Business Analyst Loc:Los Angeles, CA
100,000 - 200,000
Job Description:
Core Responsibilities
â?¢Facilitate requirements gathering workshops and one-on-one interviews.
â?¢Analyze business requirements and design solutions to meet those requirements.
â?¢Validate and prioritize detailed business requirements based on stakeholder input.
â?¢Manage changing requirements (change control) and communicate impact to the project team.
â?¢Develop preliminary work estimates and project plans.
â?¢Demonstrate expertise with finance concepts, practices, and procedures.
â?¢Stay up to date with financial industry and technology trends.
Required Skills / Knowledge / Experience
â?¢Bachelors degree or higher
â?¢2-5 years prior experience working with project teams as a Business or Functional Analyst
â?¢Experience in two or more of the following:
-Algorithmic Trading & Backtesting (alpha models, risk models, transaction costs,
FIX engine)
-Machine Learning (recommender systems, neural networks, learning-to-rank,etc.)
-Mathematics (descriptive statistics, predictive analytics, similarity measures)
-Software Development (web dev, mobile dev, iPad / iPhone, .NET development)
-Database (SQL Server Management Studio, SSRS, TSQL)
-Quality Assurance (able to perform test scripts/plans and summarize results)
â?¢Familiarity with financial statistics, common investment styles, and market cycles
â?¢Experience with Tableau or other data visualization software is a plus
â?¢Must be able to write SQL queries to research, prototype, and test market ideas
â?¢Familiarity with algorithm development in C, Python, R, or Matlab is a plus.
â?¢Must have excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills
â?¢Highest levels of integrity and professional maturity
â?¢Highly organized, analytical problem solver
â?¢Enthusiastic, optimistic, and outgoing
â?¢Collaborative teammate
â?¢Exceptional clarity and precision in written and oral communication