VP, Senior System Analyst, Group Technology & Ops

About UOB

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices. Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values – Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.

Job Description

The System Analyst is responsible for leading the functional analysis and solution design for trading platform initiatives, with a strong focus on Equities trading. This role bridges business and technology by translating complex trading requirements into scalable, robust system solutions while guiding a team of analysts to support end-to-end delivery.

Job Responsibilities:

• Work as a Technical Lead / System Analyst, overseeing IT application development, maintenance, delivery, and infrastructure setup.
• Lead requirement analysis for Equities trading systems (e.g., OMS/EMS, execution, post-trade processing).
• Work closely with front office, trading desks, operations, and risk teams to gather and refine business requirements.
• Translate business requirements into detailed functional specifications (BRD, FRD, user stories).
• Provide domain expertise on market workflows: order lifecycle, trade execution, allocations, settlement, and reconciliation.
• Define end-to-end functional solutions across trading platforms and integrated systems.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, data models, and integration frameworks.
• Validate system design against business needs, ensuring scalability and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with architects and developers to ensure accurate implementation of functional requirements.
• Execute projects using both traditional (waterfall) and Agile (Scrum) methodologies.
• Collaborate across application teams to manage and resolve operation process and technical dependencies.
• Provide SME-level guidance on Equities trading workflows, including:
  • Order Management Systems (OMS)
  • Execution Management Systems (EMS)
  • Market connectivity (FIX protocol, exchange connectivity)
  • Pre-trade and post-trade processing
  • Corporate actions, margining, and settlement processes
• Act as the key liaison between business users and technology teams.
• Facilitate workshops, requirement sessions, and solution walkthroughs.
• Provide clear communication to stakeholders, including senior management and project governance forums.
• Provide regular status updates on technical progress to the Project/Program Manager.
• Work closely with System Analysts and Business Solution Specialists to gather, refine, and finalize functional and technical requirements.
• Partner with Architects and Development Leads to ensure solutions aligned with enterprise architecture, security, and control standards.
• Work closely with development and QA teams to ensure accurate delivery of requirements.
• Support SIT/UAT phases, including test case validation and defect resolution.
• Ensure traceability from requirements to delivery and testing.
• Set standards for documentation, analysis quality, and best practices.
• Ensure consistency across project deliverables and adherence to delivery frameworks.
• Liaise with vendors on specifications, delivery, testing, and implementation.
• Define system interfaces and data flows across trading platforms, middle-office, and back-office systems.
• Ensure data integrity across trade lifecycle events.
• Work with integration technologies (e.g., APIs, messaging queues, FIX)
• Deliver and support systems for Group Retail-Wealth and Global Markets
• Manage end-to-end testing between vendor systems and internal platforms.
• Work with Change Management teams to ensure controlled and successful deployment of changes.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and security teams to support implementation activities.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Over 12 years of professional experience, including at least 8 years in software development, business analysis, system analysis, technology/infrastructure upgrades, and project or change implementation within the financial industry.
• Hands-on experience with Equity and FX trading systems, market data platforms, SaaS/cloud implementations, and mobile application development.
• Strong technical and platform expertise in Equity/FX trading systems, market data platforms, SaaS/cloud implementations, and mobile application development.
• Hands-on experience with MS SQL Server, Oracle, Windows, Linux, shell scripting, messaging queues, JBoss, Apache, Tomcat, Java, J2EE, JSP/Servlets, FIX messaging, CORBA, React Native, iOS/Android deployment, DevOps tools (Jenkins, Bitbucket), monitoring tools (Splunk, Geneos), and scheduling tools (Control-M).
• Skilled in setting up applications within newly provisioned environments, including network, storage, agents, databases, Aldon, Control-M, Splunk, Geneos, and other monitoring tools.
• Experience establishing integrations with external systems, including interface systems, batch processing, and IBM MQ.
• Extensive hands-on experience in system development, including coding, functional and technical specifications, and testing (totaling more than 8 years).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure.
• Proven experience in analyzing and implementing retail applications across multiple entities.
• Experience in technology and infrastructure upgrades, as well as data center migration projects.
• Experienced in end-to-end system implementation, from project initiation through to go-live.
• Experience collaborating with security, network, infrastructure provisioning, and architecture teams.
• Track record in upgrading and migrating end-of-life platforms to modern technology stacks.
• Experience delivering large-scale, high-availability systems and complex project implementations.
• Familiar with Agile and hybrid delivery methodologies, supporting iterative development and continuous improvement.
• Strong software development background with comprehensive SDLC and documentation experience.
• Results-driven professional with a strong focus on delivery outcomes.
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, synthesis, systems thinking, and solution design capabilities.
• Over 8 years of leadership experience managing IT delivery teams.
• Strong ability to engage and communicate with senior stakeholders.
• Effective communicator with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of RFP processes, combined with full lifecycle project implementation experience.
• Preferred certification: Agile / Scrum certifications and Capital markets or financial certifications

Additional Requirements

Be a Part of the UOB Family

UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.

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