About the opportunity

Department Description
The Technology function provides IT services to the Fidelity International business, globally. These include the development and support of business applications that underpin our revenue, operational, investment, compliance, finance, legal, marketing and customer service functions. The broader organisation incorporates Infrastructure services that the firm relies on to operate on a day to day basis including data centre, networks, proximity services, security, voice, incident management and remediation. The Central team comprises systems development and support specialists that provide support to departments such as HR Services, Finance, Corporate Services, Legal and Compliance, Risk and Technology across various geographic locations. The services include Production Support of in-house developed application and vendor provided products, small scale enhancements and product.
Purpose of your role
Lead Business Analyst is a key role within the team and the successful candidate will liaise with the various business and systems groups to assist the application development and support from India. In addition, the Lead BA would be expected to resolve functional issues, impart business knowledge to the systems' team members and contribute to the global IM Systems community.
Key Responsibilities

• Identifying and documenting Business Requirements for the FIL Research teams globally.
• Understanding existing systems functions and liaison with Business teams
• Prepare or assist in preparation of Business Requirements documents
• Translating Business Requirements to System Requirements
• Analyse existing systems and understand the business process and data required to support the same
• Build solution documents to support data acquisition, management and consumption for end consumers
• Liaise with internal system owners and/or 3rd party data providers to develop effective strategy for acquiring data
• Manage & mentor team of BAs and help build Analysis capabilities across multiple projects
• Review test plans and participating in system testing activities as per QA processes
• Support business in preparation of user test procedures and user acceptance testing
• Work with Project Manager to establish project plans and identify Risks & Issues impacting the project , particularly the Analysis stream
• Provide pre-implementation and post-implementation support to the systems and business teams

Experience and Qualifications

• Minimum of 7-8 years of Information Technology experience in Financial Services preferably in Investment Management
• 5-6 years proven experience as a Business Analyst
• B. Tech/B.E. or MBA (Finance) preferred.
• Exposure to structured software development life-cycle methodology (preferably Agile or Iterative development) & Production Support processes
• Experience of working with multi-cultural teams in a geographically diverse environment.
• Experience of working with 3rd party market data providers like Bloomberg, Reuters etc.
• Experience of working in Equity Portfolio Management / Research applications
• Experience of re-engineering legacy systems.

Essential Skills

• A good understanding of the overall investment process and data needs of investment firms.
• Thorough understanding of different asset classes - Equity, Fund of Funds, Fixed Income, Derivatives
• Must have the ability to visualise data and identify patterns within and across subject areas
• Must have the ability to understand and relate data lineage and its impact to investment process
• Basic knowledge of technology, third party products and their usage within the investment management domain.
• Must possess working knowledge of database technologies to query standard databases like Oracle, Sybase etc.
• Must be an expert in using MS Office products like Visio and Excel.
• Excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills

About the opportunity Department Description The Technology function provides IT services to the Fidelity International business, globally. These include the development and support of business applications that underpin our revenue, operational, in

Experience: 7.00-8.00 Years