Ultra-low Latency Aggregator & eFX Solution Platform that grows with your ambition

FOUNDER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

WONG JOO SENG

Wong Joo Seng is founder and CEO of Spark Systems. A company he conceptualised and co-founded in April 2016. Spark Systems’ focus is on building the next generation of FX trading platforms that are ultra-fast, low latency, resilient and cost efficient. The company is a recipient of an MAS FSTI grant.

Joo Seng is also a Venture Capitalist and is a Venture Partner with Vickers Venture Partners, an Investment Partner with True Global Ventures and a founding member of Vanda Global Capital.

Joo Seng is also co-founder of M-DAQ; Jan 2010 and the company’s founding Non Executive Chairman. He then assumed the role of Executive Chairman in Jan 2014 and led the company to a successful Series C investment round at a valuation of $250 million with a major e-commerce company in Nov 2015.

Prior to M-DAQ, Joo Seng was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of G K Goh Financial Services (S) Private Ltd., (GKGFS) then a member firm of Singapore Exchange – Derivatives Trading (“SGX- DT”). GKGFS is the wholly owned securities & derivative brokerage and foreign exchange trading subsidiary of G K Goh Holdings Ltd; a Singapore listed company. He joined in 1998 and was instrumental in the start-up of the unit as its founding CEO, a role he continued in until his departure in Jan 2014 when he joined M-DAQ as Executive Chairman. In his time there, he grew GKGFS into one of the largest institutional foreign exchange trading houses in Asia.

Joo Seng started his career in 1987 in United Overseas Bank Singapore as a trader in Gold, Silver, Platinum over-the-counter Spot, Forwards and Options as well as exchange traded Futures and Options.

Thereafter he joined Republic National Bank of New York, Singapore; now part of the HSBC, as Vice President – Foreign Exchange & Precious Metals Options. At Republic National Bank of New York, he was responsible for interbank price-making and risk management of the bank’s foreign exchange and precious metal options portfolio in Asia, as part of a global options risk management team with centers in New York, London and Singapore.

He subsequently joined Bank of New Zealand in Wellington, New Zealand as Manager – Foreign Exchange Options where he was overall in charge of the currency options desk. His responsibilities included the strategic positioning of the bank’s global currency options portfolio and all price-making activities to both retail & institutional clients of the bank as well as to the interbank market at large.

He returned to Singapore to take up the position of Head of Treasury at TLB Bullion and Futures, the wholly owned derivative brokerage arm of Tat Lee Bank Singapore, prior to joining G K Goh to start up and run G K Goh Financial Services (S) Private Ltd.

Joo Seng holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Mathematics from the National University of Singapore. He is also a member of Mensa Singapore, the local chapter of Mensa International.

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

YE TING SONG

Prior to Spark Systems, in 2013 Ting Song worked at “buy side” US hedge fund Pine River Capital Management in Hong Kong, where he designed and built from scratch a bespoke state-of-the-art algorithm electronic trading system, and managed intraday trade strategies and executions.

He first entered the world of FX electronic trading in 2009, at Barclays Capital in London, where he was a senior quant developer for Barclay’s bespoke Algorithmic Trading System (BATS). The BATS team was responsible for providing automated pricing and electronic risk management for the award-winning Barclay’s FX e-commerce platform BARX – it was one of the top three single-dealer platforms in the world at the time.

Previous to Hong Kong, in 2011 he was a FX Algorithmic Trading Strategist at the “Sell Side” investment bank – JP Morgan, in Singapore, where he was responsible for developing the electronic pricing of Asian and NDF currencies on the bank’s e-commerce FX platform, including building and supporting the pricing infrastructure and auto risk management.

Before his return to Asia in 2011, Ting Song has already built a distinguished career having worked in London for over 10 years. He first entered the world of FX electronic trading in 2009, at Barclays Capital in London, where he was a senior quant developer for Barclay’s bespoke Algorithmic Trading System (BATS). The BATS team was responsible for providing automated pricing and electronic risk management for the award-winning Barclay’s FX e-commerce platform BARX – it was one of the top three single-dealer platforms in the world at the time.

