The Charles River Development Middle Office team is looking to hire a Business Analyst to improve the client experience, product feature set, and strategic position of the CRD Investment Management System
Requirements
- 5+ years of software development lifecycle experience, particularly Agile methodologies preferred
- Strong experience with middle office investment management and investment accounting functions
- Strong technical background
- Knowledgeable in one or more CRD functional financial areas strongly desired
- Demonstrated ability translating business requirements into comprehensive functional and technical product specification documents
- Advanced writing skills, including the ability to abstract/summarize highly detailed information
- Strong analytical skills, including the ability to reconcile conflicting data
Responsibilities
- Apply detailed knowledge of business requirements and workflows to assist in product development
- Research and produce business and technical requirement documents
- Work directly with customers and product management team to gather product requirements and develop feature specifications
- Partner with development to help develop, implement, and refine features
- Plan and schedule validation tasks; provide hands-on manual tests; develop verification plans and processes
- Provide feedback on product performance
- Review documentation to ensure accurate and complete documentation
Other
- BS Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or study of Business with an MIS background
- MS/MBA degree strongly preferred
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including negotiation skills
- Curiosity and interest in financial markets and trading
- Ability to work in an Agile environment and participate in daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives
