Rates Business Analyst – Front-to-Back Operations; TRACE Mandatory

With 7,000+ experts in 20 countries, Talan is a global consulting and tech group helping businesses innovate and grow through AI, Data, and Blockchain. Certified Great Place To Work, we’re aiming for €1B revenue by 2025.

At Talan, we believe in Positive Innovation— using technology to serve people and society.

Talan is seeking an experienced Rates Business Analyst to join our team and contribute to front-to-back office projects in the financial sector. This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge financial technologies in a collaborative and dynamic environment. You will play a key role in the development of our Finance Engineering team and help drive the growth and transformation of our front-to-back operations.

Role and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders across front, middle, and back office functions, including traders, risk teams, and operations, to gather and document comprehensive business requirements.
• Perform detailed impact assessments, identifying gaps and inefficiencies in current trade flow processes.
• Recommend IT solutions that align with business needs, enhancing operational efficiency across the trade lifecycle.
• Design, execute, and manage thorough testing procedures, ensuring all systems meet business requirements.
• Lead and oversee the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) process, ensuring successful system implementation.
• Provide day-to-day support for booking, back office, and transactional regulatory reporting applications, covering collateral management, cash management, straight-through processing, settlement, clearing, accounting, and TRACE reporting (mandatory expertise).

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• 5+ years of experience in IT business analysis within the financial sector.
• Strong understanding of trading activities and products, particularly within Rates.
• Mandatory expertise with TRACE reporting
• Familiarity with collateral and cash management systems (e.g., Calypso or equivalent), broker-dealer systems (e.g., Phase 3/Shadow Suite), and trading systems such as Sophis (or equivalent), Smart Loan, Loanet.
• Proficiency in SQL.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

At Talan, we invest in our employees' well-being and empower them with benefits, including:

• The salary range for this role is US $110,000 - US $140,000
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
• 15 days of paid vacation per year at hire and up to 27 according to seniority (annual untaken vacation days are cashed out)
• 8 paid holidays + 5 sick days + 2 personal days per year
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  Company health, dental, and vision insurance plans + FSA
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  Voluntary STD and LTD

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.