System Analyst

Job Responsibilities:

• Work as a Technical Lead / System Analyst, overseeing IT application development, maintenance, delivery, and infrastructure setup.
• Lead requirement analysis for Equities trading systems (e.g., OMS/EMS, execution, post-trade processing).
• Work closely with front office, trading desks, operations, and risk teams to gather and refine business requirements.
• Translate business requirements into detailed functional specifications (BRD, FRD, user stories).
• Provide domain expertise on market workflows: order lifecycle, trade execution, allocations, settlement, and reconciliation.
• Define end-to-end functional solutions across trading platforms and integrated systems.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, data models, and integration frameworks.
• Validate system design against business needs, ensuring scalability and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with architects and developers to ensure accurate implementation of functional requirements.
• Execute projects using both traditional (waterfall) and Agile (Scrum) methodologies.
• Collaborate across application teams to manage and resolve operation process and technical dependencies.
• Provide SME-level guidance on Equities trading workflows, including:
• Order Management Systems (OMS)
• Execution Management Systems (EMS)
• Market connectivity (FIX protocol, exchange connectivity)
• Pre-trade and post-trade processing
• Corporate actions, margining, and settlement processes
• Act as the key liaison between business users and technology teams.
• Facilitate workshops, requirement sessions, and solution walkthroughs.
• Provide clear communication to stakeholders, including senior management and project governance forums.
• Provide regular status updates on technical progress to the Project/Program Manager.
• Work closely with System Analysts and Business Solution Specialists to gather, refine, and finalize functional and technical requirements.
• Partner with Architects and Development Leads to ensure solutions aligned with enterprise architecture, security, and control standards.
• Work closely with development and QA teams to ensure accurate delivery of requirements.
• Support SIT/UAT phases, including test case validation and defect resolution.
• Ensure traceability from requirements to delivery and testing.
• Set standards for documentation, analysis quality, and best practices.
• Ensure consistency across project deliverables and adherence to delivery frameworks.
• Liaise with vendors on specifications, delivery, testing, and implementation.
• Define system interfaces and data flows across trading platforms, middle-office, and back-office systems.
• Ensure data integrity across trade lifecycle events.
• Work with integration technologies (e.g., APIs, messaging queues, FIX)
• Deliver and support systems for Group Retail-Wealth and Global Markets
• Manage end-to-end testing between vendor systems and internal platforms.
• Work with Change Management teams to ensure controlled and successful deployment of changes.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and security teams to support implementation activities.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Over 12 years of professional experience, including at least 8 years in software development, business analysis, system analysis, technology/infrastructure upgrades, and project or change implementation within the financial industry.
• Hands-on experience with Equity and FX trading systems, market data platforms, SaaS/cloud implementations, and mobile application development.
• Strong technical and platform expertise in Equity/FX trading systems, market data platforms, SaaS/cloud implementations, and mobile application development.
• Hands-on experience with MS SQL Server, Oracle, Windows, Linux, shell scripting, messaging queues, JBoss, Apache, Tomcat, Java, J2EE, JSP/Servlets, FIX messaging, CORBA, React Native, iOS/Android deployment, DevOps tools (Jenkins, Bitbucket), monitoring tools (Splunk, Geneos), and scheduling tools (Control-M).
• Skilled in setting up applications within newly provisioned environments, including network, storage, agents, databases, Aldon, Control-M, Splunk, Geneos, and other monitoring tools.
• Experience establishing integrations with external systems, including interface systems, batch processing, and IBM MQ.
• Extensive hands-on experience in system development, including coding, functional and technical specifications, and testing (totaling more than 8 years).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure.
• Proven experience in analyzing and implementing retail applications across multiple entities.
• Experience in technology and infrastructure upgrades, as well as data center migration projects.
• Experienced in end-to-end system implementation, from project initiation through to go-live.
• Experience collaborating with security, network, infrastructure provisioning, and architecture teams.
• Track record in upgrading and migrating end-of-life platforms to modern technology stacks.
• Experience delivering large-scale, high-availability systems and complex project implementations.
• Familiar with Agile and hybrid delivery methodologies, supporting iterative development and continuous improvement.
• Strong software development background with comprehensive SDLC and documentation experience.
• Results-driven professional with a strong focus on delivery outcomes.
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, synthesis, systems thinking, and solution design capabilities.
• Over 8 years of leadership experience managing IT delivery teams.
• Strong ability to engage and communicate with senior stakeholders.
• Effective communicator with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of RFP processes, combined with full lifecycle project implementation experience.
• Preferred certification: Agile / Scrum certifications and Capital markets or financial certifications