Senior Business Analyst (IMS) required for a large FI in Middle East

My client, a large FI based in Middle East, seeks to recruit a Senior Business Analyst to capture business requirements, perform hands-on configuration of systems related to activities within the investment departments and act as a key driver for the implementation of solutions to fulfill these requirements. The candidate would operate as a senior business and configuration analyst within the full delivery lifecycle of requirements capture, contract negotiation, implementation, testing and on-going support of the final deliverable.

 

The candidate would

·         Perform detailed business requirements analysis and documentation to a very high standard

·         Transform business requirements into functional specifications

·         Implement functional specifications by directly configuring the eFront Front Invest system as well as other applications in the portfolio (Eagle, Charles River Development, Misys Sophis etc)

·         Participate in the construction of business cases required to support initiatives related to the investment management areas including full contractual development, resource planning and budget estimations

·         Perform end user training and application awareness sessions

·         Prepare user documentation and training manuals

The ideal candidate would have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or equivalent along with Industry recognized qualification such as IAQ, IMC or CFA. They would have:

·         6-8 years of experience within a buy side institution, 3 of which as a Senior Business Analyst

·          2 years’ experience of hands-on configuration of the eFront Front Invest system

·         Business and Industry knowledge of Real Estate, Private Equity, M&A and Business Development

·         Experience in defining requirements for an application including the UI, workflow and end client document needs

·         End-to-end experience of the project lifecycle

·         Proven experience interacting directly with end users and senior management

·         Good knowledge of methods to document business requirements such as UML and BPMN

 

Interested candidates with matching profiles can contact me at farhat@searchpoint.ae