About this role
- Gather, analyze and document business and functional requirements for Capital Markets / Securities applications .
- Work closely with business users, technology teams, product owners and other stakeholders to understand requirements and define solutions.
- Translate business requirements into BRDs, FRDs, functional specifications, user stories and process flows .
- Analyze securities trading and post-trade processes, including trade capture, processing, settlement, clearing and reconciliation .
- Support requirements related to SWIFT securities messaging and ISO 15022 / ISO 20022 .
- Analyze system interfaces, data flows, reference/static data and downstream/upstream dependencies.
- Support functional testing, SIT/UAT, defect analysis and production issue resolution.
- Identify process gaps, perform impact analysis and recommend functional improvements.
- Ensure requirements align with applicable regulatory, compliance and securities-processing standards .
Requirements
Securities Domain Expertise
Candidates should have strong knowledge of one or more of the following:
- Securities Trading and Lifecycle
- Equities, Fixed Income / Bonds and other financial instruments
- Trade Capture and Trade Processing
- Order Management / Trade Management
- Settlement and Clearing
- Corporate Actions
- Custody and Securities Services
- Reconciliation
- Reference / Static Data
- SWIFT Securities Messaging
- ISO 15022 / ISO 20022
- Market Infrastructure and Settlement Processes
- Regulatory and Compliance Requirements related to Securities Processing
Mandatory Skills
- 5–10 years of experience as a Business Analyst, Functional Consultant or Functional Solution Consultant.
- Strong experience in Capital Markets / Securities IT .
- Good understanding of SWIFT, ISO 15022 and/or ISO 20022 .
- Strong combination of Securities domain knowledge and IT functional analysis .
- Excellent requirement-gathering and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to translate business requirements into clear functional specifications .
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management abilities.
- Experience working in complex Banking / Financial Services environments.