FTSE Russell has established a n ew platform strategy organisation focused on developing target state Index capabilities to transform the core Index Platforms and scale growth for FTSE Russell.
Senior Business Analyst, Platform Strategy will be responsible for the scope, requirements, and delivery of building new Index services and support the governance and management of Indices along with operational and audit requirements. The remit for this role is a part of the wider programme to build solutions to fit in target state index platform whilst supporting the existing platforms and achieving strategic objectives of FTSE Russell.
Role Responsibilities
- Understanding and defining the Business requirements to support the design and development of the backend/frontend engine for Index calculation and delivery
- Work closely with the business Product Owner to ensure that features are understood and prioritised
- Work with Business Stakeholders and Tech Leads to define solutions and present multiple, estimated options for consideration
- Develop knowledge in order to act as a subject matter expert in Index products and/or Index operations, in order to help support a broad range of business driven projects where SMEs can be in short supply
- Work with in sprint BAs to ensure the scope and business benefits of the delivery are understood; act as a proxy-Product Owner in grooming sessions, planning, and sprint reviews to represent the business needs and priorities
- Assist the quarterly and sprint planning to break down the work i.e., Epics and Stories for review, estimation, and delivery by the technical team
- Provide walkthroughs and workshops of detailed requirements/acceptance criteria with the business to achieve sign off
- Ensure that the status of JIRA Outcomes are kept accurate and up to date in terms of workflow and status
- Perform data analysis on the data components of new index initiatives and existing index products
- Create sample calculations, and other supporting documents/examples, in order to confirm requirements with the business and provide guidance for the development team
- Resolve escalations and queries, relating to scope and acceptance criteria, from the technology team
Minimum Requirements
Technical/ job functional knowledge
- Experience in software development methodologies
- Experience in working on data management and data focussed projects
- Knowledge of Agile practices and processes
- Product Owner and/or Project Management experience
- Experience with TDD and BDD testing patterns or open to learn
- Good SQL and data analysis query skills
- 5+ Years Business Analysis experience within an IT division or company
- Experience in financial services with an understanding of financial and related market data - back office and financial reference data experience extremely beneficial
- Experience of working with offshore teams also extremely beneficial
Personal skills & capabilities
- High level of written and spoken English
- Good interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
- Coaching skills important - will be responsible for monitoring and coaching a more junior Business Analyst supporting delivery
- Strong team player, problem solver, a self-sufficient individual with an ability to be constructively address issues - delivery focussed
Desirable Experience/Qualifications
- ISEB Diploma in Business Analysis
- IMC or similar qualification
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Electronics / Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
- ISEB Diploma in Business Analysis
- Experience of working with API/Service oriented framework
- Development experience, particularly in Java/Angular/Python.
- Good experience in AWS
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