Business Analyst (Contract)

• Assess technology needs and requirements, weighing their value and risk to identify optimal business solutions.
• Analyze system components, performance, and issues to design solution blueprints that account for integration across the broader IT landscape.
• Convert business needs and user expectations into clear functional and technical specifications, ensuring alignment with overall solution design.
• Assess the feasibility, sustainability, and impact of proposed system enhancements on the present and future business landscape.
• Prioritize and balance stakeholder demands to maximize organizational value.
• Develop and present business cases highlighting potential efficiencies, benefits, risks, and proposed solutions.
• Draft, review, and update technical design documents, source code documentation, and user manuals.
• Define business rules for regulatory reporting, operational processes, and data transformations.
• Design functional solutions and conduct thorough testing to ensure quality delivery.
• Uphold and promote best practices related to the organizations data dictionary and metadata governance.
• Collaborate with developers to define detailed implementation specifications.
• Liaise with cross-functional IT teams to communicate data services and integration plans.
• Support daily Agile operations using tools and methodologies such as Scrum, Jira, and Kanban.
• Keep abreast of industry trends, regulatory updates, and new technologies pertinent to capital markets.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in a similar domain or role.

Technical Skills

• Proficient in data analysis using SQL-based databases such as SQL Server, Oracle, and Sybase, including strong command of T-SQL and JOINs.
• Solid understanding of Microservices architecture and tools like Swagger UI.
• Familiarity with UNIX commands and scripting fundamentals.
• Practical experience in sourcing and handling data in formats such as CIBML, Kafka messages, and JSON.
• Deep understanding of Cross-Functional Testing (CFT) methodologies.
• Proficient in XSLT transformation with experience using tools like Oxygen XML Editor.
• Working knowledge of messaging queue systems and tools such as Hermes is advantageous.
• Basic experience with monitoring and visualization tools like Grafana and Kibana, as well as Java EJB.
• Skilled in version control and Agile tools including GIT and Jira, with sound knowledge of Agile methodologies.

Functional Skills

• Proven experience supporting capital markets and trading systems, particularly within Market Risk or Front Office operations, with a strong understanding of financial instruments (e.g., Treasury, FX, Credit, IRD, Bonds, RSF).
• Practical expertise in global transaction reporting regulations such as MiFID II, SFTR, EMIR, CFTC, and regional (APAC) requirements.
• In-depth knowledge of market data, pricing, trade lifecycle events (clearing, settlement, confirmation, affirmation), and regulatory data sources like Jet Stream, TradeWeb, and MarkitWire.
• Strong grasp of derivatives (IRS, TRS, CDS, etc.) and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Capable of independently managing end-to-end regulatory projects with full accountability.
• Experience integrating data from front-office platforms such as Kondor, Summit, and OpenTrade (OT).
• Familiar with capital market workflows including pricing strategies and sales/trader operations.

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To learn more about this opportunity, please contact Gia Grace at gia.grace@gmprecruit.com

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