Business Analyst
First seen by Alion on Sep 5, 2026.
Business Analyst with 5 to 12 years of relevant experience in the Risk domain, particularly Market Risk.
- Working as a business analyst and project manager in Market Risk Change projects in International
- Change and work with local and regional stakeholders to deliver on the project book of work.
- Independently manage medium to large projects through the lifecycle and prepare business analysis documents proficiently (business requirement documents, functional specifications, data matrix, work flow diagrams etc.)
- Run test management processes for medium to large scale projects (Test Strategy/Approach documentation, managing User Acceptance Testing, building test plans and test scenarios, building implementation plans.)
- Ability to plan the project delivery milestones (L0/L1 planning) and prepare project reports (weekly project update, monthly status update, highlighting risks, issues and their mitigation steps)
- Assist stakeholder businesses with their tactical/strategic solution requirements, services and/or program.
- Must be able to work with Technology, Risk Management, Risk Middle Office, and Front Office to identify and maximize opportunities that help in delivery of projects and to improve product, service and program business processes.
- Must have the ability to work with a team, learn and train people on various subjects, structure the project governance model and also work together with regional counterparts to devise induction framework for all the resources entering into the project.
Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required
- Strong understanding of capital market products and derivatives across asset classes
- Good knowledge of the Market Risk domain with project experience in areas like computation of risk measures (VaR, IRC, ES etc.), management of risk limits, risk reporting etc.
- Skilled in performing data analysis and understanding data models for computation of risk measures
- Good understanding of the Basel norms, particularly FRTB and Basel 2.5 standards
- Ability to operate in both agile and waterfall style project methodologies and have an understanding of deliverables required for each methodology
- Attention to detail and high quality standards of documentation, processes and control environment
- Experience in the full E2E systems delivery lifecycle (SDLC)
- Detailed knowledge of all Microsoft Office products, i.e. Word, Excel, Power Point, Project and Visio
- Good educational pedigree and domain certifications (MBA, FRM, CFA, CQF etc.)
- Proficiency in database, virtualization and BI solutions - SQL, Python, Dremio, PowerBI, Alteryx, Tableau etc.
- Excellent communication, organization, prioritisation and documentation skills
- Flexibility - adapts effectively to changing plans, domains and priorities; Is open and flexible when faced with changing project constraints
- Deals comfortably with ambiguity - Stays on target to complete goals regardless of obstacles or adverse circumstances
- Rigorous follow ups through on all commitments to achieve results
- Excellent and demonstrable understanding of "best practice" approaches to functional testing especially User Acceptance Testing.
- Ability to identify any inefficiencies in processes and suggest ideas for automation and/or operating model changes.
Skills
IT Business Analyst