Calypso Business Analyst

Vacancy details

General information

Entity
About Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (Crédit Agricole CIB)

Crédit Agricole CIB is the corporate and investment banking arm of Crédit Agricole Group, the 10th largest banking group worldwide in terms of balance sheet size (The Banker, July 2022).
8,600 employees in more than 30 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle-East and North Africa, support the Bank's clients, meeting their financial needs throughout the world.
Crédit Agricole CIB offers its large corporate and institutional clients a range of products and services in capital market activities, investment banking, structured finance, commercial banking and international trade.
For more information, please visit www.ca-cib.com

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/credit-agricole-cib/

By working every day in the interest of society, we are a group committed to diversity and inclusion. All our positions are open to people with disabilities.

Reference
2025-95493

Update date
10/01/2025

Job description
Business type

Types of Jobs - IT, Digital et Data
Job title

Calypso Business Analyst
Contract type

Fixed-Term Contract
Job summary

Team & Position
We are seeking a talented Business Analyst to join our dynamic Capital Market Department!
As a Business Analyst, you will play a crucial role in bridging the gap between business needs and technical solutions. You will work closely with stakeholders from both your IT Division and aligned Filières to define, document, and translate business requirements into actionable software specifications. You will be a key advocate for business value, ensuring that our software solutions meet the needs of our users and contribute to the overall success of our operations.
Capital Markets IT involves technology solutions and systems used in financial markets for trading, investment, and related activities. This includes electronic trading platforms, risk management systems, market risk, counterparty risk, algorithmic trading, data analytics, and regulatory measures. The use of advanced technologies like APIs, artificial intelligence, and cloud solutions are also becoming increasingly prevalent in capital markets to enhance efficiency and decision-making processes.
You will join the Post Trade IT section, responsible for development and maintenance of Capital Market IT applications (in-house and package) used worldwide, covering Front Office (Murex, Apex, Orchestrade...), Back Office (Summit, Calypso...) and serving several Filière or Business lines.
This specific role aims to work on the Calypso back office package for our FX IT division, in project mode as well as maintenance, and to support the "run the bank" function. It requires a deep understanding of the nature of business operations, timing of activities & data flowing through internal and external systems. The build and support team continuously works with business users, infrastructure engineers and system managers.

Main Responsibilities

1. Elicit, analyze, and document business requirements from various stakeholders, ensuring a clear understanding of their needs and objectives for FX and Money Market Business in Calypso.
2. Work with the Product Owner (PO) if any on this project to prioritize requirements and decompose them into detailed user stories, ensuring a clear roadmap for development.
3. Translate requirements into comprehensive functional specifications, including detailed descriptions of user interactions, data flows, and system behavior.
4. Collaborate with development teams to ensure that the software design aligns with the functional specifications and meets the defined requirements.
5. Provide functional expertise to the development team, ensuring they have a clear understanding of the business processes and user needs.
6. Research existing solutions, both internal and external, to determine if they can be leveraged to meet the business requirements.

Supplementary Information

1. Understand technical constraints and participate in software design discussions, ensuring that the solution is feasible and aligns with the overall system architecture.
2. Ensure the functional quality of the software, including participation in functional testing and providing functional support during production.
3. Analyze the impact of functional changes on current production Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Operational Level Agreements (OLAs).
4. Contribute to Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) activities by providing user scenarios and supporting functional testing efforts.
5. Contribute to deployment activities by providing functional pre-requisites and performing post-deployment checks.
6. Support team members in their functional activities, train new joiners, and help resolve functional issues.
7. Ensure the seamless integration of the software into the existing IT infrastructure, working closely with the Functional Architect.

Position location
Geographical area

Asia, Singapore
City

Singapour

Candidate criteria
Minimal education level

Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent
Academic qualification / Speciality

Experience & Education Requirements

Candidates should have at least 1-2 years experience in Business Analysis activities.
Master or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Programming & Systems Analysis/ Science (Computer Studies) faculties.

Level of minimal experience

0-2 years
Experience

Work Experience

Knowledge of Static Data, Workflows, Confirmations, Settlements, Messages / Swift messages, Positions, Accounting, Corporate action, Filters, Reporting Framework, Reconciliation features.
Understanding of financial assets (FX, Money Market, cash products) and trade lifecycle.
Experience with regulatory reporting (e.g. HRF, NORIA, MMSR).
Experience on Back Office systems
Experience in interfacing systems
Familiar with requirements life cycle management, analysis planning and monitoring, requirements' analysis and design definition.
Hands-on experience as liaison function between the onshore IT business lines and offshore technical teams and as primary functional support for development team
Knowledgeable of techniques to elicit and manage requirements, as well as software development models including Agile methodologies.

Functional

Knowledge of Static Data, Workflows, Confirmations, Settlements, Messages / Swift messages, Positions, Accounting, Corporate action, Filters, Reporting Framework, Reconciliation features.

Understanding of financial assets (FX, money market, cash) and trade lifecycle.

Nice to Have

Experience ideal on Calypso versions v14 to v17.
Knowledge in UNIX, SQL, Docker/Kubernetes systems.

Required skills

Other Professional Skills and Mindset

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with diverse teams.
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
Ability to work under pressure.
Appetite to follow technology trends and participate in communities.
Eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies.
Strong perseverance and diligence towards attaining goals and effective time management.
Passion for sharing expertise and growing team members' skills.
Autonomous, self-motivated and excellent team player.