Business Analyst (FO -EFIO)

Our client is a Hong Kong's central banking institution, they are looking for a Business Analyst with solid experience in business analysis and institutional investment management industry to join their team.

• Gather, analyze, and document current state business processes and technology architecture using a variety of methods
• Work with investment staff to design and document end-to-end business process and technology solutions that improve business processes, automate manual steps, increase efficiency, and lower operational risk
• Portfolio management, trading and investment operations areas will be a significant focus
• Develop detailed requirements and interface specifications using a variety of techniques
• Evaluate data requirements in support of the targeted business processes
• Develop test strategies, test plans, and success criteria
• Collaborate with technical, vendor, and business teams to coordinate system integrations, and user acceptance testing to ensure issues are resolved in a timely and appropriate manner
• Develop training materials and coordinate / conduct end-user training sessions

• Minimum 3 years of business analyst experience with at least 2 years in the institutional investment management industry
• CFA (or interest in pursuing these certifications) is a plus 
• Good knowledge of the end-to-end investment lifecycle across asset classes, including the data, processes, workflows, and investment platforms/systems used to support the investment business
• Focused experience working with trade order management systems would be a significant advantage
• Ability to work with internal and external stakeholders to gather, draft, and validate business requirements, workflows, and functional design of solutions
• Knowledge of risk management is a plus
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Able to independently research, analyze, and resolve data quality issues
• Immediately available is preferred

• Bachelor degree in computer science, information technology, finance, economics, business or related fields