Asset Management Business Analyst

  • 90000
  • Singapore
  • Permanent, Full time
  • Optimum Solutions , EA Licence No: 07C3330
  • 15 Feb 19

This is a key Business Analyst role which involves requirement gathering, specification, testing, data extraction, integration projects related to Investment Transaction Processing, specifically Cash Equities, Fixed Income, FX and Derivatives.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Responsible for creation of Business Analyses for changes and projects on the Trading, Transaction processing and Data management processes and systems.
  • Work with Senior BA and other FO/BO application teams to understand their businesses.
  • Gather, analyze, extract and document business requirements of projects including use cases, data, function and quality requirements.
  • Gather, analyze, extract and document current status of our existing systems.
  • Participate in transitioning the requirements and use cases to the designers/developers and ensure a clear and complete understanding of the requirements.
  • Participate in quality management reviews, in particular reviews of the designs, prototypes, and other work products to ensure they fulfill the requirements.
  • Functional Testing and Interface testing.

 

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education

Bachelor or Master degree (or equivalent professional qualification) in Computer Science.

Experience

5+ year’s relevant experience in Business Analysis.

Knowledge and skills (general and technical)

  • 5 years of experience in Asset Management/Investment Banking/Buy side firm in IT with direct experience in front-to-back order, Transaction Processing and reporting.
  • Familiarity with one or more asset classes such as Cash Equities, Fixed Income, FX, Money Markets and Derivatives (OTC and ETD) products.
  • Understanding of Trade Life Cycle.
  • Strong skills in oral communication, listening and questioning as well as in writing business requirements and functional specifications
  • Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
  • SQL skills for data interrogation and analysis
  • A good understanding of data analysis, data mapping and user acceptance testing
  • Strong coordination/organizational skills
  • Trading System experience in Front to back such as SimCorp, Summit, Murex or Calypso is desirable.
  • Understanding of IBOR and ABOR, Back office, Settlement & Clearing, Matching & Reconciliation is desirable.