System Analyst

Singapore, Singapore

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Date live: Oct. 11, 2022

Business Area: COO & Functions

Area of Expertise: Technology

Reference Code: 90275189

Contract: Permanent/Regular

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System Analyst

Singapore

As a Barclays System Analyst within Markets Post Trade Technology, you will work closely with front office sponsors based in Singapore and Tokyo to document, design and deliver changes to the existing structures rates stack and other platforms in order to accommodate local markets currencies and business growth in APAC. The Rates Trade Capture Development team specifically focuses on delivery of changes to the Rates Trade Capture Systems, databases, reporting & publication services.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive, and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.

What will you be doing?

Assisting in all relevant stages of the project’s lifecycle including requirement gatherings, analysis, design, test & deployment/ go-live
Leading UAT testing and follow-through to closure any post implementation issues
Defining and communicating regularly the progress against individual task plans that roll-up into project plans
Identifying and acting on opportunities to deliver efficiencies, reduce timescales and improve flows between business areas
Maintaining positive stakeholder relationships and building partnerships with level 1 and level 2 support and other IT areas
Continually assessing processes with a view to implement improvements and providing level 3 support for day to day issues
Ensuring compliance to internal and external (regulatory) standards within the team

What we’re looking for:

Bachelors’ degree with high mathematical and computing content e.g. in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics
Advanced technical skills in Java/ Spring and SQL database and a proven track record of managing high profile projects with tight deadlines
Experience in messaging frameworks like TIBCO. MQ Series, Solace etc. and understanding of basic excel macros and VBA scripts
Good communication skills with Front office user and gather requirements and implement changes independently

Skills that will help you in the role:

Functional knowledge of C#
Structured rates/ exotics product knowledge
Experience working in investment banking environment and directly with traders/ trading preferably in Fixed Income

Where will you be working?

Our office is located in Marina Bay Financial Centre, which has been carefully crafted into a “city in a garden”. Overlooking the scenic skyline along the Marina Bay waterfront, the green spaces and rooftop terraces have been designed to optimise employee well-being. The centre provides an integrated live-work-play development, surrounded by shops, restaurants, gyms and an alfresco dining area. Our convenient office location means you’re just a 5-minute walk from the nearest MRT station.

More about working at Barclays

Our approach to hybrid working ensures there’s the right balance of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, as required for each role. For business areas that offer a hybrid working experience, this will be in a structured way, where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week. Some roles may require full onsite working. Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager.

We continue to embed and review our hybrid working environment and remain in a phase of testing and learning. This means that working arrangements could change, with reasonable notice, to align with the needs of our business.

Barclays welcomes applications from all candidates and is committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments (accommodations) are put in place to allow for a fair and inclusive recruitment process. For more information and how to request one, please review Adjustments to the recruitment process.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive culture and environment, that recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives, as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs.

Our approach to working flexibly is designed to support you to balance your life and to accommodate diverse needs, whilst still allowing us to meet our business needs. If you’d like to request a flexible working arrangement, please discuss this with your hiring manager.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and opposed to discrimination on any grounds. It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.

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