LEAD BUSINESS ANALYST

Coforge; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Coforge is seeking a Calypso Business Analyst in Sydney, Australia to support the end-to-end trade lifecycle across Calypso modules. You will elicit and document requirements for trading and post-trade processes, translating them into Calypso specifications and configurations.

You will collaborate with business users to understand trade capture, risk, valuation, and settlements, and work with architects to align with best practices. Strong BA, Agile, and SQL skills are desirable.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Business Analyst across Calypso Front Office, Middle Office, and Back Office modules.
• Elicit, analyse, and document business, functional, and non-functional requirements for trading and post-trade processes.
• Translate business requirements into Calypso functional specifications, configuration requirements, and system behaviour.
• Support asset classes including Rates, FX, Fixed Income, Derivatives, and Repos.

Responsibilities

• Act as a hands-on BA across Calypso modules, supporting the end-to-end trade lifecycle.
• Elicit, analyse, and document business, functional, and non-functional requirements.
• Work with business users to understand trade capture, risk, valuation, collateral management, clearing, settlement, and confirmations.
• Translate requirements into Calypso specifications, configurations, and system behaviour.
• Support post-trade and regulatory processes including confirmations, settlements, margining, reconciliations, and reporting.
• Partner with architects and developers to ensure solutions align with Calypso architecture and best practices.
• Support Calypso configuration and customization, including workflows, trade attributes, pricing components, and reference data.
• Perform impact analysis for change requests and regulatory updates.

Skills

Agile / Scrum

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

SQL basics

Tools

JIRA

Azure DevOps

Job description

Roles & Responsibilities ? Calypso Business Analyst

• Act as a hands-on Business Analyst across Calypso Front Office, Middle Office, and Back Office modules, supporting the end-to-end trade lifecycle
• Elicit, analyse, and document business, functional, and non-functional requirements for trading and post-trade processes
• Work closely with business users to understand trade capture, risk, valuation, collateral management, clearing, settlement, and confirmations workflows
• Translate business requirements into Calypso functional specifications, configuration requirements, and system behaviour
• Support asset classes including Rates, FX, Fixed Income, Derivatives, and Repos, ensuring correct lifecycle processing and controls
• Analyse and support post-trade and regulatory processes, including confirmations, settlements, margining, reconciliations, and reporting
• Partner with architects and developers to ensure solutions align with Calypso architecture, standard product capabilities, and best practices
• Support calypso configuration and customization, including workflows, trade attributes, pricing components, and reference data
• Perform impact analysis for change requests, regulatory updates, and product upgrades
• Support testing activities, including functional testing, UAT support, test scenarios validation if needed, and defect triage
• Ensure solutions meet regulatory, risk, operational resilience, and audit requirements
• Contribute to Agile delivery ceremonies and continuous improvement initiatives

Tools, Platforms & Skills Required

Primary Platform

• Back Office (Confirmations, Settlement, Accounting integration)

Exposure to Calypso Automated Testing Tool (CATT) for understanding automated functional test scenarios, validating business workflows, and supporting UAT/test execution activities.

Capital Markets & Domain Knowledge

• Trade lifecycle knowledge across execution ? confirmation ? settlement
• Post-trade processes: clearing, margining, settlements, reconciliations
• Regulatory awareness (e.g., trade reporting, risk controls, operational resilience)

Business Analysis & Documentation Tools

• Agile tracking tools (e.g., JIRA, Azure DevOps)
• Process modelling (e.g., Visio, workflow diagrams)

Testing & Support

• Test cases validation and UAT support

Technical & Integration Awareness

• Understanding of system integrations, interfaces, and message flows
• Familiarity with market data feeds, reference data, and downstream systems
• Basic understanding of SQL for data analysis and validation (optional but preferred)

Ways of Working

• Experience working in Agile / Scrum delivery environments
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to operate effectively in complex, regulated financial services environments