Instrument Data SME - External consultant 2024

Instrument Data SME - External consultant 2024

Description

The Bank’s entire operations are managed by COO Division and are headed up by the Chief Operating Officer. It strives to provide both in-house and external clients with a first-rate service to ensure our business operates efficiently and at the best possible cost.

The COO division comprises Operations, Finance, Information Management, Human Resources and Logistics. COO employees are committed to providing, with professionalism and enthusiasm, an efficient, proactive, high-quality service that meets the needs of clients within the context of the Bank’s overall strategy.

Mission

Subject Matter Expert instrument data to support the implementation of S&P (Markit) security master file at UBP.

Challenges

Join a mix IT / business team to support the replacement of UBP current instrument master file.Deep understanding of instruments business domain + strong technical skills on S&P (Markit) EDM mandatory.

Ability to handle pressure,

Main responsibilities

Context

UBP Union Bancaire Privee - is undergoing a significant transformation of its Financial Instrument Database. The Instrument Database contains the financial instruments the bank trades across both its asset management and its wealth management businesses.

Over the next few months, the system is going to be operated as a cloud-based managed service. We will implement the managed service on top of Markit EDM (Enterprise Data Management), a third party technology.

The current and future Markit Instrument Database will become one of the most mission critical systems of the bank. As such, implementation quality is paramount to maintain the expected service levels.

Key Requirements

Functional skills

• The right candidate will have a previous exposure in the financial or banking industry. Knowledge of the main financial instruments (international equities, main derivative instruments and fixed income instruments) and corporate actions are keys to support the project.
• Technical and functional experience at dealing with market data is mandatory.
• Knowledge of the main financial data feeds and experience in being able to handle feeds such as Refinitiv, SIX / Telekurs, MSCI, Bloomberg etc.

will be highly valuable for the position.

• Understanding and experience in designing and developing data driven mission critical systems is important to scale the service across the depth and breadth of our financial instruments.
• Experience in wealth management / private banking would be beneficial.
• A project management certification (ex : PMP) would be appreciated.

Technical skills

• The right candidate will have some database and SQL capabilities. Markit EDM being built on top of Microsoft SQL Server, candidates will need to demonstrate some abilities in this area.
• Strong data modelling capabilities are required. Finding the right tradeoffs between a 3rd normal form and some level of data denomalization will be important in the design process.
• The instrument database has to be integrated with the rest of the bank’s software ecosystem. It is therefore important to demonstrate significant software integration patterns, such as the use or build of APIs, ETLs, message oriented middleware and other integration technologies.
• Experience with cloud computing, DevSecOps, and automation tools is a plus.

Education

• Education : Engineer
• Technical skills : Markit EDM

Experience

• Years of experience : +10 : senior
• Experience in private banking : Mandatory

Language

• English : Fluent
• French : Fluent

Personal skills

• Swiss resident : Optional
• Ability to functionally understand the problem statements being solved for.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think outside the box and find innovative solutions.
• Good business acumen, with the ability to understand the impact of technical solutions on business outcomes.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely.
Il y a 24 jours