This position will entail working directly with clients to drive system enhancement projects and the system maintenance work.

The Project manager/Business Analyst position requires strong financial business skills and would be responsible for planning the development, managing tasks and issues, designing, reviewing and analysing issues including writing specification documents, testing to support application system.

The incumbent will also be responsible for liaising with end users and deconstructing issues / queries and then assign appropriate person if anything needs to be done.
The position requires at least 2 years of experience in financial institutions. You must have a working knowledge of managing system development team and be able to rely on experience and judgement to plan and accomplish goals.

TYPE: Full-time, Roll over 1 year fixed term contract
WORKING HOURS: Monday to Friday
SALARY: £55-65K depending on experience
START: ASAP
LOCATION: London
VISA: The company can provide visa support for the right candidate

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 Communicate with internal colleagues to understand the needs of the organization as a whole
 Produce written documentation to support your work, report on your findings and to present to stakeholders when necessary
 Analyse financial data stored in database and business workflow then propose how to improve it and develop tool/system if necessary.
 Liaising with end users and external stakeholders to drive projects
 Handle issues arising from projects and production support(monitor, assign appropriate person)
 Understand and communicate the financial and operational impact of any changes e.g. understand terminologies such as IRS, CCS, Option, Cap/Floor, Realized PL, Unrealized PL, NPV, VaR, IR Curve, Initial Margin etc
 Challenge anything new to you and study by yourself if necessary to proceed with projects

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
 Bachelor’s Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience (Master’s Degree desirable)

PREFERRED SKILLS
 Extremely organized with strong time-management skills
 Working experience as a project manager of either waterfall or agile development
 Ability to multitask and manage multiple projects simultaneously, while balancing challenging
deadlines and client constraints
 Strong analytical and problem solving skills
 Proven ability to be flexible and work hard, both independently and in a team environment, in a high
pressure environment with changing priorities
 Excellent English oral and written communication skills
 Working experience in Japanese banks/ Understanding of Japanese culture