GMI Business Analyst

Job description

Environment

People join for the impact they can have on us. They stay for the impact we have on them. A flatter structure offers visibility and exposure beyond that of our competitors, so you know our names, and we know yours. It's personable, human, and inspires success through passion. By encouraging open mindedness and a willingness to share ideas, we have adapted to market changes and thrived through innovation. Bringing words like “hard work” and “dedication” together with “community” and “respect” has enabled us to work collaboratively and build our future together. We call this Team Spirit and it's what makes us different. It's what makes you different.

Mission

DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS LINE OR DEPARTMENT

Responsible for IT maintenance of the GMI Back Office Application, including testing vendor upgrades, disaster recovery tests, capacity simulations, Audit and Regulatory requests, maintaining PROD stability and assisting with high-level PROD issues

SUMMARY

Technical analysis for converting the GMI application over to “Regional Processing”
Implementation of the new Regional Processing on test boxes
Regression testing and capacity testing of new Regional Processing setups

RESPONSIBILITIES

Carry out detailed analysis of existing core GMI night batches for conversion to Regional processing
Create new night batches for multi-streamed Regional processing
Design and execute test script for unit tests, regression tests and capacity tests
Participate in project meetings as subject matter expert and/or GMI technical lead, under the supervision of a Project Manager.
Assist or Drive Analysis, Design, Development, Test, Implementation
Document and analyse required information and data
Comply with IT governance principles: SLDC, FISP, PMO, Project Management
Responsibility for ensuring that you are fully aware of and adhere to internal Policies that relate to you, your business or other businesses for which you have any level of responsibility. It is your responsibility to ensure compliance with operational risk requirements (e.g. Golden rules, security policies and regulatory requirements).
Responsibility for managing, controlling, preparing and escalating risk within the scope of your position.
Act with integrity and due skill, care and diligence in carrying out your duties. Your actions should always be able to satisfy high standards of scrutiny.
Observe proper standards of market conduct. Responsibility to ensure that you take reasonable steps to be fully aware of, understand and comply with all regulatory requirements from all regulatory bodies that are applicable to your business.

Evolution

If you feel you have the required experience and qualifications, then please apply to the SG Resourcing Team, and we will manage your application. At Societe Generale, we believe our people are our strength and are core to the success of our business. As such, we search for, recruit and appoint the best available person on the basis of aptitude and ability, regardless of sex, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, pregnancy, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or gender reassignment.

Desired profile

Profile

COMPETENCIES AND WORK EXPERIENCE

Excellent analytical skills and self-starter with ability to take ownership of tasks and assignments.
Excellent oral and written communication skills (organized and to the point)
Excellent organization skills (note taking, follow-up calls, form filing, etc.) in order to track out-standing issues for rapid and accurate solutions.
Excellent ability to learn from documentation manuals and ‘on the job' training.
Adaptable, reliable, quality-oriented.
Project Planning and ability to follow-up with numerous end-users or application owners within the framework of global implementations.
Very good practice of the Microsoft applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio.
Strong SQL knowledge and practice.
Good knowledge of the financial listed and OTC derivatives products.
Experience with SunGard GMI application.
Experience with Iseries system, OS400 operating system.
Experience working at an FCM or Investment Bank.
Experience in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC): user requirements gathering, technical specification writing, test script design, UAT and regression testing, user sign-off and deployment.
Experience in the Turnover application for release management.
Ability to read/understand CL and RPG programming languages
Education:
No formal qualifications required.

Languages:
No other spoken languages required