IT Business Analyst – FX & Derivatives Back Office (Application Support)

Japanese IT / Finance Business consulting firm in NY/NJ seeking Japanese Bilingual Business Analyst for FX & Derivatives Back Office (Application Support)

New York (Grand Central Area) or Jersey City, NJ

Hybrid: 2-3 days onsite per week

$80K-110K +Bonus +visa support

 We leverage our four core strengths:

•           Fusion of business expertise and IT implementation power

•           Global network for worldwide collaboration

•           Research and development excellence

Job Responsibilities:

•           Provide daily support to local users of the FX and Derivatives back-office systems.

•           Liaise with the Tokyo development team to communicate requirements, issues, and enhancement requests, and ensure alignment throughout the development cycle.

•           Design and document system interfaces with related upstream and downstream systems.

•           Perform integration testing, interface testing, UAT, and migration activities.

•           Troubleshoot system issues and work with global teams to ensure timely resolution.

•           Participate in production releases, including change management preparation and post-release checks.

Required Qualifications:

•           5+ years of experience in system development, using waterfall and/or agile methodologies.

•           Strong knowledge of financial markets, including FX, derivatives, and currency options.

•           Understanding of back-office operations, such as credit limit management, risk management, settlement and position management.

•           Experience providing user support for business or back-office systems.

•           Ability to perform data extraction and analysis using SQL or similar languages.

•           Business-level proficiency in both Japanese and English.

•           Familiarity with Kanban methodologies and JIRA is preferred.

To apply, please email your resume to xjiang@pasona.com