Lead - Business Analyst

Job Description:

The Purpose of Your Role

We are looking for a Business Analyst with expertise and experience in designing and developing applications including new developments, improvements, maintenance and support. The role involves continuous collaboration with partners, iterative understanding of the platform to build well written requirements, following standard methodologies thorough understanding of the product roadmap, and owning up responsibilities for the overall product quality.

The Value You Deliver

· Requirement Elicitation: gather and document detailed requirements from stakeholders, ensuring that the development team has a clear understanding of what needs to be built.

· User Stories and Use Cases: create user stories and use cases that help developers understand the functionality from the user's perspective.

· Prioritization: help prioritize features and tasks based on business value and urgency.

· Communication: facilitate communication between stakeholders and the development team, ensuring that everyone is on the same page.

· Solution Validation: validate the developed solutions against the requirements to ensure they meet the business needs. Conduct testing and gather feedback to ensure quality and functionality.

· Change Management: manage changes to requirements and ensure that any modifications are properly documented and communicated to the development team.

· Process Improvement: analyze development processes and suggest improvements to enhance efficiency and productivity.

· Documentation: create and maintain comprehensive documentation, including requirements, user manuals, and training materials, which are essential for future reference and onboarding new team members.

· Risk Management: identify potential risks in the development process and propose mitigation strategies to ensure smooth project execution.

· Stakeholder Engagement: engage with stakeholders to gather feedback and ensure that the software aligns with business goals and user expectations.

The Skills that are Key to this role

· Experience as an analyst in the finance domain.

· Strong written and verbal communication skills

· Understand and evaluate business requirements, identify gaps, analyze existing platform capabilities, and come up with a plan for implementation.

· Document results of analysis and share with stakeholders.

· Attention to detail for accurately capturing requirements and ensuring that nothing is overlooked.

· Good understanding of software development processes, methodologies (like Agile and Scrum), and basic technical concepts to effectively communicate with the development team.

· Lead multiple development work streams

· Be the go-to person for any questions related to business requirements. Collaborate with developers on a day-to-day basis.

· Pursue dependencies / enhancement requests with other teams/partners so that they are addressed in a timely manner. Understand the right collaborators to be contacted, set up and chair meetings to clearly articulate requirements and set expectations, then follow up through to closure.

· Determine the best way to split development work in the form of Jira stories. Create high-quality Jira stories by adhering to Agile practices. Drive refinement sessions.

· Ability to give high-impact presentations and demos to senior management, and representing the team at important forums in the organization

· Proactively lead process improvement initiatives.

· Experience in managing large scale technical programs and projects with multiple streams of deliverables, resolving challenges, mitigating risks, and working through dependencies, while collaborating with stakeholders to ensure milestones are met.

· Knowledge of testing methodologies and the ability to validate solutions against requirements to ensure they meet business needs.

· Identify, initiate and implement efficiencies that result in improved quality and effectiveness in the projects.

· Ability to think critically and creatively to find solutions to business problems and challenges

· The ability to manage relationships with various stakeholders, understand their needs, and ensure their expectations are met is key.

The Skills that are Good to Have for this role

· You have Ability to take ownership

· You are Strong Inclination to understand the business area

· You have Ability to take accountability for the result

· You have Willingness to learn based on the role needs

· You are Focused on productivity

How Your Work Impacts the Organization

Asset Management Technology (AM Tech) is the business unit that is responsible for delivering innovative, scalable, industry-leading investment tools that enable Fidelity’s Investment & Asset Management business to achieve competitive advantage globally. AM Tech is an integral partner in setting Asset Management's strategic direction and has shared accountability for achieving Asset Management goals. AM Tech is global organization of technologists based in the United States, London, India and Ireland. Supporting multiple business function in Investment Management and Advisory domain like Portfolio Management, Research & Trading.

The Expertise We’re Looking For

· BE/MCA/MBA

· 8+ years of industry experience

Location : Bangalore - EGL

Shift timings: 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

Company Overview

At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want! We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com. Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the application or interview process. Please email us at [email protected] or call 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 2 if you would like to request an accommodation.

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Category:Business Analysis