Software Systems Analyst (Techno-Functional Role) (Murex: Front-to-back Trade Lifecycle)

Responsibilities:

• Analyse and manage business requirements into a solution design, managing user requirements workshops and formulation of an overall solution design, modelling transactions through the system to ensure that the business requirements are met.
• Hands-on business analysis role to analyse and propose solutions for business issues, process changes and functional requirements.
• Capturing, specifying and documenting business requirements for implementation in the collateral/clearing projects
• Work with different IT teams across infrastructure, and other divisions to deliver system solutions for the business.
• Collaborate with stakeholders on their priorities, needs as well as system improvements.
• Build a strong relationship and manage expectations with users and stake holders.
• Coordinate and support the testing activities, validate the test cases and resolve the issues during UATs
• Management of SIT and UAT phases
• Plan deliverables (including any system enhancements and upgrades) to meet the development requirements within allocated budget and schedule in projects and change requests
• Coordinate across cross-streams to manage dependencies of the deliverables
• Plan, monitor and manage risks/issues related to delivery
• Assisting with production implementation
• Providing post-delivery support

Requirements:

• In-depth knowledge of either Clearing or Collateral business
• Ability to perform complex business analysis and requirement gathering and system impact analysis independently
• Good and thorough understanding of bank’s front office and back office operations, risk, finance and accounting.
• Good knowledge of treasury products in terms of product characteristics, trade life cycle, market operations, risk management, P&L calculation.
• Good experience with stakeholder engagement and effective communication with stakeholders
• Good experience of implementing enhancement involving mix of waterfall and agile approaches
• Excellent skills in functional specification documentation, design test cases
• Some experience in any Murex module
• Able to work independently with minimum supervision

Key Domain/ Technical Skills:

Preferred skills:

• Some knowledge in Murex functions including accounting, contract/event/settlement workflow, OSP
• Understanding of Front to back Trade Life Cycle
• Understanding of accounting schemas for various asset classes
• Strong technical background