Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Banking (Crédit Agricole CIB) is the corporate and investment banking arm of Crédit Agricole Group, world’s 10th largest bank by total assets.

Our Singapore center is the 2nd largest IT setup (after Paris Head Office) for Crédit Agricole CIB's worldwide business. We work daily with international branches located in 30 markets by:

Envisioning and preparing the Bank’s futures information systems
Partnering and supporting core banking flagships and transverse areas in their large-scale development projects
Providing premium In-house Banking applications

This unique positioning empowers us to bring our core banking business a sustainable competitive advantage on the market. We seek innovative and agile people sharing our mindset to support ambitious and forthcoming technological challenges.

Department and Team

Capital Market IT (CMI) is the IT department within the bank focused on solutions related to Capital Markets. This includes Front Office (FO) booking platforms, Risk Management (RM) control and regulatory reporting systems, financial product and contract valuation systems, and much more. It is the department most directly exposed to the bank’s financial operations.

The SALES IT division works across the full value chain to sustain business activity and enable its acceleration (thru integration of new financial products, optimizing and automating front to back business processes).

Position

This role aims to dobusiness analysis on SALES application , in project mode as well as maintenance, and to support the “run the bank” function. It requires a deep understanding of the nature of business operations, timing of activities & data flowing through internal and external systems. The build and support team continuously works with business users, infrastructure engineers and system managers.

The Business analyst will work on PRICE, our pre-trade application used by Sales to pre-book and book Rates deals. Key activities include developing features that facilitate RFQ workflows between Sales and Traders, enabling efficient communication and deal negotiation. The role involves implementing real-time pricing, deal validation logic, and ensuring seamless integration with downstream booking systems. Close collaboration with Sales and Trading stakeholders is essential to enhance the RFQ experience and support the complete deal lifecycle.

Main Responsibilities

Business Requirement Analysis & Workshop Facilitation

Organize and facilitate business workshops to collect and analyze requirements
Collaborate with the Product Owner to prioritize and decompose requirements into detailed user stories
Draft comprehensive Functional Specification documents with clear acceptance criteria
Maintain traceability between business needs and technical implementation

Process Analysis & Change Management

Analyze existing business processes and define optimized target processes
Identify process gaps and transformation opportunities
Define change management needs and support organizational adoption
Ensure alignment between process redesign and business objectives

Data Analysis & System Integration

Identify golden sources of data across the enterprise landscape
Specify data mappings and transformations between systems
Document data lineage and ensure data quality requirements
Support data migration and reconciliation activities

Application Mapping & Impact Analysis

Map application flows and dependencies within the PRICE ecosystem
Assess project impacts on upstream and downstream system integrations
Coordinate with technical teams to ensure seamless integration
Maintain documentation of system interfaces and data flows

Stakeholder Collaboration & Communication

Maintain regular contact with developers to ensure requirements are well understood and correctly implemented
Act as liaison between business users and technical teams
Provide L3 functional support for complex issues
Foster collaboration between business stakeholders, Product Owner, and development team

Testing Strategy & Quality Assurance

Define comprehensive testing strategy aligned with project scope
Contribute user scenarios for BDD (Behavior-Driven Development) activities
Participate actively in integration testing
Organize and conduct User Acceptance Testing (UAT) sessions
Assess functional change impacts on current production SLAs and OLAs

Production Deployment & Support

Participate in production start-up activities and go-live preparation
Define functional prerequisites for deployment and post-deployment validation
Deliver user training sessions and create training materials
Ensure post-production follow-up and provide ongoing functional support
Monitor production performance and gather user feedback for continuous improvement

Knowledge Management & Team Enablement

Build and maintain functional knowledge within the team in partnership with the PO
Provide functional training and onboarding for new team members
Maintain functional documentation and knowledge base for the PRICE application
Research existing solutions to avoid duplication and promote reuse

Qualifications and Profile

The successful candidate will definitely have:

Master’s or bachelor's degree in computer science/ information technology/ Programming & Systems Analysis/ Science (Computer Studies) faculties.
8+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in market finance, with specific expertise in Front Office Fixed Income Rates products

Interest Rate Derivatives Expertise:
Deep expertise in Interest Rate Derivatives products (Interest Rate Swaps, Swaptions, Caps/Floors, FRAs, etc.)
Strong knowledge of pre-trade trading workflows and RFQ (Request For Quote) systems capture
Understanding of pricing models, yield curves, and risk metrics (DV01, duration, convexity)
Knowledge of Rates market conventions and day count conventions
Experience with Equity products is a plus

Trading Systems & Platforms:
Knowledge of Front Office/Risk management systems (e.g., Orchestrade)
Familiarity with the MarkitWire Platform
Understanding of trading lifecycle from pre-trade through settlement
Experience with external data sources like Bloomberg and Reuters/Refinitiv

Market Data & Standards:
Relevant experience with FPML (Financial Products Markup Language) format
Expertise in static market data including reference data, price data, and market conventions
Knowledge of data types, sources, and uses within financial systems

Technical Proficiency:
Knowledge in Python for analytics and automation
Proficiency in SQL and Excel for data manipulation and analysis
Knowledge of DevOps practices (GitOps, Docker, Kubernetes)
Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools (Elasticsearch, Kibana)
Ability to work with complex data structures and perform data quality analysis

Communication & Collaboration:
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in an English-speaking environment
Ability to communicate effectively with multi-cultural team members
Strong interpersonal skills and proven team player mentality
Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills
Experience with Jira or similar issue-tracking systems

Demonstrated ability to effectively utilize AI-powered tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to enhance productivity and problem-solving capabilities
Understanding of AI/ML fundamentals including prompt engineering, model limitations, and best practices for human-AI collaboration
Experience in evaluating AI-generated outputs for accuracy, security, and alignment with business requirements
Ability to identify opportunities for AI integration and automation within existing workflows and processes

Working Hours

Work hours: 845am – 6:30pm SGT
On-call rotation with team mates to cover night and week-end support on demand.

Note - This is 12 months contract role. Renewable subject to performance.

We offer a competitive remuneration package, consistent with your qualifications and experience. For fair employment practices, we are keen onSingaporeans/SPR ONLY.

Interested applicants, please click on "APPLY"

Visit us on:

http://www.ca-cib.com/

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