Ting Song’s first crack at banking industry was at UBS in 2007, where he was associate director and led a team of high calibre developers to design and deliver a Java/Oracle-based enterprise data solution, as part of a high-profile bank-wide strategic integration framework initiative.

After his graduation from Trinity College, University of Cambridge with a degree in Computer Science in 2000, Ting Song started his career in telecoms during its boom in the early 2000s. He later moved into the consultancy industry and became technical architect and principal consultant with the boutique UK firm Detica, now BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, where he led technical teams and managed consultancy projects such as CASE Management System for the UK government and customer insight project for telecom company T-Mobile.

CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

JASON WANG KEE HUAT

As Chief Operations Officer at Spark Systems, Jason Wang is tasked to manage the day-to-day operations of the business, handle the upstream relationships with the liquidity providers on the platform as well as oversee the sales and marketing functions of the business.

Jason has a long and illustrious career in FX and FX sales. He has joined Spark Systems from KGI Futures, where he was Head, Institutional Sales covering a vast geography including Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Korea, Japan, India and Australia. Prior to that, he was the Head of FX Sales in Flextrade, covering a similar geography and targeting clients looking at FX Trading Solutions, White Label and FX Treasury Solutions.

Before Flextrade, he was Vice President, Sales for Hotspot FX at Knight Capital Group focused on client acquisition and account management for the same wide reach and geography, promoting Hotspot FX’s ECN Liquidity. Clients included Hedge Funds, Bank Trading Desk and Broker Dealers. He was also responsible for strategic alliances between Prime Brokers and other FX trading platforms.

Prior to Flextrade, Jason was with Standard Chartered Bank in Advanced Channel Solution Sales. Other institutions that Jason has worked with include Saxo Capital Markets, Barclays and Accenture where he was the integration and interface team lead for the IRAS (Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore) Project, one of the biggest NET project in Asia.

Jason holds a Bachelor of Computing with Merit from the National University of Singapore.

ADVISOR

ALAIN KAMAGI

Alain is Managing Partner at UNTL, a leading global capital markets expert specializing in foreign exchange. The firm was founded by professionals with over 35 years of combined foreign exchange and capital markets experience in major financial institutions.

Prior to co-founding UNTL, Alain was Managing Director at HSBC Bank U.S.A., where he established and led a team which covered Central Banks, Foreign Pension Funds, Multinational Corporations, Hedge Funds, Proprietary Desks and Family Offices. In that role, he also assembled and spearheaded a multi-product team responsible for cross selling FX and Fixed Income products to international institutional and family office clientele.

Alain graduated from the University of Houston with a BA in Finance and possesses an MBA from the C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston.

ADVISOR

MERVYN FONG

Mervyn has had a distinguished career spanning over 36 years with leading financial institutions and industry associations. As an Advisory Board Member of Spark Systems, Mervyn brings extensive knowledge in investment banking, treasury & capital markets origination, structuring, sales & trading, and strategic management, making him a valuable resource to Spark System’s operations.

Mervyn is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Keppel REIT Management Limited and the Manager of SGX listed Keppel REIT. He serves as a member of the Audit & Risk Committee, and Nominating & Remuneration Committee.

He started his career at London-based Samuel Montagu & Co Limited as a merchant banker. Following its acquisition by the HSBC Group, Mervyn moved to HSBC where he would eventually spend a total of 26 years holding various senior management positions including Managing Director and Head of Treasury and Capital Markets. From the firm’s regional hub in Singapore, he was responsible for HSBC’s trading, sales, treasury and capital market operations. Although he retired from HSBC in 2008, Mervyn rejoined the HSBC Group in 2016 as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Board Risk Committee at HSBC Bank (Singapore) Limited.

