Careers
Title
Business Analyst
Description
SecondMarket is looking for a dynamic, proactive and entrepreneurial candidate to join the Innovation & Technology Team (ITG) as a Business Analyst. The individual will work with various business and engineering teams to gather requirements in order to define business needs for SecondMarket's new trading platform. Additionally, the Business Analyst will effectively communicate requirements to software engineering teams to deliver products that meet business expectations, and project manage various phases in the software development life cycle of an application.
Skills
- Perform in-depth analysis of existing processes and the nature of the data used in those processes
- Gather and analyze end-user requirements and create high-level documentation
- Coordinate activities of third-party vendors involved with the development of applications
- Assist in software development, creation of test plans, deployments and other project direction
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to continuously improve user experience
- Understanding of financial software applications and the financial market in general
- Ability to gather and analyze requirements concisely
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills using English
- Ability to prioritize, multi-task and manage work to project timelines
- Ability to lead joint requirements sessions with business and technical teams
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Understanding of capabilities and restrictions of RIA techniques such as AJAX and web remoting
- Proficient in online documentation techniques using wiki and web-based collaborative tracking tools
- Experience in Agile customer or proxy-customer role and Agile planning
- Experience with wire framing, use cases, and UML methodologies
- Relevant BA/BS degree
- 5+ years Business Analyst experience
- Experience with working with cutting edge web technologies
- Experience with transactional web applications, trading/marketplace platforms or auction sites strongly preferred
Compensation
- Competitive base salary
- Bonus structure
- Participation in employee stock purchase plan
- Health and dental benefits
- Standard vacation and sick days
