Product Analysis and Design Principal

Job Description

The Team:

S&P Cappitech Enterprise provides Trade & Transaction Reporting services across various regimes for various asset classes, products & workflows. Our services enable financial institutions to do Reconciliation, Advanced Analytics, Exception Management and comply with regulatory requirements. With our processing services, buy-side and sell-side firms can optimize workflow efficiency and comply with new regulations.

The Role:

S&P Cappitech Enterprise is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for Gurgaon, India in the Product Management team. The role is a critical part of our growth strategy for the region and focused on Regulatory Reporting solutions. If successful the role will naturally expand into broader capabilities such as data, insights and analytics delivery to the Global marketplace.

Responsibilities:

• Knowledge / experience in Regulatory Reporting or Trade & Transaction Reporting of OTC / ETD Derivatives is a must.
• Candidates who have worked on Regimes / Jurisdictions like CFTC, SEC, Canada, EMIR, FCA, MIFID II, ASIC, MAS, JFSA, HKMA, LBMA, South Korea would be preferred.
• A basic understanding of OTC & ETD derivatives terms and principals would be beneficial for the role
• Understanding of requirements elicitation, structured analysis, stakeholder management, use case definition and other Business Analysis techniques
• Understanding of ISO, FpML, XML Schemas, DTDs, XSL Transformation style sheets would be beneficial
• Able to produce structured analysis and design documents
• Able to work with Development during technical implementation phase & QA during testing to ensure implementation meets design and requirements
• Oversee Sanity, Component testing & review of Test Plans
• Able to conduct public presentation of concepts and ideas comfortably
• Able to identify options for potential solutions, including assessment of technical and business suitability
• Able to work collaboratively and consistently with team members at all levels, peers, senior analysts and managers and complex stakeholder group across geographical boundaries
• Able to work creatively, propose ideas and contribute to working groups and team meetings

What We're Looking for:

Business Competencies:

• 5-12 years of relevant professional experience
• Prior Financial Services IT experience would be essential.
• Strong Analytical & Communication skills.
• Good Knowledge of requirements elicitation, structured analysis, requirement documentation, stakeholder management, use case definition and other Business Analysis techniques
• Exposure to SQL, DB, Object-oriented languages (general technology know-how), ISO 20022/XML/FpML/JSON/CSV would be desirable.
• Familiarity with OTC derivatives, clearing and regulatory reporting of OTC transactions would be beneficial

Personal Competencies:

Personal impact

• Self-directed and highly motivated individual
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Team player
• Ability to work under pressure

Communication

• Excellent communicator in written and spoken English
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Negotiation skills
• Teamwork
• Partner with distribution and delivery teams in different geographical locations