Treasury Back Office Consultant

About the Position

We are initiating a new project to upgrade our clients' existing Treasury applications. We are looking for a Treasury Back Office Consultant to join our team in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Back Office Consultant will provide IT services to the Global Markets Operations team. The squad is responsible for support, change requests, and projects pertaining to Global Markets Operations. Key responsibilities include engaging with the business, conducting analysis, developing requirements, reviewing technical and functional design, building and testing solutions, and ensuring proper closure of initiatives by taking ownership end to end.

Responsibilities

• Support, change requests, and projects pertaining to treasury applications
• Analysis & documentation of user requirements and transposition into Functional Specifications
• Act as a key liaison with Global Markets Operation teams, IT teams, and vendors
• Participate actively in discussions with the business, understand their needs, and transform them into change or project initiatives
• Define systems and data requirements and validate the systems design and processes from functional and technical aspects
• Develop and refine business/functional/testing requirements in support of the project and systems involved, working alongside the vendor if needed
• Configuration of the solution as per requirements
• Act as the subject matter expert for tools used within Operations (Functional & Technical) and ensure that all functionality of the products are installed and leveraged to their best capability within the group
• Creation of test plans, test cases, execution of system testing
• Contribute to User Training activities through one-to-one discussions, preparation of user training guides & presentations
• Follow up with vendor support as necessary to resolve bugs/issues
• Ensure technical and functional handover of the project and changes to the relevant teams
• Assist in developing business and operational processes and participate in developing system training artifacts when required

Requirements

Must have

• Minimum 7-10 years of experience as back office support. Years of total experience not more than 15+.
• Excellent knowledge of Capital Markets products and processes, front to back.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with SME of technical knowledge of back-office workflow (contracts, events, deliverable, exchange).
• Experience in implementation and supporting any Treasury applications with regards to back-office capabilities.
• Excellent knowledge of Capital Markets products and processes, front to back. Strong understanding of the financial markets, trading, and banking solutions.
• Good exposure to Static data (Counterparts, securities, historical data, indices, Settlement Instructions...).
• Excellent exposure to Operations processes (Exchange, postrade workflow, pre trade workflow).
• Good understanding of swift messages configuration (MT300, MT320, MT60X, MT54X, MT202, MT103...).
• Back office functional knowledge should encompass most or minimum 2 of the following asset classes: Credit Derivatives, Interest Rate Derivatives, Equity Derivatives, Fixed Income, FX Cash, FX Derivatives, Commodities, Structured Derivatives.
• Strong knowledge of the Global Markets products and practices, front-to-end: pricing, limit checks, booking, risk management, accounting generation, settlements, and confirmation generation.
• Technically astute with relevant exposure and experience with bank systems and processes.
• Strong proven track record of liaising with stakeholders for business requirements, specification documents, testing processes, and other relevant information.
• Strong numerical skills coupled with the ability to deliver well under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Candidate must display strong verbal and written communication skills.

Nice to Have

• Murex is good to have.

Languages

• English: C2 Proficient

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment
• Professional development opportunities
• Collaborative and inclusive work culture

About the Company

Join our team and contribute to the success of our clients by leveraging your expertise in Treasury applications and Capital Markets products and processes.