About the position
Requirements Leadership: Lead the elicitation of intricate client accounting system requirements, translating them into comprehensive functional specifications.
Solution Architect: Design and architect sophisticated functional accounting solutions, ensuring alignment with client financial operations.
Configuration & Development Oversight: Guide and oversee system configuration and potentially development of system software to deliver precise accounting solutions.
Comprehensive Testing: Define, validate, and document robust functional testing strategies for accounting modules, encompassing unit, functional/integration, regression, and user acceptance testing.
Documentation & Verification: Produce high-quality documentation for all aspects of system analysis, including requirements, solutions, and testing, coupled with rigorous solution verification to ensure adherence to accounting specifications before deployment.
Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Effectively engage with all relevant stakeholders, including finance and accounting teams, to ensure seamless functional delivery. Possess exceptional communication skills to convey complex information clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
Prioritisation & Collaboration: Demonstrate strong prioritisation skills to manage multiple concurrent accounting-related tasks and foster a collaborative environment within the team to achieve superior collective outcomes.
Post-Implementation Support: Provide expert system maintenance and client assistance for implemented accounting solutions
Strategic Solutioning: Translate complex client business and accounting requirements into precise functional system solutions, with a strong focus on back office and accounting functionalities.
Quality Assurance: Guarantee the highest quality of implemented accounting solutions, ensuring they meticulously address original client needs.
Knowledge Leadership: Act as a subject matter expert, fostering continuous learning and development within the team to advance business and system analysis competence.
Minimum Requirements:
Financial Accounting/Management, Business Studies/Management, or a related field. Postgraduate degrees are advantageous.
CIB Experience: Minimum of 7 years of practical business or functional experience with a strong track record. Preferable exposure to key business functions such as front office, back office operations, accounting, and/or middle office.
Capital Markets Expertise: Deep subject matter expertise in Capital Markets across multiple asset classes and business functions. Strong understanding of the trade lifecycle, valuations, and P&L reporting, especially within Treasury environments.
Technical Accounting Proficiency: Demonstrated fundamental knowledge of business analysis and system configuration at a senior level, specifically as it pertains to accounting principles and financial workflows within Capital Markets systems.
Desired Skills:
- Financial Accounting
- Business Studies
- management
