IT Markets Business Analyst with FX Experience

Description

Project environment

The business analysis role for the FX Risk Management system targets the project realisation & implementation phase and the general configuration of the FX-platform Murex as well as enhanced BA support role in the FX sector for the new platform after implementation.

Tasks

• Support & assist FX support team from Business analysis side with profound knowledge of the new FX platform
• Capture, specify and document business requirements of implementation phase of FX-platform (configuration and customized system adjustments).
• Represent and accompany end-users during UAT, implementation and after go-live.
• Test configured functionality / new features on FXplatform.
• Analyzing & solving business errors on FX-platform.
• Supervise IT ensuring all business critical features are available and properly running.
• To organize UAT’s and to achieve successful UAT signoffs.
• To overview functional testing for new FX-platform releases.
• Act as point of contact for FX business users for on-going requirements

Technical skills

Absolutely necessary:
• 10+ years post collegiate work experience
• 5+ years of experience in financial Foreign Exchange industry
• Experience with FX-platforms (Murex/MX.3)
• Profound Foreign Exchange business knowledge (FX Trading & FX option products)
• Strong understanding of FX cash and FX option trading and its lifecycles
• Knowledge in Precious Metals and Base Metals trading and lifecycles preferred
• Adequate FX pricing knowledge (verifying prices of FX products)
• FX related Profit & Loss analytical know how
• Front to Back FX banking processes with an emphasis on FX trading and middle office
Preferable:
• Ideally, the candidate has FX trading experience or a deep understanding of FX trading procedures
• Prior working experience with requirement gathering and user acceptance testing

Soft skills

• Communicator and service-oriented
• Cooperative and constructive team player
• Analytical thinking
• Process-oriented, structured and precise way of working

Workload: 100%
Start Date: 01.02.2014
End Date: 31.12.2014
Workplace: Zurich

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