Technical Business Analyst - 12 Month FTC

TP ICAP

Nov 17, 2023

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Off-cycle Internship
Business, Operations & Strategy
Belfast

Requirements

Education/Professional Qualifications:
Degree or equivalent industry experience
Experience:
Experience in a business analysis role in the delivery of complex systems
Experience of eliciting and capturing requirements, using user stories and use cases, in a software development environment for the delivery of complex systems
Enterprise system experience
Experience of the full software development lifecycle in a technical role
Desirable criteria:
Education/Professional Qualifications:
Relevant Masters or higher degree
Experience:
Experience of delivering platforms and services across multiple teams
Experience of multi-year projects from inception to maintenance
Experience of regulatory driven projects
Experience of mentoring colleagues and supporting colleague growth and advancement
Experience of transitioning applications and/or products from vendors or remote locations to local teams
Knowledge of Financial Markets, Systems and Over the Counter (OTC) products
Financial sector experience
Experience of using agile tooling to support team delivery
Innovative:
Open to innovative ideas/ experiences and ability to create new ideas, approaches or insights
Seeks opportunities for improvements
Handles situations and problems with innovation and creativity
Dynamic & Competitive:
Demonstrates high levels of energy in seeking out and achieving new goals
Goes that “extra mile”
Is a self-starter
Shows evidence of being comfortable working in fast paced or pressured environments
Enjoys a challenge and is able to escalate
Does not give up easily
Open & Communicative:
Adapts communication style to suit audience
Projects personal credibility
Interacts confidently without being overbearing
Ability to work effectively in a high pressure environment
Keeps emotions under control in difficult situations
Handles criticism constructively
Professional Integrity:
Able to demonstrate honesty, integrity and professionalism
Promotes loyalty to TP ICAP and its principles
Works ethically and shows respect for both professional and company values
Effective:
Excellent attention to detail, highly organised with a proactive approach
Strong analytical ability and problem solving skills

Responsibilities

Work closely with the business product owners, business product analysts, and the development team, to ensure the delivery roadmap is in line with business priorities
Help the development teams identify Stories which can be grouped to form minimum viable deliveries in order to support the identification in order to deploy regularly to production
Help team members understand the focus and delivery value of each milestone and each release
Be capable of articulating the business requirements to support planning and estimation
Be responsible for capturing business needs in user stories and use cases and ensure that here is sufficient detail to allow scope definition, estimation and prioritisation
Support the use of preferred planning and prioritisation tooling to capture and track deliveries, identify issues and help with roadmap and iteration planning and prioritisation
Be proactive in supporting the team’s engagement in a well defined SDLC that supports planning, prioritisation and delivery needs
Support the team through help with defining scope and guiding estimation of work to be done by leveraging domain and business knowledge
Identify opportunities to consolidate deliveries so as to more effectively address root cause issues across multiple platforms or business products
Challenge the business on their assumptions of what they need to uncover what their problems actually are so that development will be equipped to propose more efficient or effective solutions, or at a minimum ensure deliveries are addressing root cause issues
Ensure that business prioritisation gates in the SDLC are utilised effectively by guiding the business product owners and analysts through the SDLC
Communication and Leadership:
Work with the business product owners to shepherd their articulation of business needs and priorities and capture these using preferred tooling in recognised formats such as user stories and use cases
Participate in retrospectives and seek opportunities to drive best practice
Support members of the software team in delivering high quality and innovative software solutions that meet business needs by working with team members at each stage in the feature lifecycle: estimation, prioritisation, test case analysis, development, testing, deployment
Collaborate with the development team, the PEs, TLs and TDMs and the business to establish and analyse trade-offs between usability and delivery
Be a liaison between the business units, technology and support teams
Be supportive of other team members where possible and seek opportunities to mentor, and share experience and domain knowledge with other team members
Seek to become a subject matter expert for the business areas that are interfaced into and be able to support the wider team in their acquisition of knowledge in the general domain and in specific business products
Change, Risk and Issue Management:
Identify and support team to identify and escalate risks as appropriate
Work with the Team Leaders to provide time and resource estimates, identify potential areas of risk and suggest mitigating actions
Share complex business needs or issues with other team members and influence their decision making where necessary
Ensure business risks are fully communicated and understood
Assist and facilitate prioritisation of software defects and enhancements

TP ICAP

Finance

Industry

5001-10,000

Employees

2016

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

We are the world’s largest inter-dealer broker, the world’s largest energy & commodities broker, and the world’s leading provider of over-the-counter (OTC) pricing data. Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions. We operate in 28 countries and employ 5,200 people, including 2,600 brokers. Our clients include top tier investment banks and financial institutions. Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions across every major asset class, including Rates, FX, Credit Equities, Energy, Renewables and Digital Assets. We are home to a line up of premium brands. Each has a distinct, client-focused offering, underpinned by the financial security, operational strength and robust governance of the TP ICAP Group. Our brands include: •Tullett Prebon •ICAP •Liquidnet •Parameta Solutions •PVM.