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Job Title


Business Analyst


Company : Vallum Associates


Location : Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber


Created : 2025-05-19


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

In this role, you will: Support the product owner in the management of their work stream Backlog and the prioritization of stories and subtasks.Learn more about the general tasks related to this opportunity below, as well as required skills.Groom the stories in the backlog to ensure that they are prepared to meet the definition of ready. Contribute to the project RAID by raising items when necessary.Update the Engagement Lead and Project Management with progress vs delivery milestones.Facilitate the following Agile Forums and project meetings Pod Backlog refinement Pod Sprint Planning/show and tell/ retrospective Pod Scrum Qualifications- Minimum of 6 years experience as an Business Analyst Understanding of Investment Banking products in at least one asset class; Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives or FX Understanding of the Trade Lifecycle and Capital market Requirements elicitation, functional design, and problem-solving skills- structured, formal approach to analysis tasks Ability to convey requirements to developers in a way thats clearly understood by them.Expertise in Agile engineering practices (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, LEAN) Should have worked on JIRA, Confluence for requirement management.Accountability for delivery takes ownership of tasks assigned to ultimate resolution with minimal supervision.Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (comfortable in written and verbal communications) to facilitate with users from around the world and from different cultural backgrounds), relationship management and flexible interpersonal skills.Fluent communication, excellent articulation, and presentation skills Experience working in Investment Banking Exposure to Debt markets / Equities / FX with understanding of trade life cycle.Good knowledge of SQL and RDBMS databases Experience facing off business stakeholders- trading desks, middle office and sales for requirement gathering query resolutions etc.