Business Analyst, Equities

Job Description

Description:

As a Business Analyst/Product Manager on the Prime Services Technology Team, you will work in a fast-paced team setting, alongside industry experts. You will be an expert in cross-functional, end-to-end delivery that spans Prime Service technology across all platform line of businesses which are Cash and Synthetic Prime Brokerage, Outsourced Trading Desk and Securities Finance. In this role, you will represent the Technology team, and face off to multiple stakeholder groups including Front Office, Prime Service Operation, Trading desk as well as Margin Operation teams, to integrate, build out and document cross product margin system (Advent Syncova Integration). You will oversee delivery of new enhancements and fixes and prioritize the book-of-work, ensuring the Development team is adhering to project plans. You will document testcases across Cash and Synthetic PB Margin systems performing test checkouts as necessary.

What you’ll bring with You:

• Experience in Equities capital markets/Prime Brokerage space
• Good Financial understanding of Equities, Derivatives, Fixed Income and Swaps
• Strong understanding with Trade Life Cycle
• Knowledge of Margin rules and concepts (Reg-T, Portfolio Margin, Enhanced Leverage, etc.)
• Knowledge for firm and client Risk factors and concepts
• Recent experience managing or overseeing technical projects.
• Experience conducting requirement analysis, documenting business requirements & functional requirements, and driving issue remediation.
• Exposure to multiple project management methodologies including, but not limited to Agile and Waterfall
• Experience in successfully delivering business and technology projects with an understanding of product development lifecycle.
• Development productivity tools (Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, TFS, or other)
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise and influence a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree
• Knowledge of regulations and OTC derivatives and securities transactions is a plus.
• High motivated and self-starter
  
  

Responsibilities:

• Align projects and communication into project plans and resolve conflicts and escalate when needed
• Work with others in this discipline on cross-team initiatives
• Stand-up work items and team management structure for development and support of technology platforms
• Understand client's challenges and issues; document resolution options and go forward plans
• Provide BA support to the Equity Prime Services (Cash and Synthetic) group.
• Work with other related and wider technology teams within Jefferies
• Conduct detailed analyses to draw conclusions and develop pertinent and insightful recommendations.
• Present findings and recommendations to leadership
• Provide status reporting to management and business partners.
  
  

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range of $150,000-$200,000.

The salary offered will take into consideration an individual’s experience level and qualifications. In addition to salary, Jefferies offers, for eligible employees, an annual discretionary incentive and retention bonus, competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Jefferies also offers paid time off packages that include planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays and paid parental leave.

About Us

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (‘‘Jefferies,’’ ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’) is a U.S.-headquartered global full service, integrated investment banking and securities firm. Our largest subsidiary, Jefferies LLC, a U.S. broker-dealer, was founded in the U.S. in 1962 and our first international operating subsidiary, Jefferies International Limited, a U.K. broker-dealer, was established in the U.K. in 1986. Our strategy focuses on continuing to build out our investment banking effort, enhancing our capital markets businesses and further developing our Leucadia Asset Management alternative asset management platform. We offer deep sector expertise across a full range of products and services in investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Asia.

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

Jefferies is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse workforce and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply. This includes applicants from historically underrepresented groups, including women, racial and ethnic minorities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, military veterans, and individuals with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.

Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.

All e mployees must follow Jefferies’ COVID-19 protocol policy , which is subject to chan ge.