Senior Business Analyst - Securities and Cash Products

Société Générale - New York, NY

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - New York, NY

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

About the position

The Senior Business Analyst for Securities and Cash Products at Societe Generale will serve as the primary point of contact for project requests within the Global Markets business unit. This role requires extensive experience in investment banking, particularly in securities and cash products, and involves overseeing strategic projects while collaborating with various stakeholders. The candidate will be responsible for analyzing business requirements, assessing solutions, coordinating testing, and ensuring effective communication between business and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and understand business requirements, functions, and processes within the fixed income and equities securities processing domain.
• Drive towards both technical and non-technical solutions, evaluate tactical and strategic approaches, and provide cost and timeframe estimates for solutions.
• Coordinate solution workshops, oversee the testing phase with users, and obtain necessary signoffs.
• Translate precise and detailed business requirements to developers and ensure the accuracy of technical specifications.
• Work with users to create comprehensive test plans, develop user sign-off criteria, and be hands-on in analyzing and documenting testing results.
• Participate in the design of new architecture in alignment with IS strategy.

Requirements

• Minimum of 7-10 years of experience as a Business Analyst, preferably in investment banking on securities and cash products.
• Knowledge of trading and brokerage operations - front to back processing.
• Knowledge of Fixed Income or Equities instruments.
• Familiarity with Broadridge applications (BPS/IMPACT/FinancePro/DLR).
• Advanced skills in working with business clients (front office, accounting, finance, and risk) to understand and document business requirements.
• Previous experience working with developer teams, with a solid understanding of major SDLC approaches, particularly Agile methodology.
• Proficiency in understanding and creating queries in SQL.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, Microsoft Power Point.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, commitments, and projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to coordinate and facilitate project execution and delivery with teams in different time zones.
• Proactive, self-motivated, dynamic, and results-oriented with the ability to take on leadership roles when necessary.
• A team player with a collaborative attitude, able to maintain high discipline levels within the given SDLC process.
• Ability to understand XML and JSON.
• Experience working with PowerBI.
• Previous experience as a project manager in the information technology sector.

Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement allowing flexibility to work remotely and on-site.