IT Business Analyst - Credit Risk

2 Weeks ago • 4-7 Years • Business Development

About the job

Summary

This role requires an accomplished IT Business Analyst with in-depth experience in detailed business process analysis and requirement gathering for complex software development projects within a leading commodity trading and logistics company. Responsibilities include understanding and verifying business cases, conducting business process analysis, defining business requirements, and managing stakeholder relationships. The analyst will support development and testing teams throughout the project lifecycle, applying structured analysis to areas with limited domain knowledge. A key focus is determining and articulating business requirements for a global C-Risk application, working with IT/external consultants, and ensuring the solution meets requirements. This includes close engagement with business teams, acting as the requirements authority, identifying process improvements, and collaborating on solution design. The role also involves reviewing configurations, analyzing quarterly patch cycles, supporting development and QA teams, and supporting change management and training. Third-line production support and mentoring technology partners are also included.
Must have:
  • Counterparty Credit Risk & Collateral Management experience
  • 4+ years IT Business Analysis (BRD, FSD)
  • SQL, SDLC
  • C-Risk/Credit Risk application experience (commodity trading preferred)
  • Knowledge of commodities trading, physical & financial products
  • Collateral & Margining, Counterparty risk limits, Legal documentation
Good to have:
  • Unix
  • DevOps
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Project description

Our client is a leading commodity trading and logistics company.
We require an accomplished IT Business Analyst with in-depth experience of completing detailed business process analysis and requirement gathering to enable the delivery of complex software development projects. Within this role, you will be responsible for understanding and verifying business cases for change, completing business process analysis, and defining business requirements, functional requirements, and design.

This will be executed across multiple projects within the trading division. You will manage relationships and expectations with business stakeholders and sponsors. You will also provide support to the development and test teams throughout the entire delivery lifecycle.

You are expected to apply structured analysis and problem solving in areas where you may not have business domain knowledge and experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibility is the determination & clear articulation of business requirements for C-Risk application globally.

Work independently with IT/external consultants & vendor to deliver C-Risk and to ensure the solution meets requirements.

Close engagement with business teams, acting as the requirements authority (the source of truth) when clarification of the business process is required, and identifying process improvement opportunities.

Close engagement with the business and solution architecture teams to agree on a logical design of the solution, including screen design & usability to optimise business processes.

Review the configuration deliverables and be the gate-keeper to baseline the C-Risk UAT/Production configurations.

Analyse the functional features in the quarterly patch cycles and product support for C-Risk application.

Support development teams to ensure a solution meets its business requirements.

Quality assurance of any technical development against business requirements.

Key point of functional escalation for technical and QA teams during requirement development & testing.

Support change management and training teams to prepare business stakeholder for process and functional change.

Provide third line support for production issues.

Coach and mentor technology partner teams for the assigned work stream.

Skills

Must have

Mandatory experience in:

Counterparty Credit Risk and Collateral Management

Minimum 4 years

IT Business Analysis (preparing BRD, FSD, etc.)

SDLC

SQL Detailed Description of key skills:

Proven ability to act as a bridge between the business and highly technical developers located in remote offices, translating business concepts into requirements that are implementable.

Expected to have 4-7 years' experience of business analysis specifically in implementation and support of C-Risk/ other Credit Risk application (preferably in a commodity trading environment).

Broad knowledge of commodities trading, physical and financial products.

Expected to have domain knowledge in all of the following areas: o Collateral and Margining management o Counterparty risk limits and PFE calculations o Legal documentation/ credit clauses/ securitization

Demonstrable ability to drive business process changes

challenging current business practices, working with key business process personnel

Experience of defining requirements for interfaces between application components or systems and support in the development and testing thereof

Able to support quality assurance test cycles and support testing, defect resolution processes.

Strong change management skills, ability to manage several projects simultaneously while working under pressure to meet deadlines.

Experience of a variety of software development methodologies (e.g. continuous integration, iterative development) and software product implementation, upgrade, maintenance and support. Experience of defining requirements for interfaces between application components or systems and support in the development and testing thereof Key Attitudes / Competencies:

Delivery focused.

Develop and maintain close relationships with business and IT stakeholders.

Team worker, mentoring of junior IT Business Analysts.

Good communicator, engaging and able to work with offshore teams across various time zones.

Ability to make decisions & thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Able to self-manage and regularly prioritize and plan activities across multiple project work streams.

Strong oral and written communications with strong inter-personal skills to collaborate with vendor teams and global IT owners with attention to micro level details.

Strong academic background

excellent degree from a top tier university is required in a subject that demonstrates the need for logical thinking, precise understanding and clear articulation.

Demonstrate good knowledge of business processes and associated technology.

Work effectively within an inclusive team and actively support the development of individuals and teams, both formally and informally.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

Unix

DevOps

Other

Languages

English: B2 Upper Intermediate

Seniority

Regular

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About The Company

Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company (NYSE: DXC), is a digital strategy and software engineering firm providing bespoke technology solutions that drive business change for customers the world over. Acquired by U.S. company DXC Technology in 2019, Luxoft is a global operation in 44 cities and 21 countries with an international, agile workforce of nearly 18,000 people. It combines a unique blend of engineering excellence and deep industry expertise, helping over 425 global clients innovate in the areas of automotive, financial services, travel and hospitality, healthcare, life sciences, media and telecommunications.

DXC Technology is a leading Fortune 500 IT services company which helps global companies run their mission critical systems. Together, DXC and Luxoft offer a differentiated customer-value proposition for digital transformation by combining Luxoft’s front-end digital capabilities with DXC’s expertise in IT modernization and integration. Follow our profile for regular updates and insights into technology and business needs.

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