Extensive banking experience is required

Position Details: 

Client: Banking 

Title: OTC Derivatives Business Analyst 

Location: Tampa, FL 33610 Hybrid 

Duration: 12 months + Possible extension 

Schedule:  Shift hours: Basic Business Hours 

Start Date: ASAP 

Pay Range: $62/hr - $65/hr

Key Responsibilities: 

• Facilitate the management and governance of projects meetings and working groups. 

• Create and manage the development of individual project artifacts including scoping documents, project plans, score cards, risk & issue trackers, business requirements documentation, functional requirements documentation, traceability matrices, and test plans /scripts. 

• Works with business, operations, technology and compliance functions in assessment of regulator’s requirements to ensure they are reflected in business requirements and user acceptance test cases. 

• Identifies key project risks, whether stated or not, and manage to resolution or escalate accordingly 

Qualifications: 

• Knowledge of recent OTC derivative reporting regulation changes – e.g. CFTC Part 43 / Part 45, SEC SBSD, EMIR 

• Strong understanding of OTC derivative trade lifecycles and associated market practices 

• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to facilitate discussions  

• 10+ years of financial services experience.  

• Experience in leading initiatives in Middle Office, Operations or Operations Control at a broker/dealer is a must.

• Demonstrated experience in the successful implementation of projects, operational process changes and improvement, preferably within capital markets operations 

• Experience in collecting, defining and documenting business and technology requirements, test plans and other project management artifacts 

• Experienced in consulting with project stakeholders, including the skills to facilitate compromises and resolve conflicting requirements. 

• Knowledge and a technical understanding of OTC derivatives processing including product, process and system knowledge. 

• Experience should ideally involve large scale implementations 

Competencies: 

• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to facilitate discussions 

• Ability to facilitate project planning sessions with varied stakeholders, sometimes having competing interests 

• Knowledge of recent regulations e.g. Dodd Frank, Basel is a plus 

• A good knowledge of the techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling project and resources 

• Ability to quickly grasp and master new concepts / requirements and related product / functional knowledge 

• Ability to create and deliver presentations to senior levels of management 

• Ability to work under pressure and manage to tight deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements 

• Willingness to ask questions, challenge the status quo and seek out answers 

• Ability to work independently, multi-task, and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiative 

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills