Bilingual FX & Derivatives Systems Analyst - Global Markets

Zohorecruit; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit in Jersey City, NJ, seeks a Global Markets systems professional to support FX, derivatives, repo and securities trading platforms. You will collaborate with Traders, IT, and Risk, contributing to production stability, data governance, and platform modernization in a fast-paced front-office environment.

The role requires 5–10+ years in banking or capital markets trading systems, fluency in Japanese and English, and hands-on experience with API/FIX connectivity, data lineage, and

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years of experience supporting FX, derivatives, repo, or securities trading systems in banking or capital markets.
• Professional fluency in both Japanese and English (spoken and written).
• Strong knowledge of FX products (Spot, Forwards, NDFs, Options, Swaps) and money market instruments.
• Understanding of repo/reverse repo, securities trading flows, and collateral management workflows.
• Experience with production support, issue investigation, and root-cause analysis in trading environments.
• Proven experience gathering requirements, facilitating stakeholder workshops, and documenting system/data flows.
• Familiarity with API/FIX connectivity and onboarding processes for market participants.
• Knowledge of data lineage, downstream dependencies, and Golden Source architecture concepts.
• Strong understanding of SDLC methodologies and governance documentation standards.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact directly with traders and senior stakeholders.
• Ability to manage cross-regional coordination across Japan, North America, and Europe.

Responsibilities

• Serve as bilingual liaison between Global Markets business users and technology teams.
• Support FX and derivatives trading platforms, including trade entry, pricing, booking, and lifecycle management.
• Perform issue analysis, troubleshooting facilitation, and user inquiry support for Sales & Trading.
• Lead discovery sessions to identify downstream system dependencies and data flows.
• Map system interactions, document data lineage, and produce structured current-state and target-state architecture artifacts.
• Facilitate cross-functional workshops across Front Office, IT, Architecture, and Risk stakeholders.
• Support onboarding of liquidity providers and customers through API/FIX connectivity setup, certification, and validation.
• Define requirements for ingestion logic, batch processing, and data reconciliation frameworks.
• Oversee validation governance to ensure data parity between legacy databases and enterprise data hubs.
• Coordinate migration planning, readiness assessments, and transition governance for downstream systems.

Skills

Bilingual Japanese-English

FX trading knowledge

Derivatives trading platforms

Stakeholder management

Production support

Tools

API/FIX connectivity

Job description

Zohorecruit in Jersey City, NJ, seeks a Global Markets systems professional to support FX, derivatives, repo and securities trading platforms. You will collaborate with Traders, IT, and Risk, contributing to production stability, data governance, and platform modernization in a fast-paced front-office environment.

The role requires 5–10+ years in banking or capital markets trading systems, fluency in Japanese and English, and hands-on experience with API/FIX connectivity, data lineage, and