Front Office Business Analyst

Our Customer is a Leading bank in Asia that provides a front to back integrated platform for straight through processing and risk management.

This is a multi-year initiative where different projects run in concurrence under the program's variety milestones. These streams include new product initiatives, new entity roll-outs and regulatory compliances.

We will have key roles in projects such as managing the scope, design and delivering requirements from front to back office.

Responsibilities

• Analysing stakeholder requirements, formulating design and development proposals to enhance the global markets technology efficiency and meets Front office expectations

• Delivering and supporting the Global markets platform (Murex), managing the quality of functional delivery and ensuring the implementation and deployment of the deliverables.

• Perform various levels of testing for assigned deliverables as well as participate in formal release cycles (SIT/UAT)

• Contributing and assist existing support parties in resolving requests or issues with Front Office, P&L, Market Data, and booking issues

• Interacting with stakeholders to develop practical domain roadmaps to move the enterprise towards the future state vision, while taking into account business, technical and delivery constraints

• Communicating the principles, standards, vision and roadmaps to stakeholders and proactively addressing any questions / concerns identified

• Acting as a trusted advisor to stakeholders in both business and IT to assist in defining and delivering

Mandatory Skills Description

• BS or higher degree in Economics, Finance or equivalent science oriented track

• Knowledge of the most common traded financial instruments is a must

• Must be detailed-oriented, a quick learner, and a self-starter

• 4+ years of experience as a Front office / Product control system/business analyst or consultant in a leading trading platform

• Previous experience with a flagship Trading system (ideally Murex) is an advantage

• Previous experience in delivering projects in financial services - preferably Investment banking and Risk

• Solid experience in gathering and writing requirements and functional specifications in a project framework