Business Analyst, Technology

A CAREER WITH POINT72’S TECHNOLOGY TEAM
As Point72 reimagines the future of investing, our Technology group is constantly improving our company’s IT infrastructure, positioning us at the forefront of a rapidly evolving technology landscape. We’re a team of experts experimenting, discovering new ways to harness the power of open source solutions, and embracing enterprise agile methodology. We encourage professional development to ensure you bring innovative ideas to our products while satisfying your own intellectual curiosity.
The Macro Middle Office Trade Processing and Position Team is responsible for the development, maintenance, and automation of the systems that process trade executions into position keeping systems. The systems support a wide range of financial products and asset classes including equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, and credit. The team is global with personnel and service providers located throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

WHAT YOU’LL DO
• Analyze and document business processes, listening to management, stakeholders and developers.
• Research, measure, and analyze requirements and translate to implementation specifications, including one-off enhancement requests as well as large-scale projects.
• Understand functional and process requirements, relevant system(s) and data in order to define optimal deliverable to meet business needs as well as technology goals.
• Build consensus between stakeholders and developers to define clear and testable acceptance criteria.
• Work with developers throughout the SDLC process, validate deliverables, and see them through to production release.
• Document data and process flows, both existing and proposed.
• Work with the team lead to organize, maintain, and track capacity, velocity, statuses, and deliverables.

WHAT’S REQUIRED
• 3+ years of financial services industry experience as a Business Analyst with a proven track record of improving business and operational processes.
• Experience working with a third-party books and records system (Orchestrade, Murex, Calypso, FIS or close competitors).
• Fundamental knowledge of financial products including fixed income, FX, credit, equities, commodities, and derivatives and associated trade capture and position lifecycle management, including P&L.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, fluency with presentation software.
• Ability to work in fast-paced, complex environment. Comfortable with multitasking and handling high pressure situations that could arise from production issues.
• Attention to detail and commitment to reliable production deliverables.
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards.

WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE
We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:

• Sports card
• Private life insurance
• Private medical and dental care, with vision allowance
• Private pension scheme
• Volunteer opportunities
• Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, people of color and the LGBT+ community
• Business travel accident insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Educational assistance reimbursement

ABOUT POINT72
Point72 is a leading global alternative investment firm led by Steven A. Cohen. Building on more than 30 years of investing experience, Point72 seeks to deliver superior returns for its investors through fundamental and systematic investing strategies across asset classes and geographies. We aim to attract and retain the industry’s brightest talent by cultivating an investor-led culture and committing to our people’s long-term growth. For more information, visit www.Point72.com/about.