Business Analyst
Belvedere Trading is looking for team-players who express interest in the financial and technology markets to join Team Belvedere as Business Analysts. At Belvedere Trading, the Business Analyst is responsible for working directly with traders and software developers to invent and improve our proprietary software. After ideas and enhancements are clearly identified, the Business Analyst defines the requirements of the project, prioritizes an effective workflow, and assigns the project to the correct development team. Business Analysts are involved with every project from inception to completion by communicating daily with the software development team to ensure that each project is effectively deployed to the traders. Successful candidates are detail-oriented, organized, and able to communicate efficiently with all levels of the organization; they must display a high aptitude for and interest in problem solving! Being a team player is a must; Business Analysts excel in an entrepreneurial and highly collaborative environment.
What our Business Analysts do:
- Partner with traders to identify and document trading application issues and improvements
- Prioritize projects and workflow for software development teams- organization is key!
- Communicate effectively with all roles, ranging from developers and traders all the way to business owners
- Work directly with the Quality Assurance team to build applicable tests for each new feature.
- Ensure each company-wide software launch is successful by properly assigning tests to traders
- Disseminate information on and communicate each new feature launch to the appropriate traders
- Act as the first point of contact for the traders after features are deployed
- Continuously liaise with traders and the tech team to promote the business value of proprietary software
Key qualities in great candidates:
- Undergraduate Computer Science, CIS, Business, Engineering Degree, or Relevant Experience
- Self-starter and proactive problem solver
- Thrives with minimal direction to create effective business solutions
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Demonstrated ability and desire to learn and use new technologies
- Experience working in the financial industry is a plus!
- Graduation date of May/June 2017 (start date of summer 2017) or 1-2 years of relevant experience
- Sponsorship is not available for this position
- All candidates must have GPA listed on their resumes