Lead Business Functional Analyst - London 10 Upper Bank Street

Job Title: Lead Business Functional Analyst

Location: London

Corporate Vice President

Collateral, Margin and Valuation Technology is in responsible of the applications covering investment bank’s derivative and securitised trades’ margin, collateral calculation and workflow, to manage the counterparty risks for the Bank. We are a team of about 70 based in India, the UK, and the US.

You, as a successful candidate, are expected:

• to understand the business and operational functions of Collateral and Margin of derivatives (mainly to do with International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA)) and securitised trades (mainly to do with GMRA (Global Master Repurchase Agreement), MRA (Master Repurchase Agreement) and MSFTA (Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreement))

• to work with our team to deliver the changes for our strategy and BAU

• to face with business and operation stakeholders of Collateral and Margin as well as other change organisations (such as Regulatory Reporting, Risk Management, Finance and Treasury) for change and enhancement deliveries.

The area is undergoing a large-scale transformation programme to enhance the technologies and features, and to simplify the architecture while adding the capabilities of new products which contribute to the business for generating additional revenues for the Bank.

What we’ll offer you

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:  

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a Hybrid Working Model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them

• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension

• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days

• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family

• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits

• The opportunity to support a wide-ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• Defining changes as Function and Business Analyst, understanding the business and operational needs

• Agree the design of the changes with domain architect and application owners

• Communicate to the application developers about the changes and make sure the change details are understood by developers

• You may manage a feature (or scrum) team as Product Owner, work with scrum master and the team to plan the prioritised book of works and manage the plan and capacity of the team.

Your skills and experience

• Experience of heading a feature team and/or managing project

• To articulate the business requirements

• Capable of communicating key stakeholders across different areas of the Bank, including senior managements

• We use JIRA and Confluence to manage the changes and backlogs, as well as design of changes

• Understanding of ISDA and GMRA margin and collateral process

How we’ll support you

• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities

• Support and training from experts in the team

• Various training and learning products from the Bank’s training resources are available

• Various social contributions, volunteering, diversity and inclusion initiatives are available

About us

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