Trading Systems Analyst

Job Family- Investment Banking

**Career Stream**
- Trading Enablement

**Job Purpose**
- To effectively implement new and maintain existing trading systems for a defined area within Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, identify opportunities and recommend IT solutions that enable the achievement of business objectives.**Responsibilities**:

- Seek opportunities to improve business processes and systems by identifying and recommending effective ways to operate and adding value to Nedbank.
- Ensure effective business continuity by implementing robust solutions interpreted from business requirements specifications.
- Participate in projects in a consulting or specialist capacity with other role players internally and external to the organization throughout the project lifecycle.
- Ensure successful systems integration and implementation to meet the strategic objectives of organization, department, and team
- Manage stakeholder relationships by maintaining optimized communication channels between the technical integrations team and stakeholders.
- Elicit, analyse, and validate requirements for changes to trading systems within a defined stakeholder’s area within Capital.
- Ensure optimal functioning of trading systems by ensuring they are configured for optimal performance, and continuously improving on existing processes and functionality.
- Document related processes, procedures, and policies for supporting the systems
- Document troubleshooting procedures for recovery of incidents and successful handover of systems support to the relevant GT support areas, including training.
- Manage the security and regulatory compliance of trading systems.
- Ensure recovery plans are in place for all identified core trading systems
- Track the planning and execution of regular DRP testing by GT
- Participate in providing comprehensive and accurate audit report inputs and reporting to internal stakeholder the resolution of any audit findings.
- Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives, and values by reviewing Nedbank and Business Unit Plan and ensuring delivered systems, process, services, and solutions are aligned
- Identify training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from management.
- Ensure all personal development plan activities are completed within specified timeframe
- Share knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction.
- Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes (e.g., operational processes) that will improve the functioning of stakeholders' businesses by highlighting benefits in support of the implementation of recommendations.
- Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g., staff surveys etc)

**People Specification**
- Essential Qualifications - NQF Level- Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
- Preferred Qualification- Bachelor of Science: Information Technology- Essential Certifications- Relevant Financial / Exchange Related / Trading Systems certifications

**Preferred Certifications**
- Relevant Financial/Exchange Related/Trading Systems Certifications**Minimum Experience Level**
- At least 5 years’ experience within a financial market’s environment**Technical / Professional Knowledge**
- Microsoft Office
- Principles of financial management
- Principles of project management
- Relevant regulatory knowledge
- Relevant software and systems knowledge
- Research methodology
- Decision-making process
- Database Knowledge
- Networking Knowledge
- financial markets knowledge
- Behavioural Competencies- Communication
- Decision Making
- Innovation
- Stress Tolerance
- Work Standards
- Managing Work
- Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills

**Employment Equity Statement**
- Preference will be given to individuals from underrepresented groups.- **_Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at
+27 860 555 566
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