Business Analyst Job at Capgemini in Atlanta

Title: Business Analyst (Aladdin)

Job Location: Atlanta, GA/ Chicago, IL/ NJ

Job Responsibilities:

• Build new and existing applications in preparation for a launch of new business.
• Align with the business teams and rest of the AMFMCT teams in assessing business needs and transforming them into scalable applications.
• Work closely with quantitate modeling team and portfolio managers.
• Collaborate with business groups to define solutions to business needs. This includes eliciting, analyzing and documenting business requirements, identifying multiple approaches, making recommendations, and facilitating brainstorming and requirement walk-through sessions.
• Partner with the Technology team. Analyzing and documenting systems / report design requirements which can include technical specifications, pseudo code, database table design, diagramming business process flows; to validate that the system solution meets the business need.
• Conducting project related tests which include developing detailed test plans, test cases and expected results; conducting tests; evaluating and documenting results.
• Develop subject matter expertise on the trading, performance/attribution and risk analytics platforms.
• Provide on-going support and troubleshooting production and test issues to perform root cause analysis, reconciliations, recommending corrective action and leading the resolution efforts.
• Taking deep analytical dives on data while being able to conceptualize, synthesize and critically evaluate gathered information, and communicate findings and recommendations.

Required Skills:

• Undergraduate (B.S.) degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or Information System is preferred.
• Minimum of 8+ years’ experience in the Financial Industry.
• Experience with Blackrock Aladdin is required.
• Previous experience with Bloomberg data is a big plus.
• At least 5 years of ALM (Asset and Liability Management) experience with deep knowledge of performance, risk and attribution.
• Previous experience with reinsurance industry is a huge plus.
• In-depth understanding of various Fixed Income instruments and their analytics, characteristics, and benchmarks with proven knowledge of Derivatives and its processes is required.
• Candidate must have highly developed analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving skill sets. Position requires the ability to quickly trouble shoot issues and think outside the box.
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and connect the dots, as well as demonstrate drive, resourcefulness, and personal ownership of assignments.
• Ability to work independently is critical, as is the ability to work effectively in a diverse team environment and actively participate in assessing impact of requested changes on existing processes.
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and comfortable working with all levels of an organization’s technology and business groups.
• Proficient with MS Excel, MS Word, MS Visio and PowerPoint. Prior experience with JIRA and Confluence is a plus.
• Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience is preferred.
• Must be highly proficient in data manipulation and writing SQL queries.
• Hands-on experience with any investment / trading system, or performance attribution system is a plus.
• Ability to manage small team or projects is highly desirable.

Life at Capgemini

Capgemini supports all aspects of your well-being throughout the changing stages of your life and career. For eligible employees, we offer:

• Flexible work
• Healthcare including dental, vision, mental health, and well-being programs
• Financial well-being programs such as 401(k) and Employee Share Ownership Plan
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Family building benefits like adoption assistance, surrogacy, and cryopreservation
• Social well-being benefits like subsidized back-up child/elder care and tutoring
• Mentoring, coaching and learning programs
• Employee Resource Groups
• Disaster Relief

Disclaimer

Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

This is a general description of the Duties, Responsibilities and Qualifications required for this position. Physical, mental, sensory or environmental demands may be referenced in an attempt to communicate the manner in which this position traditionally is performed. Whenever necessary to provide individuals with disabilities an equal employment opportunity, Capgemini will consider reasonable accommodations that might involve varying job requirements and/or changing the way this job is performed, provided that such accommodations do not pose an undue hardship.

Capgemini is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodation, please reach out to your recruiting contact.

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