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Business Analyst - Market Risk

New York, New York Temporary USD70 - USD72 per hour View Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst to lead business analysis activities for a strategic market risk and risk reporting transformation program. This role will drive requirements gathering, target operating model design, testing, and implementation support for a major risk platform migration across global stakeholders.
  • Join a high-profile market risk transformation initiative
  • Gain exposure to complex trading products and risk systems

About Our Client

Our client is a leading global financial services institution with a strong presence across capital markets, securities, trading, and investment banking. The organization is investing heavily in modernizing its risk management and reporting infrastructure to support future growth, regulatory requirements, and operational excellence.

Job Description

Lead requirements gathering through workshops, stakeholder interviews, process reviews, and data analysis.

Own and maintain business requirements documentation, process flows, data mappings, and traceability matrices.

Define business rules, controls, reporting requirements, and data governance standards.

Partner with Risk, Finance, Technology, and Operations teams to support a large-scale risk platform migration.

Analyze market risk methodologies including VaR, stress testing, sensitivities, and risk factor reporting.

Define future-state reporting requirements and data lineage across reporting platforms and downstream consumers.

Support testing strategy, UAT execution, reconciliations, issue resolution, and business sign-off.

Drive stakeholder engagement and facilitate decision-making across multiple business functions.

MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

The Successful Applicant

Extensive Business Analysis experience within Market Risk, Risk Reporting, Treasury Risk, or related banking transformation programs.

Strong understanding of VaR, stress testing, scenario analysis, market risk reporting, and risk data architecture.

Hands-on experience with requirements management, data analysis, process modelling, testing, and reconciliations.

Advanced SQL and Excel skills with the ability to analyze and validate complex datasets.

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across business and technology teams.

Experience working within highly regulated financial services environments.

Exposure to platforms such as RiskMetrics, FraimWRX, Snowflake, Power BI, Murex, or similar is highly desirable.

Location: Midtown Manhattan, New York.

Working Pattern: Hybrid, 4 days per week in the office.

What's on Offer

12+ month contract opportunity

Hourly rate: $72.56 per hour

Opportunity to play a key role in a large-scale enterprise transformation program.

Exposure to senior leadership and critical risk management initiatives.

Collaborative environment working alongside experienced risk, finance, and technology professionals.

Potential for contract extension based on project requirements and performance.

Contact
Pippa Susskind
Quote job ref
JN-092026-7099316

Job summary

Sector
Information Technology
Sub Sector
IT Business Analysis
Industry
Financial Services
Where
New York
Contract Type
Temporary
Consultant name
Pippa Susskind
Job Reference
JN-092026-7099316
 

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