Implementation Conversion Analyst Specialist - Front Arena

Job Description

Position Type : Full time Type Of Hire : Experienced (relevant combo of work and education) Education Desired : Bachelor of Engineering Travel Percentage : 15 - 25%Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking At FIS you ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun.About the teamCIOs, heads of investment, traders, portfolio managers, risk managers worldwide are looking to use technology to simplify and streamline key department functions, while having the ability to handle increasingly complex asset classes. FIS Front Arena encompasses the full trade life cycle for the buy and sell side. It delivers real-time cross-asset trading, order management, portfolio management, risk management, position keeping, general ledger and other complex business requirements. Front Arena Professional services team is a result oriented, client focused dynamic team. They implement solutions for global clients.What you will be doingThe Front Arena Lead Consultant (Functional) will work independently and within a team environment to provide professional services to FIS customers using the Front Arena software solution including, but not limited to: project implementation services, solution configuration, solution customisation and solution training. The Senior Functional Consultant makes required assessments and adherent decisions to protect and defend FIS interests within the given framework of a mandate.

• Works individually or within a team on technology business consulting projects to meet specific client requirements
• Lead and will participate in the conduct of business requirement studies and other project related activities
• Configures Front Arena to meet Client s requirements (may include, but not limited to: products, pricing, risk calculations, workflows, functionality, accounting configuration)
• May perform validation on pricing models, risk results (e.g. VaR, CVA) in Front Arena
• Creates functional specifications for customisation or core software (Front Arena) enhancements; business process and product requirements definition
• May liaise with Product Management to communicate Front Arena Client requirements and expectations
• Conducts unit and systems tests; supports System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and/or mock rehearsals activities of clients
• Provides continual feedback to the project manager promptly highlighting any potential issues to allow a proactive solution to be offered
• Creates project documentation and deliverables
• Provides training on Front Arena to clients as well as colleagues
• May act as team leader for functional aspects of consulting projects. Mentor, guide, advise and/or check work of less experienced business systems analysts and technology business consultants
• Contributes to the constant improvement of his/her domain through innovation and development of tools.
• Actively participates as a pre-sales resource in the pre-project phases at customers and prospects as a representative of the Professional Services organization.
• Proactively uncovers and qualifies new business opportunities with customers.

What you bring:Knowledge / Experience

• 6-9 years of relevant experience around Front Office and Middle Office area of Bank Treasury.
• Advanced knowledge of various financial instruments, including but not limited to exchange or OTC traded Equities, Equity Derivatives and Structured Products, Interest Rate and Credit Derivatives, FX/MM, Commodities, and/or the ability to quickly learn new instrument types
• Knowledge or the ability to quickly learn Risk Management / Pricing of financial instruments, including the various pricing mechanisms. Knowledge or expertise in risk and desk level analytics, derivatives processing, position management and P&L
• Experience in functional aspects of enterprise financial software package configuration, customisation, integration and/or implementation projects
• Demonstrated experience in the analysis of systems and data to identify and understand new requirements
• Demonstrated experience with functional aspects of Order Management, Asset Management, Treasury and/or Enterprise Risk Management systems

Skills

• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
• Team participation skills
• Strong Microsoft Office skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Good presentation skills
• Quick learner with the ability to work independently
• Python or other programming language/coding skills; nice to have.

Qualifications

• PRM/CFA/FRM or equivalent in related field.

Competencies

• Fluent in English
• Excellent communicator ability to discuss technical and commercial solutions to internal and external parties and adapt depending on the technical or business focus of the discussion
• Attention to detail track record of authoring high quality documentation
• Organized approach manage and adapt priorities according to client and internal requirements
• Self-starter but team mindset - work autonomously and as part of a global team
• Willing to travel occasionally (around 10-20%)

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Keyskills :
user acceptance testingenterprise risk managementsystem integration testingnew business opportunitiestrade life cyclelife cyclefront officenew businessmiddle officegeneral ledger