Hedge Fund Services Business Analyst - Fund Accounting
Company:
JPMorgan
Location:
USA-CT-Greenwich
Compensation:
Competitve
Position Type:
Employee
Employment type:
Full time
Updated:
29 Aug 2008
eFC Ref no:
436749
Please see the job description
As a Hedge Fund Accounting Business Analyst, you will serve as liaison between IT and business end-users. Work with the business to analyze business requirements and review/produce specifications for any new/change to technology applications. Work with the Technical Analyst and development team to ensure that they understand the specifications. Work with training team to document system scenarios and identify roles impacted and helps develop a change management/training plan. Conduct business process modeling and generate applicable scenarios for the technology functionality testing team. You will be responsible to identify, assess, and document business requirements, recommending business priorities, and advising business on options, risks, and costs. Conduct research to determine if solutions to business requirements currently exist within or outside the business unit, and if not, whether new solutions are feasible. Analyze impact of proposed solution across the business, develop use cases to explain/demonstrate business requirements/specifications to IT team, and contribute a business or process perspective during design reviews. Assist Quality Management team to ensure that requirements documentation can be easily translated into test plans, and ensure that the proper testing plans have been completed. Facilitate implementation of new functionality through training sessions, demos, and the development of appropriate documentation. Provide relevant test scenarios for the testing team. Work with test team to develop system integration test scripts and ensure the testing results correspond to the business expectations.
Qualifications College degree, or specialized training or equivalent work experience Minimum five years of relevant work experience Financial Services Industry experience required Fund accounting experience required Knowledge of OTC Derivatives and Fixed Income Securities a plus Knowledge of Advent Geneva a plus Experience setting up test scenarios Experience/understanding of business process reengineering and business modeling concepts, business systems development and analysis Awareness of the business and IT strategy Basic understanding of the company's business practices and familiarity with the company's products and services Strong analytical skills and writing skills, to include solid experience in writing functional and technical specifications
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trade automation, connectivity and compliance solution, the SunGard
Transaction Network (STN) links institutions throughout the financial
services community to facilitate end-to-end transaction processing.
With
more than 4,500 client firms in 60 countries managing more than $12
trillion, Advent has established itself as a leading provider of
mission-critical applications for investment management operations of
all sizes and strategies.
QUMAS
is a global compliance software company offering a complete Enterprise
Governance, Risk and Compliance solution with over 250 customer
deployments.
Belzberg
Technologies has been at the forefront of the electronic trading
evolution from the very beginning, and continues to provide world-class
service, execution and technology to the securities industry.
