The Chares River Development Middle Office team is looking to hire a Senior Business Analyst who will be responsible for working with clients and development to create solutions to improve the client experience, the product feature set, and the strategic position of the CRD Investment Management System. The Business Analyst will become a Charles River product expert and help to ensure that our software products effectively aid our end users with their middle office workflows. The Business Analyst will work within the Compliance module, participating in the full software development lifecycle and contributing as a member of a feature-focused product development team. They must be familiar with both financial and technical concepts, with a strong ability to deliver against specific requirement in a timely fashion on a project-by-project basis.
Charles River Development brings together data and capabilities across the investment lifecycle to help our clients make better decisions, grow at scale, and deliver returns for their clients. Our diverse team of highly skilled technologists and professionals are agile thinkers and problem solvers, committed to our end users and engineering excellence. We use mentorship and teamwork to impact and drive our business forward every day. By joining the Middle Office team, you will use advanced technology and critical thinking to challenge the status quo and drive results. At Charles River Development (CRD) we’ve been creating some of the most insightful and complex asset management technologies since 1997. Through our commitment to product quality and operating through a client-focused lens, we’ve experienced continuous growth. Charles River IMS is strategically aligned to innovate the future of investment management technologies. Together with State Street’s middle and back-office capabilities, Charles River’s cloud-deployed software technology forms the foundation of State Street Alpha℠.
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 the product management team to gather product requirements and develop feature specifications with involvement in all aspects of the software product life cycle
Partner with development to help develop, implement, and refine features
Provide feedback on product performance
Collaborate with the documentation team to ensure accurate and complete product documentation
Provide client beta testing support and train personnel on capabilities of new product releases
Assist implementation and support to resolve escalated client issues
Actively participate in the Agile software development process by adhering to the CRD Scrum Methodology including attending all daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.
Participate in group testing activities as needed.
requirements-expected :
5+ years of overall experience in software development, business analysis, and financial technologies
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or study of Business with an MIS background. Master’s degree strongly preferred
Experience within the Investment Compliance space or similar regulation technology (RegTech) area preferred but not essential
Curiosity and interest in financial markets and regulation technology
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including negotiation skills
Advanced writing skills, including the ability to abstract/summarize highly detailed information
Strong analytical skills, including the ability to reconcile conflicting data
Ability to translate customer business needs into application requirements
Strong technical background
Demonstrated planning and scheduling skills
Demonstrated ability translating business requirements into comprehensive functional and technical product specification documents
offered :
Permanent contract from day one
Additional holidays (Birthday Day Off, 3rd and 5th year anniversary Day Off)
Gold Medical Package for employees and their families (partner and children)
Premium life insurance package and private pension plan
Wide range of soft skills training, technical workshops, language classes and development programs
Opportunities to volunteer your time to company-driven initiatives, employee networks or organizations of your choice
Variety of well-being programs
Additional benefits available depending on the seniority of the role
benefits :
private medical care
sharing the costs of foreign language classes
sharing the costs of professional training & courses