Business Analyst Debt Management Section 3 Year Fixed Term recruitment

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General Information

The Special Advisory Services Division (SASD) is a major development co-operation instrument of the Commonwealth Secretariat, supporting the development efforts of member countries through technical assistance and capacity building. The division has four sections: the Economic and Legal Section, the Trade Section, the Enterprise and Agriculture Section and the Debt Management Section.

The Debt Management Section (DMS) offers an integrated capacity building programme in debt management to Commonwealth member governments. The programme is based around the Commonwealth Secretariat Debt Recording and Management System (CS-DRMS) developed by SASD to assist in the recording and management of debt. The software, which has emerged as a market leader in the debt field, has been installed in around 60 Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth countries around the world. A French edition of the software has also been deployed.

Job Summary  

DMS is led by an Adviser and Head and comprises Debt Advisers, Economist Analyst, Advisor Team Leader (IT Systems), Business Analyst, Systems Development Officers, Programmers, Test Analyst and programme assistants. The section also engages external consultants from time to time.

Reporting to the Adviser Team Leader (IT Systems) of DMS and working as part of a team of economists, debt specialists and IT professionals, the Business Analyst is responsible for managing stakeholder expectations and relationships, gathering and analysing requirements, elaborating software requirements specifications, supporting the ensuing architectural/system specification and testing. The job holder also undertakes training and support of CS-DRMS Users and is required to travel on technical missions.

Person Specification

Education

A first degree and a post-graduate qualification in Information Technology, Economics, Finance or equivalent.

Desirable:         Qualification in Business Analysis.

Experience

Five years Business Analysis on large projects in the financial sector covering:

(i) Gathering and documenting requirements;

(ii) Structured requirements analysis including development of business/process/data/workflow models and elaboration of functional specifications;

(iii) Development of test cases, software testing and quality assurance;  

(iv)Working experience dealing with debt securities;

(v) Project Management experience.

Desirable:

(i) Working knowledge of public debt management;

(ii) Good understanding of latest software design and development technologies;

(iii) Exposure to full software development lifecycle;

(iv) End-user training;

(v) Knowledge of the French language.

APPLICATION

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