IT Business Analyst

(New Trade Capture System) – AVP Level” based in Singapore with a top tier Investment Bank – Permanent position

The job will involve working with the project’s stakeholders to define detailed requirements for a new trade capture system, and working alongside the EM technical architects who design and build the technical solution.

Department Overview:

The Emerging Markets IT team supports the Emerging Markets business globally. The mandate is to support Front Office trading which includes the following Rates products: interest rate derivatives (vanilla & exotic); exchange-traded futures, bonds, repos, FX (vanilla & exotic) and money-market products. The team’s coverage extends to credit derivatives, mortgage-backed securities, eCommerce trading applications and the innovative development of new financial products.

Main Function/Duties:

* The candidate will play a critical role in building and defining documentation templates that supports traceability and effectively links requirements to testing and design
* The templates will be used when rolling out the strategic architecture to all Asia Pacific Emerging Markets sites
* The successful candidate will need to have Front Office trading systems experience with front-to-back systems knowledge
* They will be expected to be able to discuss interest rate products in detail – exhibiting a good understanding of trade features, economic and non-economic details
* The successful candidate will own the relationship with the users
* This will include front office (trading and sales), market and credit risk, middle office, operations and other external third party/internal system owners
* They will be equally at ease discussing business and technical issues, and be able to contribute to finding solutions

Requirements:

* Business analysis
* Clear, complete & accurate documentation of user requirements & functional documents
* Definition of documentation templates that supports traceability to be re-used for the rollout to various emerging market sites
* Data modelling 
Contribution to physical design & data modelling (by liaising with technical architects to resolve functional questions)
* Running workshops to explain and walkthrough business requirements
* Define and deliver a test strategy, produce comprehensive and test plans and test scripts
* Execute system testing 
Plan and coordinate UAT activities 
Problem solving and responsibility for issue resolution
* Liaising with external resources (regulator, exchange and 3rd party vendors) to flash out business requirements
* Defining system interface requirements to other external systems

Experience Required:

* Min of 5 years experience in Investment Banking preferably in Middle Office, Product Control or Projects 
Emerging markets experience preferred but not essential
* Demonstrable experience and knowledge of pricing, risk management and end to end process flows of Derivatives and Fixed Income products
* Analytical aptitude is essential
* Process driven 
Clear & concise verbal and written communication skills are a necessity
* Strong problem solving skills
* Attention to detail
* Experienced in taking responsibility for investigating, finding solutions and closing issues
* Previous experience working within IT environments or working on IT projects

Candidate Profile:

* A flexible and positive attitude is needed – with a strong desire to ‘make a difference’ 
Demonstrates initiative
* Experienced in managing dependencies and deliverables across business lines
* Team-working, influencing and good relationship management skills

Please send your applications to srinivas.reddy@connectedgroup.com Overseas applicants with the required skills & experience are encouraged to apply