Job Description

We are AMS. We are a global total workforce solutions firm; we enable organisations to thrive in an age of constant change by building, re-shaping, and optimising workforces. Our Contingent Workforce Solutions (CWS) is one of our service offerings; we act as an extension of our clients\' recruitment team and provide professional interim and temporary resources.

Our investment banking client has been present in the UK for more than 150 years, they\'re a long-term partner to British business. Today, the Group is formed of 10 divisions and employs 9,300 staff based in 21 core locations right across the country. Their role is simply stated: help clients achieve their goals by combining local know-how and global reach. In so doing, they seek to make a positive, sustainable contribution to both the UK economy and society.

On behalf of this organisation, AMS are looking for a Business Analyst for an initial 10 month contract based in Glasgow with remote work available.

Purpose of the Role:

• Perform analysis on change requests for transaction management and for all the Trade Processing lifecycle, including capture, matching, settlement, trade reporting and accounting updates.
• Liaise internal and external with clients to capture and verify business requirements.
• Act as gatekeeper when allocated, performing initial analysis and gathering high level estimate in order for the change to be presented in the IT system prioritisation groups.
• Collect business requirement and write appropriate documents for proposed system changes and validate them with stakeholders globally and locally within the Trade Processing world.
• Gather high level estimates in a timely manner for new business or projects relating to Trade Processing and provide this back to the Product teams.

Responsibilities of the role:

As a Business Analyst you will be responsible for:

• Understand and analyse the needs of the business related to the Trade Processing domain, with the aim of enhancing the operating model with appropriate and sustainable solutions in line with the entity\'s strategic plan.
• Ensure that the solution is compatible with the requirements derived from the business\'s needs and taking in to account the technical requirements for ensuring stability.
• Act as the contact person within the project or maintenance teams and for the business for data and functional aspects.
• Test and provide support during implementation of change.
• Work with the project, business & support and engineering teams to interpret the business need, aid functional analysis and present a solution for new client on boarding and client change using application knowledge to prepare functional requirements specifications.
• Identify continuous improvements to optimise the processing in the relevant IT systems as required.

What we require from the candidate:

• Significant experience of the system TradeFlow.
• Business analyst in the middle office environment and in particular trade processing (full understanding of listed trade life cycle, capture, matching , settlement, accounting)
• Good market products knowledge (Securities, Equities, FX, Term Deposit)
• Strong Swift knowledge is key.
• Proven track record of executing and implementing business change of listed products initiatives through the complete project life cycle.
• Production of excellent quality analysis and testing documentation.
• Proven track record of project delivery.
• Attention to detail with high level of accuracy.
• Good communication and influencing skills with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience of a full system implementation and the development lifecycle.
• Good at building strong working relationships, across all levels of the company and with clients.

Next steps

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.

This client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model.

AMS, a Recruitment Process Outsourcing Company, may in the delivery of some of its services be deemed to operate as an Employment Agency or an Employment Business.

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