Business Application Analyst

AMBITION GROUP SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

AMBITION GROUP SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. seeks an experienced Business Analyst with Front Office sales exposure to organize workshops, analyze requirements, and drive data mappings across integration projects.

You will draft specifications, maintain traceability, and collaborate closely with the Product Owner and technical teams to ensure successful delivery. The role covers process optimization, data quality, and testing coordination, including preparation for UAT and production deployment within a

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in market finance, with Front Office (SALES) exposure.

Responsibilities

• Organize and facilitate business workshops to collect and analyze requirements.
• Collaborate with Product Owner to prioritize and decompose requirements into detailed user stories.
• Draft Functional Specification documents with clear acceptance criteria.
• Maintain traceability between business needs and technical implementation.
• Analyze existing processes and define optimized target processes.
• Identify data sources, mappings and transformations across systems.
• Map application flows and assess impacts on integrations.
• Define testing strategy and support UAT and production readiness.

Skills

Workshop facilitation

Stakeholder liaison

Requirements analysis

Data quality analysis

Education

Master’s degree in IT/finance

Tools

Python

SQL

Excel

Jira

Docker/Kubernetes

Job description

Job Duties:

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
• ProvideL3 functional supportfor 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 Requirements:

• 5+years of experience as a Business Analyst in market finance, with specific expertise in Front Office (SALES)

Sales System:

• Sales Margin management (Mark-up, Sales credit, technical margin)
• Good knowledge of pre-trade trading workflows and RFQ (Request For Quote) systems capture
• Knowledge on Financial products (FX, RATES, BOND, EQUITY)

Trading Systems & Platforms:

• Knowledge of Front Office/Risk management systems and back Office (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:

• Familiar with AI Spec Driven Development approach
• 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
• Experience withJiraor similar issue-tracking systems
• Proficient insoftware development life cycle(SDLC)
• Strong appetite to learn both functional and technical domains
• Willing to provideL3 supportwhen required

Education

• Master’s degree in relevant specialties (IT, finance).
• Minimum 5 years working experience in relevant roles.

www.ambition.com.sg
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