Fixed Income Analyst jobs in Youngstown, OH

Job Summary:

We are seeking a skilled Technical Analyst to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for analyzing and interpreting complex data sets to provide insights and recommendations for technical solutions.

Job Description:

As a Technical Business Analyst within Issuer Services Engineering, you will focus on the product vision and strategy by managing the end-to-end lifecycle of features. You will also be responsible for defining and implementing roadmaps and product priorities based on a deep understanding of client needs, insights, and in-depth data analysis. Success in this role will mean leaning heavily into agile delivery and leveraging all aspects of Design Thinking, including interviewing, persona mapping, brainstorming, storyboarding and feedback loops, etc.

The role also requires an individual with a growth and commercial mindset, to be a problem- solver and a strategic thinker, who will be able to influence business execution with a creative and analytical mindset. You will be expected to work across transformational, cross-functional initiatives to accelerate the ?rm's client experience, transform the way we work, develop innovative solutions.

Comfortable navigating a highly matrixed organization, with brilliant communication skills that allow you to collaborate effectively with all levels of seniority ,from Technical Engineers to Senior Executives

Lead the development and implementation as a technical product expert

Liaise with subject matter experts in Operations, Client Service, Product, Analytics, Transaction Management, Relationship Management and Engineering teams to ensure that the development is aligned with customer feedback

Comprehend product challenges and innovate solutions for achieving development objectives with greater efficiency

Manage and build data pipelines for seamless flow of information across connected systems

Author complete and high-quality user stories describing desired future state processes and functionality, providing product, operations, QA, UX, database, design & development audiences with sufficiently elaborate descriptions and acceptance criteria

Set the methods and standards for eliciting requirements, defining standards and quality targets whilst managing multiple stakeholder perspectives and expectations

Identify business problems/opportunities and define the most suitable approach to ensure that recommendations fit with strategic business objectives

Comprehend product challenges and innovate solutions for achieving development objectives with greater efficiency

Partner with UX Designer to bring alive the desired user experience

Design, lead and facilitate workshops with both internal, external and/or 3rd party engineering teams

Contribute to the firm’s digitization journey / information sharing medium (i.e. blog posts, podcasts, etc.) to share thought leadership, knowledge gained, and multiply success to the rest of the organization

Knowledge and Experience:

5-8 years of experience in business analysis or technical product manager related

Portfolio showcasing applied knowledge of Design Thinking, creating elegant solutions to challenging problems, versatility in dealing with different technology stacks / platforms

Proven track record in fast moving agile environment with particular emphasis on experience in backlog refinement, user story creation and successful collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams across time zones

Experience successfully enabling change at scale - across people, process and technology domains, and within a range of associated delivery frameworks, including agile

Extensive knowledge in development of detailed business cases, capturing benefits and benefits realization

Expert in business analysis or technical product manager

Having the growth and commercial mindset with continuous learning ethos

Experience in Issuer Services or Loans administration and servicing is a plus

Supplier Notes:

• Team is moving issuing vendor platform into a more efficient internal platform

• Role will be focused on writing requirements for workflows and functionality

• Ideal candidate will have previous experience with bank, settlement, clearing, etc. experience around bonds, bond processing, bond lifecycle, etc.

• Writing operations platforms, requirements, user stories in an agile environment (Jira)

• Knowledge of corporate bond structure, bank operations, etc. is required

• Not looking for candidates who come from portfolio management, asset management, trade processing backgrounds as it’s a different skill set/focus

• Some SQL queries writing is a plus

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $44.54 - $70.00 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance

Experience level:

• 10 years

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Email address -

Experience:

• Technical Business Analyst: 8 years (Preferred)
• Fixed Income, Bond Lifecycle: 6 years (Preferred)
• Agile Requirement writing: 4 years (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• West Pittsburg, PA 16160 (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• West Pittsburg, PA 16160: Relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: In person