Title: Business Analyst
JOB SUMMARY*
The role sits in the Standard Charted Financial Markets Risk Technology team focusing on the build out of the in-house strategic cross asset risk platform: SABRE. It consists in designing and delivering solutions to the users of this platform with a focus on Market, Static and Reference data management.
The market, static and reference data component of the SABRE platform (MDS) supports ~600+ million requests per day, with close to 3000 users worldwide and is a critical component of the FM Risk platform. It’s also an enabler for all major projects: Basel-IV, Trading Book Wind Down, FRTB, capital efficiency, key systems migrations and more. The core MDS team is made of ~30 people and delivers to all functions, FM Front Office, Middle Office, Traded Risk, Valuation Control, Product Control, Technology and Back Office. It covers all asset classes; FX, Rates, Credit, EQ and Commodities; and XVA.
The role has an initial focus on enabling VaR (value at risk) for the equity derivatives business, enabling this business to onboard new products and support ongoing enhancements and production bug-fixes for onboarded products.
RESPONSIBILITIES*
Business*
� Analyze and understand users’ needs. Challenge status quo and the reflex of solutioning rather than focusing on the core requirement or perpetuating old processes and bad habits
� Design and propose optimal and future proof solutions to meet these requirements
� Define and articulate unambiguous implementation instructions for the development teams, success criteria for the test team and operational changes (when applicable) for end users
� Assist the business with user acceptance tests, including communication, planning, preparation, and execution.
Processes*
� Be an active member of the scrum team, contributing to the solution build and delivery, reviewing and facilitating test automation, closing out open issues/questions, assisting with sprint planning and retrospective
� Be delivery focused, committed to specific tasks and ensure these and the deadlines are met.
� Ensure solutions proposed and delivered do not compromise production stability.
People & Talent*
� Pro-actively engage, manage and build strong relationships with both business and technology stakeholders
Risk Management*
� Identify risks and impediments early, plan mitigating steps and communicate these to workstream lead and business stakeholders in a timely manner
Governance*
Adherence to the SABRE Agile Manifesto in all deliveries.
Regulatory & Business Conduct*
� Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
� Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
� Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key stakeholders*
Heads of trading desks, traders, quantitative analysts, middle office, traded risk, product control / valuation control, model validation, development leads, developers, testers, project managers, program manager, support groups, operations.
Technical Competency Name: Proficiency Levels
Knowledge of FM products and market data: Advanced
Pricing and risk of FM cash and derivative products: Advanced
SQL : Core
Trading systems : Advanced
Agile delivery : Core