Calypso : Front Office BA Consultants
Job Description Overview
Their team is comprised of highly experienced and knowledgeable functional and technical consultants that specialize in the implementation of Risk systems/ Softwares, FO BO Tools Treasury systems.
The company is seeking 2 Business Analyst Back Office/ 2 Business Consultant Front office to work in a customer facing role to drive one of our global system implementations. The ideal candidate will need at least 3 years functional experience gained in the capital markets industry working for a software vendor or consultancy. The Candidates will have an expertise in the support and/or implementation of a Front, Middle or Back Office System. The ideal candidate will also have a strong foundation in the support of Derivatives in one or more of the following and Derivatives OTC.
Responsibilities
- Work directly with customers to scope, gather, review, create, and implement their business / functional requirements for their client
- Support customers with the development of their own internal project plan, including the identification of key setup and configuration tasks, scope considerations, timeline and scheduling, as well as resource requirements.
- Configure and test it to ensure that it meets the business requirements.
- Work with the Calypso system and its users to test the implementation, achieve signoff (UAT), and continue to move the system toward go-live.
- Responsible for training users on basic use of the system, new functionality, etc.
Skills Requirements:
- 3+ years working in systems or business analysis and system design within the capital markets industry.
- Experience in the implementation and support of a Front or Back office system within a Bank, Hedge fund or Asset Manager.
- Strong knowledge and functional experience in any of the following asset classes on OTC Derivatives : Foreign Exchange and Money Market, Fixed Income, Interest Rate Derivatives, FX Derivatives, Credit Derivatives, Equities and Equity Derivatives, Commodities and Commodity Derivatives.
- Front Office Requirements: Detailed hands-on knowledge about industry-standard front office standards for market data management (bootstrapping algorithm), trade capture, pricing (Black-Scholes, Cox-Ross), and risk (Monte Carlo, VAR).
- Back Office Requirements: Detailed hands-on knowledge about industry-standard back office processing functional areas, including settlements (SWIFT, ACH, FedWire), documentation (confirmation, advices, reset advices, etc.) and accounting (general ledger, PnL accounting, etc.).
- Experience writing functional and business specifications with the ability to map conceptual financial and business elements to practical system capabilities.
- A strong demonstrable record of customer service. The consultant will need to understand customer needs and build effective relationships. The consultant must be able to convey plans, issues and concerns to clients and team members in clear, logical and concise manner.
- Must be customer driven, have the ability to work within a team environment, and be focused on providing a high quality of service to the customer.
- Excellent interpersonal skills. The person in this role will spend significant amounts of time working hands-on educating and training customers, and patience and will be a key to success.
- Strong time management Skills.
- Strong and demonstrable problem solving/analytical skills.
- Willingness and ability to travel frequently , as required.
For application please, send your resume to : leila.meskabi@spencer-ogden.com
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