Business Analyst Job Posting



Job Title: Business Analyst
Job ID: BA01
Company: Sysmind LLC
Position Type: Permanent
Pay Rate: Best
Skills: Credit Risk/ Market Risk
Date Posted: Aug-14-09

Senior Business Analyst - Credit Risk.

Position Description
• Assemble and guide working teams through problem definition, issue identification, and work plan development. Must have strong initiative and confidence to lead workshops and meetings.
• Put together high quality business requirement documents (BRDs). Responsible for obtaining requirements sign-off from the appropriate parties.
• Assist in the planning and managing of Credit Department's process and technology projects.
• Create and execute test plans to ensure system applications meet user and technical specifications.
• Provide pre and post implementation support, including user education.
• Manage work streams, identifying and managing risks as necessary and escalating issues to senior management when required.

Skills Required
• Actual experience within either a well regarded risk management consultancy or a financial institution (this should include relevant credit risk management experience).
• Experience in designing, specifying and/or implementing technology solutions within a risk management area, including MIS solutions. Actual experience in all stages of the project lifecycle, e.g. planning, requirements gathering, design documentation, testing and rollout.
• Ability to produce professional quality graphic illustrations of processes and graphical user interfaces.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Candidate will be required to communicate clearly and concisely, and depending on the audience (e.g. business users vs. developers), adapt the communication style.
• Solid understanding of market risk or credit risk concepts, including credit risk policies, and metrics.
• Experience in dealing with complex data sets and data manipulation.
• Understanding of regulatory requirements including Basel II, etc.

Skills Desired
• Familiarity with financial risk management techniques and methodologies, such as Monte Carlo simulation to measure OTC derivatives' counterparty exposures and workflows to manage limit excesses.

Skills Proficiency : Advanced

Location: US-NY-New York city
Telecommute: No (Onsite Position)
Contact Name: Nandini Ghosh
Contact Phone: 609-897-9670 ( Ext - 105)
Contact Email: nandini@sysmind.com
URL: http://www.sysmind.com




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