Job Description

Join a major transformation program within one of Australia's leading financial institutions and contribute to the design and development of a next-generation OTC derivatives clearing platform.

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This opportunity is suited to an experienced Senior Business Analyst with strong capital markets knowledge, particularly across derivatives products, clearing, risk management and back-office processes.

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What You'll Do

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- Lead discovery and deep-dive analysis of current derivatives clearing and risk management processes.
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- Assess new concepts against existing systems, workflows and procedures.
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- Gather and analyse functional and non-functional requirements from an end-to-end perspective.
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- Facilitate workshops with Product Owners, developers, testers, vendors and business stakeholders.
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- Document current-state and future-state processes and perform detailed gap analysis.
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- Translate business needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, functional specifications and delivery artefacts.
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- Support backlog refinement, prioritisation and solution evaluation.
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- Contribute to new trade processes, trading-platform risk interfaces and regulatory reporting enhancements.
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- Support integration testing, UAT planning and execution, and post-implementation hypercare.
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- Act as an engaged and influential member of the broader markets transformation team.
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What You'll Bring

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- More than five years of Business Analysis experience within capital markets.
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- Strong knowledge of derivatives products,



particularly interest rate derivatives and fixed-income instruments.
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- Experience with clearing, risk management or back-office processes.
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- Proven capability in requirements elicitation, process mapping, stakeholder management and documentation.
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- Ability to translate complex business requirements into clear functional specifications and delivery artefacts.
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- Strong Agile delivery experience, including user story development, acceptance criteria, backlog refinement and UAT support.
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- Excellent workshop facilitation, communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
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- Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving capabilities.
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- The ability to prioritise effectively and deliver within a fast-paced transformation workplace.
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- A customer-focused approach, ensuring solutions meet the needs of internal and external users.
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Highly Regarded

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- Experience working with a central bank or central clearing house.
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- Knowledge of digital banking, financial services or large enterprise platforms.
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- Techno-functional experience or an understanding of databases, Java, XML and application-server log analysis.
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- CFA, FRM or relevant Business Analysis certification.
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This is an excellent opportunity to apply your capital markets expertise to a high-profile transformation program shaping the future of derivatives clearing and risk management.

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If you have strong derivatives domain knowledge and enjoy translating complex market requirements into practical technology solutions, we would like to hear from you.

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📌 Senior Business Analyst - Capital Markets (New South Wales)
🏢 Nixil
📍 New South Wales