IT Business Analyst , NY ; Hybrid

Job Title: IT Business Analyst Location: New York, NY 10172 (Hybrid)
Duration: 12 Months Pay Rate: $54.00 - $64.00 /- on W2

Serves as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, analyzing business processes, gathering requirements, and recommending solutions to support strategic objectives and operational improvements. Gather and document business requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and analysis. Analyze current business processes and identify areas for improvement or automation. Translate business needs into functional specifications for development teams. Support testing, training, and deployment of new systems or enhancements.

Facilitate communication between business users and IT teams throughout the project lifecycle. Prepare reports, dashboards, and documentation to support decision-making.

• Work closely with Fixed Income, Sales & Trading, and Control Function departments
• Provide input during development and implementation phases, including formulation and definition of system scope, objectives and necessary system enhancements for complex, high-impact projects
• Identify and communicate risks and impacts and propose risk mitigation options, considering business implications of the applications of technology to the current environment
• Work directly with the Trading Desk to help find remedies to alleviate day-to-day issues
• Analyze gaps in current flows to help with analysis of move to potential new platforms
• Work with vendors to verify functional requirements and testing of new or updates to existing software products

• 6+ years of experience in Fixed Income domain as business analyst, with focus on Rates & Credit for both cash and derivatives
• Solid knowledge of broker-dealer/investment banking environment, sales & trade flows and eTrading domain experience
• Understanding of market data, market making, and pre-trade concepts
• Analytical skills to troubleshoot a variety of symptoms, diagnose problems, and test, recommend and implement solutions to technology problems
• Knowledge of Bloomberg TOMS
• Forward thinker who seeks to improve business processes that deliver better services
• Ability to convey complex information to both technical and nontechnical audiences
• Experience with business analysis, requirements gathering, and process mapping
• Strong knowledge of software development life cycle and Agile methodologies
• Proficiency in tools such as Excel, JIRA, PowerBI
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills
• Business Analyst certification (e.g., CBAP, PMI-PBA) is a plus

• Knowledge of platforms such as Tradeweb, Market Axess, ION, ALLQ, ICE (BondPoint, TMC)
• SQL and relational DB experience nice to have
• Investment banking experience in the trading or pricing domains, with Front-office trading tools exposure and a good understanding of f2b trade flow
• Ability to take an organization from a perspective of legacy technology to a position of industry leading innovation
• Ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels within an organization, within and outside technology
  
  TRACE knowledge, Client Series 99, nice to have