Business Analyst Margin, Risk & Cross Asset

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
" Strong Capital Markets domain knowledge, particularly across derivatives and cross-asset products
" Strong understanding of Margin and Collateral Management processes
" Good knowledge of Initial Margin (IM) and Variation Margin (VM)
" Hands-on functional understanding of SIM / ISDA SIMM calculations
" Understanding of sensitivities, risk factors, risk weights, aggregation and margin calculation workflows
" Strong knowledge of Counterparty Risk, Counterparty Exposure, Market Risk and Credit Risk
" Experience across Cross Asset products, including Rates, FX, Credit, Equities and Fixed Income
" Understanding of OTC Derivatives trade lifecycle, from trade capture through valuation, risk, margin and collateral
" Experience working with trade, position, sensitivity, exposure, risk and margin data
" Ability to analyze and document complex business and functional requirements
" Experience with BRD/FRD, user stories, process flows, data mapping, gap analysis and acceptance criteria
" Strong experience in UAT, functional testing, defect analysis and business validation
" Ability to perform data reconciliation and root-cause analysis for margin and risk calculation discrepancies
" Working knowledge of SQL for data analysis, validation and reconciliation
" Experience working closely with Front Office, Risk, Quant, Margin/Collateral and Technology teams
Roles & Responsibilities
Gather, analyze and document business requirements related to Margin, Collateral and Risk platforms.
Strong understanding of Initial Margin (IM), Variation Margin (VM), margin calls, collateral allocation and margin lifecycle.
Good functional knowledge of SIM/SIMM calculations, including sensitivities, risk factors, aggregation and margin calculation workflows.
Understand counterparty exposure, market risk, credit risk and margin risk concepts.
Support Cross Asset requirements covering Fixed Income, Rates, FX, Credit, Equities and Derivatives.
Analyze trade and position data across upstream trading, risk, margin and downstream reporting systems.
Define business requirements, functional specifications, process flows, data mappings and acceptance criteria.
Perform impact and gap analysis for enhancements, regulatory changes and platform modernization.
Partner with Product Owners, Traders, Risk Managers, Quant teams, Developers and QA throughout the delivery lifecycle.
Support UAT, test scenario definition, defect triage and business sign-off.
Investigate calculation/data discrepancies and perform root-cause analysis across trade, sensitivity, risk and margin data.