After retiring from HSBC in 2008, Mervyn spent the next decade as the Managing Director of ACI Singapore; the industry association for financial markets professionals in Singapore. He also served on the Global Council, Committee for Professionalism, and Board of Education of ACI – The Financial Markets Association, the largest wholesale financial markets industry association representing ACI members from over 60 countries. Mervyn was also a past Chairman of the Singapore Investment Banking Association.

Apart from his professional career, Mervyn serves actively as a member of the Executive Board and Vice Chairman of the Board of Finance of the Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC), representing the 21 English churches in the Methodist Church in Singapore.

Mervyn graduated from the University of Birmingham with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) and also holds an MBA from the National University of Singapore.

BUSINESS ANALYST

Singapore | Fulltime

Seeing the challenges of FX today with high latency and rejection rates, fragmented marketplace and outdated technology, Spark Systems sets out to build a robust trading platform designed for low-latency access to worldwide FX liquidity with smart algorithmic execution, reducing trading costs for our clients. We are also delivering our next-generation automated data-driven decision tools to help our clients discover market opportunities with the deep tech and data analytics we have on our platform. As an early member of the firm, you will be involved from the beginning of building a truly innovative product, and be duly rewarded with a fast-track career.

• Work with business users to elicit and validate business needs for both new projects and change requests.
• Analyze user requirements and identify gaps within the system and translate them into functional and technical specifications.
• Facilitate requirements workshops to engage various stakeholders such as front office, middle office, back office, compliance etc. to ensure delivery meets business needs.
• Produce documentation with clear and concise requirements ensuring input from all relevant parties, with proper sign off and effective change and version control.
• Drive day to day operational aspects of project management –this includes driving prioritization process, tracking tasks assigned to teams, delivery coordination to meet project schedule, quality and budget.
• Engage external and internal stakeholders to meet project timeline - primarily client users, sales, engineering and QA teams, working closely to resolve issues and ensure effective and efficient implementation.
• Participate and drive user and functional acceptance testing and contribute to problem resolution, tracking, escalation and defect closure.
• Execute implementation activities and provide post implementation support.

Required Skills

• 3-6 years IT business analyst and project management experience within the banking industry.
• Diploma/Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline.
• Business knowledge of Forex or other financial asset classes is a plus. Good understanding of Foreign Exchange (FX) products and trade process such as trade entry, confirmation and settlement.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including technical writing skills.
• Ability to work independently and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Proactive personality with good analytical and organization skills.
• Familiar with Agile Scrum, principles, processes and methods such as iterative and incremental development, continuous integration, test-driven development, unit testing, code refactoring and Scrum ceremonies. Knowledge of Jira Tracking Tool is a plus.

Interested candidates, please send your resume to hr@sparksystems.sg and indicate the job title in subject field.

SENIOR WEB DEVELOPER

Singapore | Fulltime

Seeing the challenges of Foreign Exchange (FX) today with high latency, rejection rates, fragmented marketplace and outdated technology, Spark Systems sets out to build a robust trading platform designed for low-latency access to worldwide FX liquidity with smart algorithmic execution, reducing trading costs for our clients. We are also delivering our next-generation automated data-driven decision tools to help our clients discover market opportunities with the deep tech and data analytics we have on our platform.

We are seeking a Senior Web Developer to play a lead role in design and development of the Web UI architecture for our low latency, high performance electronic trading system.

• Successful candidates will lead the initial build out by working closely with server-side development team to build a new Web UI.
• To work closely with Sales and BAs on functional requirement, planning and solutioning

Who We are Seeking

• Degree educated in an Engineering or Computer Science related subject.
• Minimum 10 years of experience working across frontend technology stack in financial trading environment.
• Strong full stack web development experience with JavaScript, HTML/CSS/SCSS, NodeJS, Angular/React/Vue, REST API, SQL databases.
• Experience of developing high-performance, real-time web trading application.
• Competent in low latency, performance and scalability design.
• Familiar with security framework such as JWT, Token authentication (OAuth).
• Knowledge on Java would be advantageous.
• Knowledge in development lifecycle and build tools such as Git, Maven, Jira, Jenkins.
• Working knowledge of Linux / UNIX, bash or Perl or scripting skills.
• Independent, good work ethics, resourceful and problem solver, being able to gain initiative, work independently and produce high quality solution.

