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In today's financial markets, trade-processing lifecycles undergo constant change. From pre-trade analysis to post-trade risk management, settlement and regulatory compliance, it has never been more important to be in control. SunGard provides solutions for today’s investment banking. Whether it be trading high volumes or creating complex structures, managing your exposures or operational control, there’s a SunGard solution for it.
SunGard’s Capital Markets and Investment Banking solutions:
Support cross-asset trading and trading strategies with Front Arena
Support enterprise-wide, market and credit risk management with Adaptiv
Nine trillion in securities lending is managed on SunGard’s capital markets solutions
Twelve of the world’s top 25 banks use SunGard’s Adaptiv Position Description
OVERVIEW
To provide professional implementation consultancy services to the SunGard Adaptiv client base with regard to Adaptiv products.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
To liaise with client Business Analysts to identify and document client system requirements
To analyse existing systems and data and to identify and understand client requirements, recognising and documenting where there is a need for systems enhancements or modifications
To formulate detailed functional specifications with appropriate work effort estimations off the back of the client requirements
To liaise with SunGard Product Developers & Quantitative Analyst and assist with validation of development work on enhancements to risk methodologies and pricing models
To liaise with SunGard Product Developers to assist with validation of technical specifications
To provide clients with validation tools on the Adaptiv products functional processes and pricing, profit & loss and risk calculations. This process will also involve the coding of customised functionality (Reech ADEP, C#, SQL, XML and Excel), mathematical risk calculations and the creation of ad-hoc SQL code for database manipulation and interrogation
Occasional coding of new processes, file extracts and web pages; technologies used include Delphi, SQL, XML, C#, ASP.NET and javascript
Troubleshooting of urgent client issues as and when required
Provide enhancement advisory direction to staff in Core Development
Provide advice on appropriate test plans/scripts to internal and client Testing teams. Position Requirements
PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE
Minimum experience required
Knowledge of Elementary Stochastic Calculus
Mathematical knowledge of financial market instruments
Validate/compute financial market instrument pricing and sensitivity measures
Working knowledge of SQL
Excellent documentation skills
Strong Excel skills
Desirable requirements
Knowledge of SQL, XML, C#, ASP.NET and javascript
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Good 1st or upper 2nd class honors degree or equivalent experience.
COMPETENCY/ SUCCESS FACTORS ASSESSMENT
Be reliable and consistent in meeting commitments
Communicate well with team members and across teams
Must be good problem solvers and be able to learn in different areas
Sound planning and organisational skills
Ability to think logically and pay close attention to detail
Produce accurate reports, documents and presentations when required
Must assume ownership of tasks
Ability to work within disciplined software-engineering process and environment
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