Knowledge Skills And Abilities
Strong passion for working as a business analyst in financial regulations and compliance domain.
Ability to develop and maintain productive working relationships with both business and IT collaborators.
Solid knowledge of various financial instruments, including equities, futures, options, and swaps.
Hands-on experience with regulatory reporting applications such as Axiom (or similar) is a plus.
Prior exposure to Capital Markets, Investment Banking or Commodities Trading is a strong advantage.
Well-versed in modern development methodologies, including iterative development, continuous integration, and Agile practices.
Strong academic background with a degree from a reputable university, preferably in a discipline that emphasises logical thinking, precision and clear communication.
Key Responsibilities
Elicit, define, and articulate business and functional requirements using a range of analysis artifacts, including Scope Documents, Business Requirements Documents (BRD or equivalent experience), Functional Specifications Documents (FSD), and User Stories.
Collaborate with various stakeholders involved in regulatory reporting, compliance, market surveillance, position limit monitoring, and reconciliation systems.
Coordinate and communicate extensively with both internal stakeholders (e.g., Compliance, Derivatives Operations, IT) and external parties (e.g., solution vendors, brokers, trading platforms).
Collaborate with business teams to define UAT scope, develop test strategies, and design functional test scenarios.
Complete test cases to ensure that deliverables meet specified functional requirements.
Coordinate analysis and development work performed by external vendor teams.
Work closely with development and QA teams to ensure business requirements are effectively translated into delivered solutions.
Provide third-line support for production issues, ensuring timely resolution and root cause analysis.
Competencies
Strong focus on delivery and approach towards achieving results.
Effective great teammate who contributes positively to group dynamics and ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment
Clear and engaging communicator, comfortable working with geographically dispersed teams across multiple time zones.
Decisive and adaptable, excelling in growing, fast-paced environments.
Excellent written and communication skills
Foster strong collaborative relationships with solution architects, developers, project managers, and fellow business analysts to ensure alignment and effective delivery.
Work closely with testing teams to support test planning, execution, and defect resolution.
Engage with training teams to support the creation and delivery of user training materials and sessions.
Trafigura focuses on developing top-tier IT applications and infrastructure. The Trading IT group supports the trading business, which is enhancing its applications to drive business growth.
These programmes are aimed at delivering functional capabilities, improvements and technical infrastructure upgrades to enable continued business growth and improved profitability for the firm.
Reporting directly to the Lead IT Business Analyst for Regulatory Reporting and Compliance.
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