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• Company

  JPMorgan

• Location

  USA-CT-Greenwich

• Remuneration

  Competitve

• Position Type

  Employee

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  29 Aug 2008

• eFC Ref no

  436749

Please see the job description

As a
Hedge Fund Accounting Business Analyst, you will serve as liaison between IT and business end-users. Work with the business to analyze business requirements and review/produce specifications for any new/change to technology applications. Work with the Technical Analyst and development team to ensure that they understand the specifications. Work with training team to document system scenarios and identify roles impacted and helps develop a change management/training plan. Conduct business process modeling and generate applicable scenarios for the technology functionality testing team. You will be responsible to identify, assess, and document business requirements, recommending business priorities, and advising business on options, risks, and costs. Conduct research to determine if solutions to business requirements currently exist within or outside the business unit, and if not, whether new solutions are feasible. Analyze impact of proposed solution across the business, develop use cases to explain/demonstrate business requirements/specifications to IT team, and contribute a business or process perspective during design reviews. Assist Quality Management team to ensure that requirements documentation can be easily translated into test plans, and ensure that the proper testing plans have been completed. Facilitate implementation of new functionality through training sessions, demos, and the development of appropriate documentation. Provide relevant test scenarios for the testing team. Work with test team to develop system integration test scripts and ensure the testing results correspond to the business expectations.

Qualifications
College degree, or specialized training or equivalent work experience Minimum
five years of relevant work experience Financial Services
Industry experience required Fund accounting experience required Knowledge of OTC Derivatives and Fixed Income Securities a plus Knowledge of Advent Geneva a plus Experience setting up test scenarios Experience/understanding of business process reengineering and business modeling concepts, business systems development and analysis Awareness of the business and IT strategy Basic understanding of the company's business practices and familiarity with the company's products and services Strong analytical skills and writing skills, to include solid experience in writing functional and technical specifications