Principal Business Analyst

Job Description:

Principal Business Analyst for Green Meadows

Are you energized by innovation?  Do you want to combine the fast pace of a start up with the financial backing of one of the most successful companies in the industry? Then be part of an exciting new incubator within Fidelity geared at rapidly moving ideas from concepts to scale to help bring these game-changing ideas to market.  If you are a principal business analyst with a passion for creating products and services that make lives better, a contract position in FCAT may be right for you!  

At FCAT, we use emerging technologies and human-centered design to create visionary products and services that improve people’s financial lives. As the innovation engine for Fidelity Investments, we provide expertise to the rest of the firm on new tools and techniques, while also incubating potential new lines of business 

Summary

As a principal business analyst, your role is to identify, investigate and advance business requirements in support of complex and large brokerage trading systems for FCAT. This candidate will be working closely with both business and technology key stakeholders.  

Strong communication and collaboration skills are important for this role. A strong desire to drive to obtainable results with direct and frequent communication with management is needed for success in this position.

Candidate must be able to communicate effectively to multiple audiences from both technical and business perspectives. Possessing the ability to work collaboratively across organizational boundaries, within FCAT and across companies, by building and maintaining strong partnerships is extremely important.

The Expertise We’re Looking For

• College graduate in a technical degree that is driven to meet, or exceed, expectations.
• Transferable expertise in post trade lifecycle for Equity, Derivatives, digital asset products.
• Knowledge of basic accounting principles (GAAP).
• Hold strong understanding of equity trading, options, bookkeeping, tax systems and design systematic flows of a trading lifecycle.
• Proficient in conducting business analysis, writing requirements, designing, maintaining dynamic solutions & translating strategic objectives into action.
• Collaborated with database and solution architects to develop new solutions, creating relevant artifacts to deliver a functional specification, while conducting data mapping & data modeling exercise of new requirements
• Proficient in defining user stories to successfully execute on define-build-test cycles.
• Proficient using Confluence & JIRA
• Strong technical interest in financial services and ability to research and learn new technologies.
• Ability to think strategically and accept technical direction.
• Experience working with geographically distributed teams.
• Participate in system testing, user acceptance testing, and validation of implemented solutions.

The Purpose of Your Role

The principal business analyst is responsible for working closely with the Green Meadows squad’s product owner and tech lead to assist in a variety of tasks.  Candidate must be comfortable working with a growing team of technologists in a fast paced and highly ambiguous environment bursting with emerging technologies.

The Skills You Bring 

• Willingness to understand and pick up something new on a continual basis.
• Must be able to translate business requirements and help prioritize delivery.
• Communication, teamwork, and empathy skills to deliver results in multi-disciplined team.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, as well as strong interpersonal skills.
• Motivated, self-directed, results oriented.

Nice to have experience in:

• Income Tax system, particularly as it relates to tax informational form filings (e.g., 1099-B, 1099-MISC, 1099-INT, 1042-S, etc.)
• FINRA Broker dealer reporting (FOCUS, Net-capital 15c3-1, Customer reserve 15c3-3, etc.)
• Exposure to cloud-based technologies.

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Category:

Information Technology