Business Analyst - BA4

About Barclays

They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Responsibilities

• Purpose of the role To support the organisation, achieve its strategic objectives by the identification of business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities.
• Identification and analysis of business problems and client requirements that require change within the organisation.
• Development of business requirements that will address business problems and opportunities.
• Collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that proposed solutions meet their needs and expectations.
• Support the creation of business cases that justify investment in proposed solutions.
• Conduct feasibility studies to determine the viability of proposed solutions.
• Support the creation of reports on project progress to ensure proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
• Creation of operational design and process design to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered within the agreed scope.
• Support to change management activities, including development of a traceability matrix to ensure proposed solutions are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.
• Analyst Expectations To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard.
• L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to.
• Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.
• All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right.
• Join us as Business Analyst, where you will: Act as the Techno-Functional Business Analyst for the trade execution platform, providing functional and technical analysis across the trade execution lifecycle.
• Work closely with Dealers, RMS, Broking Operations, Technology, Infrastructure, Information Security, exchanges and external vendors to understand requirements and translate them into implementable solutions.
• Understand and document end-to-end flows covering order capture, order validation, order routing, exchange connectivity, trade confirmation and downstream hand-off to post-trade systems.
• Gather and analyse business, regulatory and technology requirements and translate them into BRDs, functional specifications, user stories, process flows, interface requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Perform As-Is/To-Be and gap analysis, assess solution impacts and identify dependencies across upstream and downstream applications and interfaces.
• Analyse application and interface issues using SQL/data analysis, logs, files and system flows, working with development and vendor teams to identify root causes and drive resolution.
• Support integrations and connectivity with relevant NSE/BSE trading infrastructure and downstream broking systems.
• Own functional analysis for regulatory/exchange-mandated changes, business enhancements, technology upgrades and control remediation impacting the trade execution platform.
• Define test scenarios and acceptance criteria and support SIT, UAT, regression testing, production sanity validation and business sign-off.
• Support production releases, incidents and problem investigations, including impact analysis, root-cause analysis and remediation tracking.
• Coordinate with development, QA, production support and vendor teams throughout the full SDLC, from requirement definition through to production implementation.
• Maintain appropriate documentation and evidence to support risk, control, audit and governance requirements for a regulated trading platform.
• To be successful in this role, you should: Have a strong understanding of capital markets and equity broking, particularly front-office order and trade execution.
• Have a good functional understanding of the order-to-trade lifecycle, including order placement, validations, routing, exchange execution, trade confirmations and post-trade interfaces.
• Quality of requirements, process mapping, impact analysis, functional specifications and acceptance criteria.
• Effectiveness in defining scenarios, supporting SIT/UAT, managing defects and validating production releases.
• Ability to communicate effectively with Dealers, RMS, Operations, Technology, vendors and senior stakeholders.

Requirements

• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Be able to bridge the gap between business users and technical teams, translating trading requirements into detailed system requirements.
• Have strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to investigate data, interfaces and application behaviour rather than limiting the role to documentation.
• Have working knowledge of SQL, databases, file/interface-based integrations, application logs and data reconciliation.
• Have a good understanding of APIs/interfaces, batch and real-time integrations, Linux/Unix environments and application architecture.
• Demonstrate strong stakeholder and vendor management skills, with the ability to work across Front Office, Operations, Technology, Risk and Control.
• Be able to operate effectively in a regulated, business-critical trading environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills, with disciplined documentation and attention to detail.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Finance, Business Management or a related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of the equity trading lifecycle and Indian capital markets.
• Working knowledge of SQL and relational databases, with the ability to analyse transactional data.
• Experience preparing BRDs, functional specifications, user stories, process flows, test scenarios and acceptance criteria.
• Effective stakeholder management across business and technology teams.
• Ability to analyse a business problem at both functional and system/data levels.
• Understanding of front-office trading platforms, order workflows, exchange connectivity and RMS.
• Ability to query and analyse transaction, order and trade data to investigate issues and validate changes.
• Ability to investigate production issues, establish root causes and translate findings into sustainable remediation.
• Ability to translate regulatory/exchange requirements into system changes while maintaining appropriate controls.
• Ability to take a requirement or issue from analysis through implementation and production validation.
• Job location is Mumbai

Preferred

• Relevant experience as a Business Analyst/Techno-Functional Analyst in Capital Markets, Securities, Broking or Trading Technology.
• Hands-on experience working with trade execution, Order Management Systems (OMS) or trading platforms.
• Experience supporting SIT/UAT, production releases and incident/problem analysis.
• Prior hands-on experience with NEST/Omnesys NEST or a comparable broker trade execution/OMS platform.
• Knowledge of NSE and BSE trading environments, exchange connectivity and trading terminals.
• Familiarity with NEAT/BOLT or equivalent exchange trading systems.
• Understanding of RMS controls, trading limits, margins and pre-trade validations.
• Exposure to FIX/API-based exchange or trading-system integration.
• Understanding of Cash Equity and Equity Derivatives (F&O) products and workflows.
• Experience with Linux/Unix, Oracle/SQL databases, logs, interfaces and production troubleshooting.
• Understanding of downstream trade settlement/back-office systems and interfaces between front-office execution and post-trade platforms.
• Exposure to SEBI and exchange-driven technology/regulatory changes, audit requirements and control frameworks.
• Experience working with third-party product/vendor teams and managing requirements through implementation.
• You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as: Capital Markets & Broking Domain Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate an end-to-end understanding of order and trade execution.