Business Analyst

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Seeing the challenges of FX today with high latency and rejection rates, fragmented marketplace and outdated technology, Spark Systems sets out to build a robust trading platform designed for low-latency access to worldwide FX liquidity with smart algorithmic execution, reducing trading costs for our clients.

We are also delivering our next-generation automated data-driven decision tools to help our clients discover market opportunities with the deep tech and data analytics we have on our platform.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Business Analyst to join our dynamic team in the eFX domain. As a Business Analyst, you will play a critical role in analyzing business needs, designing solutions, and ensuring seamless integration of our platform with our end clients.

SCOPE & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct thorough analysis of user requirements, business processes, systems, and workflows to identify areas for development, integration, and improvement.

• Facilitate requirements workshops to engage various stakeholders such as front office, middle office, back office, compliance etc. to ensure delivery meets business needs.

• Create comprehensive documentation, including business requirements, functional specifications, process flows, and user guides.

• Engage external and internal stakeholders to meet project timeline - primarily client users, sales, engineering, and QA teams, working closely to resolve issues and ensure effective and efficient implementation.

• Work closely with development teams to ensure the successful implementation of solutions, including testing and troubleshooting.

• Participate and drive user and functional acceptance testing and contribute to problem resolution, tracking, escalation, and defect closure. Lead and manage issues during UAT to ensure all defects are tracked to closure.

• Provide training and support to end-users and stakeholders on new systems and processes.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems/Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.

• Minimum 5-7 years IT business analyst and project management experience within the banking industry, preferably with Bank eFX system experience

• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen attention to detail.

• Proven experience in client-facing roles, with excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

• Strong understanding of banking systems, integration technologies, and data management principles. Extensive experience with bank integration projects involving systems such as risk management system, post trade/STP system, trade reconciliation etc.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.

• Ability to work independently and multi-task in a fast-paced environment as well as adapting to changing priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

• Business knowledge of Forex or other financial asset classes is a plus. Good understanding of Foreign Exchange (FX) products and trade process such as trade entry, confirmation, and settlement.

• Familiar with Agile Scrum, principles, processes, and methods such as iterative and incremental development, continuous integration, test-driven development, unit testing, code refactoring and Scrum ceremonies. Knowledge of Jira Tracking Tool is a plus.