams globally (across London, Dublin, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Pune) who work together to both deliver the day-to-day service, whilst developing and delivering innovative, best-in-class technical solutions in an agile manner.

Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for the business analysis, documentation and overall management of the software development cycle for the proprietary Passive Currency Overlay platform. Specifically, you will:

• Partner and closely collaborate with the Product Manager to develop, design and progress the business requirements from high level statements to actionable deliverables
• Create high quality documentation, JIRAs and other relevant material to facilitate the communication of business requirements to the development team
• Support and collaborate with the Technology Team to manage the development pipeline, resolve blockers and ensure commitments are delivered on time
• Perform analysis tasks to better understand the problem, identify possible solutions and where necessary create simple prototypes to validate any proposal
• Ensure deliverables are tracked effectively and progress is communicated regularly to key stakeholders with issues highlighted and expectations managed at the earliest opportunity.
• Work with key stakeholders across Product, Execution¸ Operations and other Technology groups to validate proposals, mitigate risks and remove dependencies.
• Provide initial user and operational support to business users following the deployment of new functionality.
• Apply comprehensive understanding of how multiple areas collectively integrate to contribute towards achieving business objectives.
• Analyse and test system functions to validate deliveries have been successful whilst always looking for opportunities to improvement the overall product.
• Strive to refine processes from both a business and technical perspective to drive efficiency, learn from mistakes and deliver a best-in-class service for our clients.
• Positively impact the business by continually delivering a high quality of work and challenge others to do the same.

Knowledge Required

• At least 5 years of experience as a Technical Business Analyst ideally in Passive Currency overlay, or FX, or within Securities Services areas such as Fund Administration or Transfer Agency
• Good understanding of FX trading and hedging strategies
• Knowledge of Securities Services application landscape & FX Markets trading protocols
• Thorough understanding of fund accounting and transfer agency processes, especially in regard to where FX needs arise and how subsequent trades need to be reflected.

Skills Required

• Quick learner with strong analytical, investigation and problem-solving skills
• Ability to operate at both a macro and micro level from a design and delivery perspective.
• Previous experience of working within an agile development framework
• Knowledge of process and system modelling concepts (e.g., spec by example)
• Strong communication skills with the capability to tailor messaging depending on audience.
• Effective organization, documentation and presentation skills.
• Able to work independently whilst managing multiple tasks to various deadlines.
• Team player who collaborates and partners with key stakeholders in a transparent manner.
• Ability to code, especially Java, useful but not critical.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher degree, and relevant business experience

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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