System Analyst - post-trade, global securities operations

Our client is a provides computerized clearing and settlement facilities for Exchange Fund Bills and Notes in Hong Kong, they are looking for a System Analyst with experience in post-trade system/ global securities systems, etc.

Job Responsibilities:

• Support the implementation and rollout of the vendor’s post-trade system, including configuration, testing, deployment and post-implementation review.
• Work closely with business users, operations teams, internal technology teams, and vendors to ensure business requirements are properly understood and delivered.
• Develop, maintain, and support interfaces between the vendor’s post-trade system and in-house systems.
• Analyse interface requirements, data mapping, message formats, and system connectivity to ensure accurate and timely data exchange.
• Serve as the first point of contact for user enquiries, production issues, and system incidents.
• Perform initial issue triage, impact assessment, troubleshooting, and incident logging before escalating to the vendor’s L2/L3 support team.
• Prepare functional specifications, test cases, process flows, and user documentation.
• Coordinate and support System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and production verification.
• Monitor daily production processing and ensure issues are tracked and resolved in a timely manner.

Job Requirements:

• University degree in information technology, computer engineering or related fields.
• At least 7-year experience in supporting post-trade system, preferably in global securities operations and securities custody service.
• Strong knowledge of application support methodology to carry out incident escalation and system change management procedures.
• Solid understanding of the post-trade lifecycle, including trade matching and confirmation; settlement and clearing; reconciliations; corporate actions; accounting interfaces and reporting workflows.
• Strong experience in working with hybrid application environments, with systems or modules deployed across on-premise infrastructure ad Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms.
• Good understanding of SaaS application support, including vendor-managed releases, configuration management, access control, incident follow-up, and change impact assessment.
• Knowledge in API integration, file-based interfaces, middleware, SWIFT ISO 15022 (MT) and ISO 20022 (MX) standard
• Solid experience with Unix/Linux, Oracle, scripting, scheduling tools, and interface support utilities.
• Hands-on experience in setting up and configuring SFTP and MQ server connections.
• Strong writing and communication skills with the ability to communicate technical issues clearly to non-technical users.

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