Business Application Analyst

Job Duties:

Business Requirement Analysis & Workshop Facilitation

· Organize and facilitate business workshops to collect and analyze requirements

· Collaborate with the Product Owner to prioritize and decompose requirements into detailed user stories

· Draft comprehensive Functional Specification documents with clear acceptance criteria

· Maintain traceability between business needs and technical implementation

Process Analysis & Change Management

· Analyze existing business processes and define optimized target processes

· Identify process gaps and transformation opportunities

· Define change management needs and support organizational adoption

· Ensure alignment between process redesign and business objectives

Data Analysis & System Integration

· Identify golden sources of data across the enterprise landscape

· Specify data mappings and transformations between systems

· Document data lineage and ensure data quality requirements

· Support data migration and reconciliation activities

Application Mapping & Impact Analysis

· Map application flows and dependencies within the PRICE ecosystem

· Assess project impacts on upstream and downstream system integrations

· Coordinate with technical teams to ensure seamless integration

· Maintain documentation of system interfaces and data flows

Stakeholder Collaboration & Communication

· Maintain regular contact with developers to ensure requirements are well understood and correctly implemented

· Act as liaison between business users and technical teams

· Provide L3 functional support for complex issues

· Foster collaboration between business stakeholders, Product Owner, and development team

Testing Strategy & Quality Assurance

· Define comprehensive testing strategy aligned with project scope

· Contribute user scenarios for BDD (Behavior-Driven Development) activities

· Participate actively in integration testing

· Organize and conduct User Acceptance Testing (UAT) sessions

· Assess functional change impacts on current production SLAs and OLAs

Production Deployment & Support

· Participate in production start-up activities and go-live preparation

· Define functional prerequisites for deployment and post-deployment validation

· Deliver user training sessions and create training materials

· Ensure post-production follow-up and provide ongoing functional support

· Monitor production performance and gather user feedback for continuous improvement

Knowledge Management & Team Enablement

· Build and maintain functional knowledge within the team in partnership with the PO

· Provide functional training and onboarding for new team members

· Maintain functional documentation and knowledge base for the PRICE application

· Research existing solutions to avoid duplication and promote reuse

Qualifications and Requirements:

5+years of experience as a Business Analyst in market finance, with specific expertise in Front Office (SALES)

Sales System:

· Sales Margin management (Mark-up, Sales credit, technical margin)

· Good knowledge of pre-trade trading workflows and RFQ (Request For Quote) systems capture

· Knowledge on Financial products (FX, RATES, BOND, EQUITY)

Trading Systems & Platforms:

· Knowledge of Front Office/Risk management systems and back Office (e.g., Orchestrade)

· Familiarity with the MarkitWire Platform

· Understanding of trading lifecycle from pre-trade through settlement

· Experience with external data sources like Bloomberg and Reuters/Refinitiv

Market Data & Standards:

· Relevant experience with FPML (Financial Products Markup Language) format

· Expertise in static market data including reference data, price data, and market conventions

· Knowledge of data types, sources, and uses within financial systems

Technical Proficiency:

· Familiar with AI Spec Driven Development approach

· Knowledge in Python for analytics and automation

· Proficiency in SQL and Excel for data manipulation and analysis

· Knowledge of DevOps practices (GitOps, Docker, Kubernetes)

· Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools(Elasticsearch, Kibana)

· Ability to work with complex data structures and perform data quality analysis

· Experience with Jira or similar issue-tracking systems

· Proficient in software development life cycle(SDLC)

· Strong appetite to learn both functional and technical domains

· Willing to provide L3 support when required

Education

· Master’s degree in relevant specialties (IT, finance).

· Minimum 5 years working experience in relevant roles.

Interested applicants please send your resume in MS Words format to joanna.tan@ambition.com.sg and attn it with subject Tan Joanna (R1104661)

Short listed candidates will be notified

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