A Multinational Bank is seeking to employ a CALYPSO SUPPORT ANALYST. The main purpose of the job is to support the Treasury Application, Calypso, for our Africa, South African and International Business. The candidate will be expected to work in all functional treasury areas including front office, back office, finance and risk (Credit and Market). Asset Class coverage in Africa is FX, Money Markets, Fixed Income and Derivatives. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years experience in Treasury environment along with a Bachelors degree in Information Systems or Ecommerce. Candidates who do not have a formal qualification but have sufficient training and experience will also be considered.Calypso Support Analyst (RTB)
Job Description
The main purpose of the job is to support the Treasury Application, Calypso, for our Africa, South African and International Business. The candidate will be expected to work in all functional treasury areas including front office, back office, finance and risk (Credit and Market).  Asset Class coverage in Africa is FX, Money Markets, Fixed Income and Derivatives.
 
A high degree of technical competence and business experience in the treasury sector is required.  Exposure to Calypso will be an advantage.  The candidate will be expected to assist with queries raised by business and implement solutions in a timely manner.
 
The candidate will be:
Required to work as part of a Support team      handling various Business & Technical requests.
Required to do analysis & unit testing as      part of task resolution

Required to work in a fast paste environment and deliver high quality work

 
Required minimum education and training
Bachelors degree in Information Systems or      Ecommerce

Candidates that do not have a degree or equivalent but do have sufficient experience and training (i.e. Treasury experience or Calypso Testing background) will also be considered

 
Required minimum work experience
At least 2 years experience in Treasury environment
 
Favorable work experience
Calypso experience.

Application support experience

 
Key Tasks
Assist the users with Business as usual      task/requests
Translate business requirements into solutions.
Create solution documentation to satisfy      business requirements
Conduct effective unit testing and quality      assurance of solutions.
Train/develop/mentor skills of other members of      the team.

Implement and deploy solution with minimum impact to business

 
Skills required
Analytical orientated
Good at problem solving
Excellent communication skills

 
Communications and relationships
The candidate will work with intelligent, motivated, self driven team players with good communication skills and an effective approach to problem solving.  He/she needs to be conscious of the importance of knowledge sharing and must be able to tune into the needs of the business and the higher level objectives to solve problems where all the information is not readily available.  Sound business acumen is required so that best practice recommendations can be provided to clients
 
Personal Traits
Flexible and committed with a desire to work in a high pressure rapidly changing environment.
Independent attitude to learning new technologies
Goal Orientated
Passionate about problem solving
Team-orientated
Professional Communicator
Self motivated
Willingness to learn and teach yourself