A global financial services company is looking for experienced candidate for a Business Analyst - Summit (12-month renewable contract) job to be part of the Summit team.
About the Business Analyst - Summit (12-month renewable contract) Role:
In this role, you will responsible for development and maintenance of front-office and back-office applications. As a Business Analyst, you will be part of an international team focused on running and supporting the bank’s Interest Rate Derivative Back-Office Platform built around Summit, a software package from Finastra.
Key Responsibilities:
Build and change management
Analyse enhancement requests for the repo business and new products
Propose solutions in collaboration with Architects
Specifications, workload estimates, planning, test scenarios, release documentation
Coordinate user acceptance tests
Monthly releases, following the team’s milestones for analysis, coding and testing
Support the release roadmap in production
Incidents and requests management (business users and other IT teams)
Application support, level 3 (expert)
Troubleshoot and fix issues/bugs
Continuous improvement
Improve operational processes
Coach more junior team members as required
To succeed in this Business Analyst - Summit (12-month renewable contract) role, you must have minimum four years' experience in Summit.
Key Requirements:
Minimum of five years’ experience as a Summit business analyst on Summit back office
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
In-depth knowledge of Static Data, Workflows, Confirmations, Settlements, Messages/Swift messages, Positions, Accounting
Understanding of financial assets (Derivatives : IRS, CIRS…) and trade life cycle
Experience with regulatory reporting
Experience in interfacing SUMMIT with external systems
Good knowledge Microsoft Office (e.g. Excel/PowerPoint)
Strong analytical or troubleshooting skills
Hands-on experience in implementation projects
Agile track record
Experience in implementing NR scenarios
Readiness to do L3 Support if required
Readiness to do on-call rotation with team mates to cover night and week-end support
SQL knowledge
Strong perseverance and diligence towards attaining goals and effective time management
Ability to work well under pressure
Autonomous, self motivated and excellent team player
Self-starter and ambitious
Other professional skills and mindset
General banking and finance understanding and knowledge
Understanding of trade life cycle, financial products (e.g. IRD, Treasury, FX, Bonds, Credit)
Exposure to Capital Market FO/BO system (e.g. Kondor+, Summit, Murex)
Careful observance of standards and processes
Strong sense of confidentiality
Working hours
9am – 6pm SGT
This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading global bank in Singapore.
If you are driven, determined and want to take the next step in your career, this Business Analyst - Summit (12-month renewable contract) role is right for you. Excellent career progression opportunities await the right person in this exciting role.