Business Analyst - Foreign Exchange Trading

Business Analyst - Foreign Exchange Trading

• Full-time

A prominent Asian American Bank ($24B in assets) is seeking an experienced Business Systems Analyst with the following skills and qualifications. Industry and domain knowledge are key requirements in being able to perform in the job function. Position is located in Pasadena, CA / El Monte, CA.

Job Mission:

The primary role of the Business Analyst is to support and oversee daily Foreign Exchange Operations with high technology skills. He/she is also required to manage change management requests on FX business and new product development projects.

Job Duties:

• Functions as the liaison between business SMEs, leadership, IT, vendors, and cross-functional groups to identify, analyze, and document system functional and technical requirements.
• Plays a key role in the planning, testing, and implementation of system enhancements and conversions by following appropriate guidelines and ensuring completion in a timely fashion.
• Identifies system enhancements, documents business needs, and determines development impact to current system processing.
• Reviews operational procedures and methods and recommends changes for improvement with an emphasis on automation and efficiency.
• Partners with the technical areas to identify, research, and analyze production problems, develops solutions, and resolves problems.
• Plans and manages the execution of the project lifecycle, including but not limited to requirements, analysis, design, implementation, testing, release, and maintenance.
• Designs new programs by analyzing requirements, constructing workflow charts and diagrams, studying system capabilities, and writing specifications.
• May perform some aspects of Project Management including but not limited to tracking project activity, resolving problems, publishing progress reports, and recommending actions.
• Provides references for users by writing and maintaining user documentation, providing help desk support, training users, and participating in UAT and production rollout.

Minimum Requirements:

• Strong FX business knowledge and familiarity with FX Products and Derivatives, Processes, Workflows, and Trade Lifecycle.
• Bachelor’s/Master's degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or Business Administration/Finance.
• Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle and prior experience in requirements gathering and testing, Software Documentation.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment interacting directly with Front, Middle, and Back Office groups.
• Experience working on FX systems, viz. FXL (formerly TwoFour), highly preferred.
• Experience with Quality Assurance Testing, SQL programming queries, and prior coding experience.
• Excellent communication skills and proven expertise leading and facilitating workshops and meetings.

Relocation offered to qualified candidates.