Business & Testing Analyst – Strategic Platform Transformation Analyst

Youre a strategic thinker passionate about delivering solutions in Trading Services and platform initiativesthis is the right team for you.

As a Business & Testing Analyst in Trading Services and platform initiatives you will promote high-quality outcomes by combining business analysis with end-to-end testing ownership.

Job responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end test delivery for strategic change initiatives including strategy planning execution and closure (SIT/UAT/regression).
• Lead business analysis and requirements shaping through workshops elicitation/documentation process mapping business rules and user stories/BRD inputs with testable acceptance criteria.
• Manage the test backlog in JIRA (stories/tasks/defects) ensuring clear status prioritization and timely workflow progression.
• Create and maintain test artifacts (scenarios cases test data approach traceability) and obtain business signoffs.
• Coordinate with Technology and cross-functional teams to validate front-to-back platform flows (trade capture confirmations lifecycle events settlements reporting).
• Lead defect triage and resolution by logging prioritizing tracking to closure and communicating impact/risks; support gap analysis and root-cause discussions.
• Support and govern test automation where applicable (coverage alignment execution monitoring defect leakage tracking) without deep scripting ownership.
• Track timelines and dependencies; proactively escalate risks and environment/data blockers impacting testing.
• Ensure adherence to internal processes (change control configuration management required data/system access procedures).
• Drive continuous improvement across testing and analysis practices (templates checklists metrics lessons learned).
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts where required; provide timely scorecards/status reporting; support enhancement integration (training/SOP updates); build strong cross-functional relationships.

Required qualifications capabilities and skills

• Bachelors degree in finance technology computer science information technology or related field.
• 4 years of relevant testing and business analysis experience within the Financial Services industry.
• Understanding of basic testing concepts types of testing (e.g. functional regression performance) and testing methodologies.
• Test management experience supporting multiple lines of business in a highly complex and high-volume environment.
• Ability to learn new tools and concepts and communicate clearly and effectively at both technical and business levels.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Office suite and Windows desktop.
• Familiarity with major relational database management systems (Oracle Sybase SQL Server).

Preferred qualifications capabilities and skills

• MBA or formal training in Project Management.
• Previous testing and business analysis experience in Investment Banking business functions (Global Markets Middle Office Payments Securities Services).
• Experience working within an Agile development lifecycle.
• Experience in global implementation programs preferably in the finance domain.