*Business Analyst* *Location:** New Jersey * * Duration:*
* 24 months * * Profile: * Primary Responsibilities/Essential Functions: Provide assistance in the technical leadership for the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of Polypaths, a fixed-income quantitative risk-measurement system. Develop an expert understanding of Polypaths and its associated IT development requirements. Maintain, extend, and support a robust end-to-end, overnight fixed-income position-risk batch. Integrate new desks, portfolios, and asset-classes into the platform, developing processes necessary to affect integration. Ensure respective trading desks and business support functions obtain an accurate start of day risk snapshot in a timely manner. Ensure that users can interactively use front-end tools to evaluate changes in both positions and market-rates intraday, on-demand without having to vie for back-end resources with background/batch processes. Support end-users in their questions about quantitative risk results. Provide assistance with vendor applications, and resolve everyday issues regarding both Polypaths and Intex (Structure Product & MBS market data and cash-flow engine). *Development* • Enable the delivery of future releases of Polypaths, Intex, and 3rd party MBS prepayment/default-loss models • Conduct/assist design discussions and project planning meetings • Deliver high quality functionality within demanding timescales • Perform/assist appropriate testing • Support/affect implementation activities • Establish working relationships with other IT departments and relevant business areas • Development activities related to both large scale projects and small tactical software deliveries • Quality reviews of designs and code *Business Analysis* • Translating user requirements to appropriate IT solutions • Document business requirements and software specifications • Investigate and resolve (where appropriate) issues / concerns raised by users • Liaise with other IT groups to resolve issues across system boundaries Testing • Assist the business and model review groups in model upgrades/enhancements • Identify user test cases to ensure system stability during upgrades and expansions *ESSENTIAL SKILLS/COMPETENCIES* • Expert knowledge of mortgage-backed securities, structured trading products, fixed income instruments, and their hedges. • Expert knowledge of fixed income risk measures (duration, convexity, OAS, volatility, spread risk, basis risk) • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and spoken English) • Ability to work with minimal supervision and under pressure • Flexible approach to working hours and responsibilities • Ownership of tasks assigned to ultimate resolution • Ability to work on own or as part of a team *ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE* (in order of importance) • Experience working with the Polypaths Enterprise and AppPort applications, Intex (data and desktop applications), and 3rd party MBS prepayment models. • College degree in computer science or related field • At least five years’ application development and support experience using C++, Java, Perl, SQL, relational database (Oracle/Sybase/MS SQL Server), Excel, VBA macros • Previous working experience in the Sales & Trading business, specifically with front-office traders, risk managers, and quant teams • Technically proficient in : Windows operating system • Proven knowledge of project life cycles and track record of ownership of deliverables *IDEAL EXPERIENCE* • Graduate degree in finance or financial mathematics (MBA, MS, or PhD) • Project management experience (small to medium size projects) Ajit Yadav IT Recruiter Email: [email protected] Phone: 609-897-9670 x 2155 Fax: 609-228-5522 Address: 38 Washington Road, Princeton Jn, NJ 08550 *[image: cid:[email protected]]* <http://www.sysmind.com/> [image: cid:[email protected]] [image: cid:[email protected]] [image: cid:[email protected]] NOTE: Under Bill s.1618 Title III passed by the 105th U.S. Congress this mail cannot be considered Spam as long as we include the contact information for removal from our mailing list. 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