The Client:
First Derivatives is a leading provider of products and consulting services to some of the world’s largest finance, technology and energy institutions. The Company holds a niche market position in terms of domain knowledge of capital market asset classes (equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, commodities, etc), as well as expertise in leading financial services systems (such as Calypso, Murex, Opics, Summit, Principia, Opus, Wall Street, kdb+, etc).
They now seek an experienced Business Analyst to join the team in Sydney. The Business Analyst’s primary role is to work on a global investment bank's surveillance system that runs on KX technology to identify and detect potential market abuse.
This is for a full time role with an annual salary of $120,000 + Superannuation.
The Responsibilities:
· Writing requirements for new functionality to be set up in Calypso. Configuring functionality necessary and validating setup.
· Reviewing business processes to identify areas of high risk for upcoming upgrade projects and providing expertise in estimation of work efforts for each phase of the project.
· Designing EOD solution for new Processing Orgs. Ensuring EOD optimization testing is performed.
· Raising Help Desks with Calypso on behalf of the client and leading HD calls with Calypso SME, ensuring that HD fixes are delivered promptly and meet client requirements and expectations.
· Reviewing client interface connections with Calypso. Performing E2E testing to with external systems to ensure no breaks identified.
· Ensure validity of new system by analysing results of tests, identifying Calypso bugs or config issues, and providing solutions to the client.
· Liasing between business and fxit support
· Book complex derivatives trades, ensuring trade valuations and back-office objects are correct
The Requirements:
· Expected to be educated to a minimum of some post graduate degree level preferably in a STEM course
· A combination of a numerical background and a business analyst background is mandatory
· At least 4 years working in a high-performance computing environment in the capital markets or investment banking industry to include an appreciation of a range of asset classes
· At least 4 years of relevant business analyst working experience in financial industry capacity
· At least 4 years working experience in KX technology
· At least 4 years proficiency in using RDBMS concepts and worked with Oracle, MYSQL and SQL server
· Familiarity with various Murex Modules including: Trade Capture, Trade Events, Processes scripts, UDFs, Access Rights, Static Data, Maturity sets, Market Data, pre-trade workflows
· Technical skills including Unix, Shell Scripting, SQL, Interfaces would be an additional bonus
· Excellent communication skills and time Management Skills
· Good Analytical and reporting abilities
· Logical Approach to problem solving and an investigative and inquisitive mind
First Derivatives is a leading provider of products and consulting services to some of the world’s largest finance, technology and energy institutions. The Company holds a niche market position in terms of domain knowledge of capital market asset classes (equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, commodities, etc), as well as expertise in leading financial services systems (such as Calypso, Murex, Opics, Summit, Principia, Opus, Wall Street, kdb+, etc).
They now seek an experienced Business Analyst to join the team in Sydney. The Business Analyst’s primary role is to work on a global investment bank's surveillance system that runs on KX technology to identify and detect potential market abuse.
This is for a full time role with an annual salary of $120,000 + Superannuation.
The Responsibilities:
· Writing requirements for new functionality to be set up in Calypso. Configuring functionality necessary and validating setup.
· Reviewing business processes to identify areas of high risk for upcoming upgrade projects and providing expertise in estimation of work efforts for each phase of the project.
· Designing EOD solution for new Processing Orgs. Ensuring EOD optimization testing is performed.
· Raising Help Desks with Calypso on behalf of the client and leading HD calls with Calypso SME, ensuring that HD fixes are delivered promptly and meet client requirements and expectations.
· Reviewing client interface connections with Calypso. Performing E2E testing to with external systems to ensure no breaks identified.
· Ensure validity of new system by analysing results of tests, identifying Calypso bugs or config issues, and providing solutions to the client.
· Liasing between business and fxit support
· Book complex derivatives trades, ensuring trade valuations and back-office objects are correct
The Requirements:
· Expected to be educated to a minimum of some post graduate degree level preferably in a STEM course
· A combination of a numerical background and a business analyst background is mandatory
· At least 4 years working in a high-performance computing environment in the capital markets or investment banking industry to include an appreciation of a range of asset classes
· At least 4 years of relevant business analyst working experience in financial industry capacity
· At least 4 years working experience in KX technology
· At least 4 years proficiency in using RDBMS concepts and worked with Oracle, MYSQL and SQL server
· Familiarity with various Murex Modules including: Trade Capture, Trade Events, Processes scripts, UDFs, Access Rights, Static Data, Maturity sets, Market Data, pre-trade workflows
· Technical skills including Unix, Shell Scripting, SQL, Interfaces would be an additional bonus
· Excellent communication skills and time Management Skills
· Good Analytical and reporting abilities
· Logical Approach to problem solving and an investigative and inquisitive mind
