Senior Business Systems Analyst

About the role

TITLE: Senior Business Systems Analyst
TEAM: InvesTech Operations (Derivatives Technology & Operations)
LOCATION: Boston, Needham, New York City

Responsibilities

• Participating in architecting the firm’s derivatives technology platform to optimize software structure and modularization
• Build in data transparency and observability capabilities with coherent design patterns for integration with third party vendor tools
• Manage and coordinate project-based efforts across teams consisting of investment professionals, developers, analysts, QAs, and other stakeholders
• Champion the needs of the business partners; act as their fiduciary
• Develop a deep understanding of internal systems and related workflows around entire investment process to help with solution design as well as handling support issues
• Ensure quality of product by enforcing high standards in testing and building guardrails and validations
• Aid with project management activities
• Provide hands-on analysis for support issues and assist with user training
• Provide regular status reporting and issue tracking on-going projects

Qualifications

• 5 or more years of experience as a software engineer involved in application development life cycles
• 5 or more years of software development experience in financial services (with strong understanding of Fixed Income, Equity, FX, and Derivative instruments)
• Experience with Calypso Financial Software
• Proficiency in at least one the follow computer languages: Java (strongly preferred), JavaScript, Scala
• Working knowledge of modern system design, software development principles, and methodologies
• Prior working experience in modern data management life cycle in real-world business contexts
• Comfortable with test driven development, continuous integration, metadata driven software, and agile development methodologies
• Experience working in an Agile/SCRUM development process
• Experience in financial data domain is preferred, especially in derivatives trade and market reference data
• Experience with Amazon Web Services is a strong plus
• Experience in modern data technology stacks, e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, Big Query is preferred
• Experience with modern enterprise data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, Databricks and Postgres is preferred
• Hands-on experience in SQL or other relational database technologies is desirable
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, finance, engineering, or related field is highly desired

Non-technical Requirements

• Strong analytical and communication skills, both written and verbal are required
• Excellent organization and delivery skills are required
• Excellent written, verbal communication
• Demonstrate strong client focus and relationship management skills
• Willingness to work independently in an energetic, fast-paced, business-critical environment
• Committed to deliver project on time and overcome obstacles
• Strong team player with the ability to work in collaboration across teams
• Strategic mindset
• Strong work ethic
• Intellectual curiosity