Interested candidates, please send your resume to hr@sparksystems.sg and indicate the job title in subject field.

SENIOR DEVOPS ENGINEER

Singapore | Fulltime

We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to help automate and streamline our development, deployment, release and production processes at Spark.

• Build and set up new development tools and infrastructure, in particular (but not limited to) CI/CD tools and processes
• Work on ways to automate and improve development and deployment/release processes for large number of clients and components across different data centres
• Work with software developers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
• Develop and maintain tools and processes to ensure smooth running of production systems
• Improve visibility and response times to production problems

Required Skills and Experiences

• Degree educated in an Engineering or Computer Science related subject
• At least 3+ years of experience in DevOps or related activities
• Proven track record of building and supporting DevOps platforms for a large scale enterprise

Required Skills and Experiences

• Strong technical background, with hands-on experience in setting up and supporting CI/CD toolset (Gitlab, Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, Artifactory, SonarQube, Jira and Confluence)
• Excellent experience in developing automated deployment of applications and servers using Ansible or related technology
• Excellent knowledge of Linux / UNIX, bash or Perl or scripting skills such as Python, Groovy
• Good knowledge of Dockers, Kubernetes and etc. and experience of applying these to solve development and deployment issues
• Working knowledge of SQL databases, queries and stored procedures
• Passionate about automation and can bring in new ideas on how automation can be used to improve software delivery and client experience
• People leadership and mentoring experience
• Excellent communication, collaboration, reporting, analytical and problem-solving skills

Interested candidates, please send your resume to hr@sparksystems.sg and indicate the job title in subject field.

Software Developer Engineer in Test (SDET)

Singapore | Fulltime

We are seeking an experienced SDET to help deliver the test automation framework for our FX products:

• Design and implement test automation framework using proven techniques and tools
• Integrate the test automation framework to our CI/CD pipelines
• Provide leadership and guidance on developing automated tests to other testers
• Work as part of the Scrum team together with the developers and testers to deliver high quality deliverables
• Good coding skills and capable of producing easy to read and maintainable code
• Excellent testing skills including test planning, creating test cases and even manual testing if required
• Ability to extend test automation framework and tools to cover different platforms including low latency FX platform (FIX API), desktop GUI, mobile and web

Educational Background and experience

• Degree educated in an Engineering or Computer Science related subject
• 3+ years of experience in delivering and maintaining automated tests and test frameworks
• Have worked as a software developer previously
• Experience in setting up test automation frameworks from scratch

Required Skills and experiences

• Experience with QA concepts and methodology
• Knowledge of industry standard test automation tools/frameworks such as (but not limited to) Robot Framework, Cypress, Cucumber and etc. and experience in developing test harnesses
• A good developer in Java with good understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and capable of writing clean, good quality and maintainable code
• Knowledge in development lifecycle and build tools such as Git, Maven, Jira, Jenkins
• Working knowledge of Linux / UNIX, bash or Perl or scripting skills such as Python
• Working knowledge of SQL databases, queries and stored procedures
• People leadership and mentoring experience
• Excellent communication, collaboration, reporting, analytical and problem-solving skills

Interested candidates, please send your resume to hr@sparksystems.sg and indicate the job title in subject field.

JAVA DEVELOPER

Singapore | Fulltime

• Build best in class low latency, high performance electronic trading system.
• Develop distributed and scalable solution for market connectivity gateways using FIX or other financial protocol in a very low latency environment/
• Continuous improving tools for performance tracking, monitoring and reporting on suit of trading applications.
• Communication with sales and clients about new feature requirement and participate in solutioning.

