Senior Business Analyst - #1800278

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a commitment to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It’s how we’ve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years. Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services – and our open-access model – we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.

LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific. LSEG’s ticker symbol is LSEG.

Job Description Summary

Acts as a point of contact and liaison among business stakeholders to elicit, analyse, communicate, and validate requirements for changes to business products; processes and systems. May also be a liaison to external customers and third-party suppliers/vendors.

Collects and analyses data to document requirements, and translates into detailed technology needs & formal specifications ensuring needs of stakeholders and business are met.

Reviews business and product needs, instructions, regulations, and laws for complex projects.

Authors & communicates requirements documentation Depending on the project, undertakes a combination of project management, technical implementation, and testing analyst tasks.

Expected to have either a strong proprietary knowledge base and several years of previous experience in requirements analysis and authoring.

Addresses higher level business requirements & specifications.

Job Description

Responsible for product management and analysis activity in their assigned features and/or workstreams, including the elicitation, analysis and documentation of business needs in order to formulate business requirements at the Feature, Epic and User Story levels for each workstream they are responsible for. Self-manages their own day-to-day activities of product ownership and analysis. Builds a strong relationship with all stakeholders, ensuring that product ownership activities and products are clearly communicated.

Close working relationship with architects & developers to ensure solution designs meet business requirements, including non-functional requirements. Ensures RAID log(s) are updated with related risks, issues and dependencies for their workstreams and/or team. Models complex business processes and suggests process improvements.

Knowledge & Skill :

• Business Analysis experience
• Proven knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle (Agile / Scrum and Waterfall).
• Financial services domain knowledge is ideal, preferably financial markets and fixed income
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to communicate effectively with senior members of staff.
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Solid understanding of Jira / Confluence / Excel
• SQL knowledge
  
  

Scope of Impact :

• Responsible for product ownership activities within their workstream.
• Provides input to business area objectives and solutions.
• Advises colleagues on functional matters.
• Supports Product Manager where required!
  
  

Strategic Planning & Decision Making :

• Makes recommendations and decisions that shape the product.
• Determines the nature of complex or undefined problems; independently identifies the best solution from many alternatives and validates their root cause, considering the broader commercial picture.
• Owns and/or escalates higher risk or more unique problems.
• Decisions require interpretive thinking and some judgment in developing solutions!
  
  

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

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