Senior Systems Analyst

Senior Systems Analyst - 12 Month Contract

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma and/or CBAP Certification

Experience

• 10+ years of relevant systems analysis experience
• 5 years of Payments and Forex industry domain experience
• Strong working knowledge of Use Cases and UML
• Exposure to the system or applications being developed (advantageous)
• Understanding of all elements that make up the Forex IT infrastructure
• Development and Production Incident Management experience

Responsibilities

• Analyze and design complex functionalities or upgrades (e.g., cross-team projects, major enhancements, general maintenance)
• Lead and facilitate functional and system design sessions to produce specifications
• Ensure alignment of requirements among end-users
• Identify project risks/issues and define mitigation strategies
• In collaboration with Systems Architect or Developer:
• Analyze and design integration files/messages (e.g., web services, XML schemas, APIs, flat/delimited files)
• Help design/update system configurations (non-production)
• Write SQL queries and interrogate database tables for analysis
• Assist in designing database structures
• Participate in functional design sessions for:
• "Run the bank" enhancements/migrations
• "Change/Grow/Secure the bank" initiatives and new products
• Analyze current system process flows and document required changes
• Recommend appropriate solutions considering cost, risk, feasibility, and delivery
• Model system designs to meet business objectives, including:
• Use case diagrams
• Activity diagrams
• Sequence diagrams
• Timing/state machine diagrams
• Component diagrams
• ERD and interface diagrams
• Ensure modeling aligns with international best practices (UML 2.5, Use Case modeling)
• Design usability-optimized screens and screen flows, or work with UX specialists
• Interpret business requirements/user stories and produce corresponding system solutions
• Where requirements are absent, co-create solutions with stakeholders and lead end-to-end analysis
• Support problem analysis and resolution
• Interface with all relevant stakeholders (internal/external, SMEs, QA, Architecture, etc.)
• Assist QA team with test case reviews and final system validation
• Perform sanity/acceptance testing where needed
• Contribute to SA Forum / Analysis Community of Practice
• Work in agile or disciplined agile environments with frequent releases
• Lead project-level analysis (not people leadership)
• Mentor, guide, and support other analysts on the team

Desired Skills:

• Senior
• Systems
• Analyst