Middle Office BA
Professional Qualifications and Skills
· Full time MBA from any top tier B School (preferably in Finance/IT/Systems/Ops)
· 9 to 14 years of work experience as Business Analyst/consultants
Responsibilities
- Strong experience in IT consulting and business analysis – business process definition, requirements gathering, Functional designs, product solution design, proficiency in writing complex BRD, FSD and user stories
- Demonstrate ability in planning consulting/functional work & ownership of project outcomes
- Excellent Stakeholder Management (both business and technology) and Communication skill
- Act as a key point of contact to the Business Transformation Services, Business Analysis, and Functional Architecture and Solution Architecture groups throughout the implementation
- Interface with business stakeholders to determine key design/process decisions, and contribute to overall delivery plan.
- Deliver assigned tasks complete and on time as designated by the Programme Office to ensure smooth progress of the implementation.
- Contribute and take ownership for various project related tasks / planning activities as the programme evolves
- Knowledge and Practical experience of Project Management methodologies
- Hands on experience on Agile Methodologies and its ceremonies
- Review test cases prepared by QA team and identify any gaps
- Run demo sessions with business prior to production go-live to gather early feedback
Domain skills
Must haves:
· Thorough understanding of commodities trading lifecycle, with particular focus on middle office functions like scheduling, Inventory management, shipping, Logistics, physical delivery, procurement, supply chain, Storage, transport, invoicing
· Problem solving mindset with experience on complex design and large product development projects using Agile.
· Proficient with various system/platform integration patterns, methodology and designs
· Good knowledge/experience of SQL for data extraction, creating/managing data models, ER diagrams, and application architecture.
Nice to have:
· Knowledge and/or experience in the Commodity trading domain (Energy, Agri, metals or concentrates)
Location : Pune / Mumbai / Chennai
Please share your resume to nidhi.verma@cognizant.com