Job Description

Job Description:

Reference: TQ2223_2135_253 

Vacancy: 1 

Job title: Business Analyst-CRD 

Location: Leicester 

Job Purpose: 

TESTQ Technologies is an IT services and solutions company whose offerings spans over variety of industry sectors with strong technical, domain and process expertise helping clients grow their businesses and decrease operational costs on continuous basis in an ever-changing business environment. 

This opportunity is in the solution design and development arena for Business Analyst-CRD who will play a major role with the technical design and development of the company’s technical offerings. The position is based at our Leicester office with occasional assignments at client locations. 

Job Description (Main Duties and Responsibilities): 

• Help with the creation and development of Charles River Compliance Services. 
• Aid in the creation and evolution of standardized, effective processes to support the provision of compliance services. 
• Deliver the following customer-facing services to clients of Compliance Services: 
• Initial service configuration and installation, including operational requirements such as rules of engagement, reporting, and regulatory/legal requirements. 
• Compliance software rule writing/testing, report writing, exception management, software configuration changes and software upgrade/regression testing. 
• Troubleshooting, assistance, and problem resolution. 
• providing clients with guidance on "best practices" and effective Compliance software usage. 
• Keep up with local, national, and international business trends and legal matters. 
• Work closely with the SSGA team and Charles River to design and deliver regionally relevant services. 
• Actively participate in internal projects to optimize and scale the service. 
• Provide exemplary customer service. 
• Analyzing requirements and preparing function specification and data mapping 
• Engage with the technical architects to ensure designs are appropriate and then ensure those designs are implemented by the team. 
• Ensure any reusable code created and any innovative work done within the team is communicated. 

Key Skills, Qualifications and Experience Needed [The candidate must demonstrate these in all stages of assessment] 

• Participated in the Charles River IMS upgrading project's CRIMS consolidation effort. 
• Strong coding expertise with Charles River Development (CRD) or Charles River IMS compliance tools (CRIMS) 
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements including Investment Company Act of 1940, Internal Revenue Code, UCITS III - V, MiFid, AIFMD etc. 
• Knowledge of and aptitude for understanding and interpreting the prospectus, the statement of further information, the investment policies, and the client guidelines. 
• knowledge of investment management compliance software, including its capabilities, processes, configuration, writing and testing of rules, reporting, looking into exceptions, and resolving problems. 
• A background in SEC, IRS, and Client Mandated Compliance is a good plus point. 
• Gather and Understanding of the customer requirement 
• Perform Unit and Integration Testing and facilitate User Acceptance Testing 
• Production rollout and documentation 
• Experience in implementing projects in Charles River IMS and BlackRock Aladdin, Eagle Pace (Enterprise data), SS&C Sylvan (Performance & attribution) and HI portfolio (Accounting system) 
• Hands on experience of 5+ years in Charles River configurations that include manager workbench, blotters, rebalancing, system administration, compliance test, Batch import, trade export, reference data, cash flow forecast, stored queries, FIX setup, workflow monitor, navigations and user groups and permissions 
• Must be well versed with SAP Versions: ECC 6.0, SAP 4.7/4.6C, S/4 HANA 1809, SAP SD module ECC 6.00, SAP LE (Logistics Execution) module ECC 6.00, SAP S/4 HANA- Simple Logistics 1809 Version 
• Experience in technical skills that include writing SQL queries, stored procedures, Excel Macros and VBA, C#, Perl, JavaScript, Python, R*, business objects and Crystal reports* 
• Understanding of the full development life cycle and how various DevOps tools are used in the development including dev, testing, QA, deployment, and event configuring environments. 
• Experience in agile and scrum methodologies, DevOps and worked closely with business users, developers and product owners, flexible in adjusting to the need of the team and play versatile role as BA, Product owner or scrum master. 

Other Key skills: 

• Strong analytical skills and strict attention to detail. 
• Good analytical and Problem-solving skills 
• Good communication skills 
• A thorough approach and Self starter 
• Focus on quality and delivery 
• Working together in teams 
• Leadership and effective decision making 
• Flexible Attitude 

Qualifications:    Bachelor's degree or above in the UK or Equivalent 

Salary:                 GBP 55000 to 75000 per annum 

Published Date:  03 May 2023 

Closing Date:      02 June 2023 

Evaluation: CV Review, Technical Test, Personal and Technical Interview and References 

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent [Part time and Fixed Term option is available] *