Senior Systems Analyst

Senior Systems Analyst - 12 MonthContract

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma and/or CBAP Certification

Experience

• 10+ years of relevant systems analysis experience

• 4 to5 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