Job Title: Business Analyst with experience in Agricultural/Soft comm
Location: New York City, NY (Hybrid)
Contract
Job Description:
Global Trading Solutions is looking for an experienced BA for Commodities technology team with experience in Agricultural/Soft commodities trading and risk management. The candidate will be actively involved in projects and is accountable for collaborating with various teams such as: Front Office, Quants, Market Risk, Middle Office, Back Office, and downstream systems users.
Key Deliverables and Responsibilities:
· Directly work with Front-office Sales, trading and Quants.
· Facilitate communication among stakeholders to ensure alignment.
· Capture and document detailed requirements for Agricultural financial, physical trades, listed, OTC and funding.
· Work with Technology dev resources to estimate effort and delivery timelines in a Scrum context.
· Define test-cases and validate features before release to production.
· As needed, support production and help resolve critical incidents post go live.
Commodities Product Knowledge:
· Understanding of Agricultural commodities markets dynamics
· Familiarity with the different exchanges (ICE, CBOT, CME, etc...)
· Strong Derivatives and OTC product knowledge (Fut, Fwd, Avg, Options etc.)
· Physical business understanding (Leasing, financing and Inventory management) Agricultural specific trade lifecycle events.
Technical Skills:
· Strong knowledge of the main modules within Endur and/or Murex-Setting up static data, market data (Curve), Contract, trade templates etc. and deep understanding of simulations, EOD process, data extraction and ingestion.
· Ability to write SQL statements for analytical work if needed
· Strong Excel skills (formulas, pivots, macros, etc) for analysis and reporting.
· Working experience with Jira and Scrum boards.
Work Location: In person