Project description Luxoft is looking for a Business / Financial Analyst(s) who would be working with our Customer - one of the world's largest investment management companies. Based in Southern California, our client manages close to $2 trillion in assets and is working with Luxoft in a full-scale upgrade of their technology. We are looking for talented and ambitious people to work on the first engagement in the client's offices near Los Angeles, California. It's a high potential engagement with opportunity to expand our reach into a large share of their new and existing business. Business Analyst would be working in a complex integration project that we've undertaken for the client's Fixed Income investment group. A specific work stream that is currently under way is focused on the development of an adapter for real-time integration of BlackRock's Aladdin to CRD Compliance solution as well as other downstream systems. Responsibilities * Discuss, understand and document project stakeholder business requirements to direct software and business process development * Write business requirement documents * Collaborate with the development team to design and present the proposition to the stakeholders/users * Work with the team during the development phase to ensure business requirements are met and that requirements and specification documents are kept up to date * Proactively manage changes to requirements to ensure all parties have a full understanding of the required changes and the system/process/project implications * Work with the development team to test the software and business processes developed to ensure they satisfy the business requirements, and meet the design/specification SKILLS Must have * SQL knowledge * Knowledge of the relational databases (Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server etc.) * Creation of physical and logical data models * Understanding of integration patterns (REST API, ETL, Topics etc.) * Knowledge of JSON, XML formats * Knowledge of UML * Experience with Fixed Income domain * Advanced spoken and written English * Good team communication skills, confident in dealing with project stakeholders * Highly developed written and oral communication skills * Superior analytical thinking * Excellent organizational, administration and time management skills * Familiarity with financial markets, trading and investment management * Understanding of testing methodology * Good understanding of Agile SDLC's * Be quick learner and have a desire to learn the domain and its business processes Nice to have *