Lead Business Analyst/Markets & Sec Services IT

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of a Lead Business Analyst

Principal responsibilities

• Support the product owner in the management of their work stream Backlog and the prioritisation of stories and subtasks.
• Groom the stories in the backlog to ensure that they are prepared to meet the 'definition of ready'
• Contribute to the project RAAID by raising items when necessary.
• Update the Engagement Lead and Project Management with progress vs delivery milestones
• Facilitate the following Agile Forums and project meetings
  • Pod Backlog refinement
  • Pod Sprint Planning/show and tell/ retrospective
  • Pod Scrum
• Attend the following project meetings
  • Workstream Backlog refinement
  • Workstream Scrum
  • Workstream Retrospective
  • Design Forum (by invitation)
• Work with management team and wider IT community to remove any impediments to the pod progress
  • Monitor pod work to ensure that all deliverables and work items are produced to a high standard of quality
  • Contribute to team building material to develop and reinforce best practice within the podS and across IT Surveillance
  • Contribute to the ongoing refinement of the testing strategy and testing automation.
  • Ensure that all technical solutions are ratified
  • Produce statistics and cadence reports from JIRA

Requirements

Must have:

• Good markets knowledge across a range of products: FX, Equities, Equity Derivatives, Fixed Income, Futures, Swaps, Energy, Metals.
• Bachelor of engineering or equivalent.
• Excellent Front to Back (full) Trade Lifecycle knowledge
• Practical experience in functional analysis and design, utilizing different methodologies i.e. Use Cases, Business Process Modelling within a Waterfall or Agile Project environment
• Requirements elicitation, functional design and problem-solving skills - structured, formal approach to analysis tasks
• Ability to convey requirements to developers in a way that's clearly understood by them
• Expertise in Agile engineering practices (eg Scrum, Kanban, LEAN)
• Should have worked on JIRA, Confluence for requirement management
• Good knowledge of XML is required for mapping / linking data across systems
• Accountability for delivery - takes ownership of tasks assigned to ultimate resolution with minimal supervision
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (comfortable in written and verbal communications) to facilitate with users from around the world and from different cultural backgrounds), relationship management and flexible interpersonal skills

Good to have:

• Have a postgraduate degree in Finance / CFA / FRM
• Some experience in trade surveillance, regulatory reporting and market abuse
• Disciplined Agile and SAFE framework experience
• Experienced in working with resources in geographically dispersed teams, appreciating and respecting local cultures
• Front Office IT experience
• An appreciation and experience of working on projects that are driven by Regulatory Mandate, and be able to articulate the challenges that such projects often encounter, and the ways in which they've been able to achieve success in such areas
• Basic knowledge of Unix, SQL (or any database), Flat file based manual testing

You'll achieve more when you join HSBC.

HSBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and, opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of, but not limited to, their gender or genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social status, medical care leave requirements, political affiliation, people with disabilities, color, national origin, veteran status, etc., We consider all applications based on merit and suitability to the role."

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