Business Analyst/Front Office

For our banking client in Zurich, we are looking for a Business Analyst/Front Office

Start date: ASAP

Duration: 6 months initial contract + very likely extensions

Location: Zurich

Job description

* Experience in Business Analysis and Project Management

* Good understanding of derivative instruments in the FX market/FX Options

* Contribute to various internal projects as FENICS representative

* Review, definition and execution of IT and business concepts for FENICS

* Experience in working in a large financial institution

Break down of duties

50% of the time contributing to various internal projects as FENICS. About 35% is spent on coordinating with various stake holders ie business users, business engineers, production support for testing. About 10-15% time spent 3rd Level Support

Essential skills

- At least 3-5 years of experience in a business analysis role
-Good understanding of FX derivatives instruments. Good knowledge of GFI/FENICS
- Must be able to produce high quality functional and technical documentation intended for business users as well as development teams
- Possess excellent communication skills and inter-personal skills;
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast paced environment is essential

Desirable skills

- Experience in supporting trading desks
- 3rd level support for FENICS incident and problem handling will be taught

Project description

FENICS is a GFI product which supports all aspects of FX option activity from Pricing, Automated Price Distribution, Trading, Risk Management and Post trade Processing/STP, Trade Reporting, etc.

Michael Bailey International is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.