Business Analyst (System/Data) recruitment
Mandatory Skill-set
Ideal candidate for this position must have the following skill sets:
- Bachelors degree (or higher) in Computer Science, or related studies;
- Should have 3 to 8 years of experience in Information Technology for Financial Services industry;
- Minimum of 3-5 years experience in system and data analysis;
- Should demonstrate strength in data and data structure and algorithms;
- Strong knowledge in the trading business of at least one of the asset classes (Fixed Income, Rates, Credit, Equities, Commodities, FX);
- Good experience with Business Intelligence reporting in order to manage and interpret data while facilitating the development process;
- Strong SQL, good Unix shell scripting and proficiency in using MS Excel to manipulate data;
- Ability to function independently through project life-cycles;
- Strong motivation to learn, persistent, diligent and deliverable driven;
- Superior communication and reporting skills, with team orientation.
Desired Skill-set
Desired Skills for this position are:
- 3+ years of past hands on programming experience in JAVA, Perl or other languages;
- Experience in Data modeling, ER diagrams, SharePoint and Wiki;
- Knowledge of financial instruments, market data and reference data;
- Experience in FIX or FpML and exposure to incident tracking tools such as JIRA.
Responsibilities
Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Regular interaction with clients/business users for gathering data/application requests;
- Analyze data using relational databases, SQL, tools or programming language;
- Responsible for requirements gathering, analysis, functional specifications transalations / documentations etc.;
- Clearly understand and explain data flows and work process;
- Translate complex logic/request into simple language and examples;
- Interpret data from user’s point of view and organize information and documents;
- Participate in Business Intelligence reporting in order to manage and interpret data while facilitating the development process.
February 4, 2012
• Tags: Business Analyst (System, Data recruitment, Equities careers in the Singapore • Posted in: Financial