Equity Front Office Business Analyst / PM (Trading Application / Banking)

Smart IMS Inc.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Smart IMS Inc. seeks an experienced Equity Front Office Business Analyst / Project Manager to support trading application projects for a leading global investment bank. You will work with Front Office users, Technology, Operations, and regional stakeholders across Singapore and Japan.

The role combines deep business analysis with project management for small to medium initiatives, emphasizing agile and waterfall delivery, requirements gathering, and end-to-end traceability.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of experience in Capital Markets analysis within Equities.
• Strong experience engaging Front Office traders, sales, and business stakeholders.
• Proven track record shaping BRDs, functional specs, user stories, and process flows.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Equities Front Office to capture business needs and translate into functional requirements.
• Lead requirement workshops, process mapping, gap analysis, and impact assessments.
• Create BRDs, functional specs, user stories, and detailed process flows.
• Collaborate with Technology across the SDLC to ensure design and delivery.
• Coordinate SIT, UAT, and production readiness activities.
• Manage traceability and drive process improvements and automation.
• Coordinate small to medium regulatory, business, and technology initiatives.
• Develop project plans, track milestones, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Facilitate governance, status reporting, and stakeholder communications.

Skills

Capital Markets

Equities Front Office

Business Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Agile & Waterfall

Requirements Gathering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or IT

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Project reporting tools

Job description

Smart IMS Inc provides Digital technology & Cloud transformation services, Application & Infrastructure Management Services, Unified Communications and Insurance implementation services to customers across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific regions. As the trusted technology and business partner of leading MNCs, including Global Investment Banks, Smart IMS is also a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Oracle Platinum Partner and AWS MSP Partner.

We are seeking an experienced Equity Front Office Business Analyst / Project Manager to support trading application projects for a leading global investment bank. This role is ideal for a candidate who combines deep business analysis skills with the ability to manage small to medium-sized projects and drive change initiatives across the Equities business. The role requires close collaboration with Front Office users, Technology, Operations, and regional stakeholders across Singapore and Japan.

Key Responsibilities

Business Analysis (70%)

• Partner with Equities Front Office stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into detailed functional requirements.
• Conduct requirement gathering workshops, process mapping, gap analysis, and impact assessments.
• Produce high-quality business requirement documents (BRDs), functional specifications, user stories, and process flows.
• Collaborate with Technology teams throughout the SDLC to ensure accurate solution design and delivery.
• Coordinate and support SIT, UAT, and production implementation activities.
• Manage requirement traceability and ensure business objectives are met.
• Drive process improvements and identify opportunities for automation and operational efficiency.

Project Management (30%)

• Manage small to medium-sized regulatory, business, and technology initiatives.
• Develop project plans, track milestones, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Facilitate governance meetings, status reporting, and stakeholder communication.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across business, technology, QA, and operations.
• Ensure timely delivery while maintaining quality and alignment with business priorities.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8–12+ years of experience as a Business Analyst within Capital Markets.
• Strong experience in Equities Front Office (Cash Equities, Equity Derivatives, Electronic Trading, Program Trading, or Prime Brokerage).
• Proven ability to work directly with Front Office traders, sales teams, and business stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience in requirements gathering, functional analysis, process modelling, and testing.
• Demonstrated experience managing workstreams or projects in an Agile and/or Waterfall environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience working with globally distributed teams.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within global investment banks.
• Knowledge of APAC markets, particularly Singapore and Japan.
• Familiarity with trade lifecycle, order management, execution management, and post-trade workflows.
• Experience with Agile methodologies, Jira, Confluence, and project reporting tools.
• Understanding of market structure, exchange connectivity, and regulatory initiatives affecting Equities.
• Strong Front Office engagement and relationship management.
• Excellent business analysis and documentation capabilities.
• Ability to independently drive requirements through to implementation.
• Strong project coordination and delivery skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced trading environment.