Business Analyst Capital Markets (EODC)

at  Capgemini

We are looking for a Business Analyst with experience in End of Day (EOD) contract reconciliation, specifically focusing on Repo contracts, fixed income, and money market instruments. The ideal candidate should have a strong understanding of the reconciliation process, capital markets instruments, and the ability to engage with stakeholders across various teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reconciliation: Reconcile capital markets instruments data, particularly Repo contracts and other fixed income and money market instruments.
• Data Integration: Understand and manage how position data should be reconciled to the General Ledger (GL), using data feeds from Finance Core and trading systems.
• Stakeholder Management: Answer inquiries from various teams involved in global Repo trading such as Front/Middle Office, Trade Desk Support, Back Office, Risk, Collateral Management, and Accounting/Settlement.
• Process Enhancements: Participate in delivering small-to-medium size enhancements to existing processes based on business priorities.
• Integration Expert: Act as the go-to expert for all integration aspects of Repo systems, and collaborate with external teams (e.g., market data providers, settlements systems, Collateral Management).
• Issue Resolution: Resolve identified issues by working with Repo trading system vendors, trading venues, clearing houses, tri-party agents, and regulatory agencies.
• System Upgrades: Participate in system upgrades, infrastructure/security patching, and ensure that applications are validated and ready for business after system changes.

Experience:

• 2-3+ years of experience working with Repo trading systems in a typical sell-side organization.
• Experience building productivity tools/applications in Python and Excel/VBA.
• Strong knowledge of Repo trading, including trade execution, lifecycle events, inventory and collateral management, settlements, and tri-party trading.
• Experience with outright bond trading and interest rate derivatives is a strong asset.

Skills Summary:

• Capital Markets: Expertise in Repo contracts, fixed income, and money market instruments.
• Data Reconciliation: Understanding of reconciliation processes, specifically how position data is reconciled to the GL.
• SQL: Proficiency in SQL for querying data.
• Programming: Experience in Python and Excel/VBA for building productivity tools.
• Repo Trading Systems: Knowledge of Repo trading systems and their integration with various teams.
• Stakeholder Management: Ability to engage with Front/Middle Office, Back Office, Risk, and other stakeholders.

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $24.50/hour - $38.28/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations

• Reconciliation: Reconcile capital markets instruments data, particularly Repo contracts and other fixed income and money market instruments.
• Data Integration: Understand and manage how position data should be reconciled to the General Ledger (GL), using data feeds from Finance Core and trading systems.
• Stakeholder Management: Answer inquiries from various teams involved in global Repo trading such as Front/Middle Office, Trade Desk Support, Back Office, Risk, Collateral Management, and Accounting/Settlement.
• Process Enhancements: Participate in delivering small-to-medium size enhancements to existing processes based on business priorities.
• Integration Expert: Act as the go-to expert for all integration aspects of Repo systems, and collaborate with external teams (e.g., market data providers, settlements systems, Collateral Management).
• Issue Resolution: Resolve identified issues by working with Repo trading system vendors, trading venues, clearing houses, tri-party agents, and regulatory agencies.
• System Upgrades: Participate in system upgrades, infrastructure/security patching, and ensure that applications are validated and ready for business after system changes