Educational Background and Experience

• Degree educated in an Engineering subject
• Minimum 2 years of server side core java development experience

Required Skills

• Advanced programing knowledge in Core Java and multithreading
• Competent in low latency, high performance server side development
• Knowledge with FIX or other financial transaction protocols
• Knowledge in development lifecycle and build tools such as Git, Maven, Jira, Jenkins etc
• Knowledge in open source libraries and frameworks such as Spring framework, apache commons, Disruptor etc
• Working knowledge of Linux / UNIX, bash or Perl or scripting skills
• Working knowledge of SQL databases, queries and stored procedures
• Self-starter, good work ethics, resourceful and problem solver, being able to gain initiative, work independently and produce high quality solution

Additional Requirements

• Knowledge of financial markets and financial transactions such as Forex, Equities, Futures
• Skilled in high performance, low latency java development

Interested candidates, please send your resume to hr@sparksystems.sg and indicate the job title in subject field.

SENIOR QA ENGINEER

Singapore | Fulltime

Seeing the challenges of FX today with high latency and rejection rates, fragmented marketplace and outdated technology, Spark Systems sets out to build a robust trading platform designed for low-latency access to worldwide FX liquidity with smart algorithmic execution, reducing trading costs for our clients. We are also delivering our next-generation automated data-driven decision tools to help our clients discover market opportunities with deep tech and data analytics developed on our platform.

Job Overview

• Experienced with QA lifecycle, from writing test plan, thinking through test case design, performing test execution (new feature and regression) to defect management and retrospect. Familiarity with end-to-end software development life cycle is helpful when collaborating with other teams.
• Perform and drive Manual testing, Automation Testing and Performance Testing.
• Fully document any bugs/anomalies identified in testing with instructions how to recreate them.
• Accurately record and maintain test results, and its progress to resolution.
• Configure, set up and maintain QA environments for testing.
• Collaborate with Client Services team to help perform root cause analysis of issues found in production environment.
• Design and develop automated tests according to expected user behaviour and business rules.
• Identify and propose areas of improvement throughout the software development process.
• React quickly to changes in priorities or circumstances to meet the needs of the business.
• Continuous improvement of the testing process, testing quality and efficiency.
• Maintain good documentation and change controls.

Educational Background and Experience

• Bachelor degree or above in engineering, computer science or other related fields
• At least 5 – 8 years of working experience in software testing development

Required Skills

• A self-learner proficient in testing procedures and test case design methods who takes the initiative to do further technical research
• Experience with coding in Java
• Experience with automated testing frameworks (i.e., Selenium, Appium)
• Working knowledge of API testing. Strong understanding of and experience in FIX (Financial Information eXchange), HTTP, WebSocket, JSON
• Familiar with database and SQL
• Experience with Unit Test Frameworks such as Junit, TestNG
• Proficient in Git version control system as part of SDLC
• General working knowledge of Linux or Unix operating system commands
• Familiarity with Performance Testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, etc
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines (i.e., Jenkins)
• Highly Experienced with testing tools such as Jira, TestRail, etc
• A proactive approach to problem solving with strong analytical and research skills
• Strong logical thinking ability, negotiation skill, and conflict management capability
• Good at teamwork, is result-oriented and resilient

Additional Requirements

• Familiar with JavaFX GUI or mobile Android/iOS basic development is a plus
• Familiar with Spring-boot is a plus

Interested candidates, please send your resume to hr@sparksystems.sg and indicate the job title in subject field.

GUI DEVELOPER

Singapore | Fulltime

Develop top grade trading application GUI connected to backend trading engine with the state-of-art in-house built transport protocol, for front office trading desks.

• Develop UI tools/dashboards to track performance, provide first-level analysis, visualizing, monitoring and reporting for suite of server-side applications
• Extensive experience in developing application front-end GUIs, thick clients.
• Strong UI programming skills in Java or C#
  • Proficient in one or more GUI development frameworks such as WPF, Swing or Java FX
  • Solid knowledge of MVVM design patterns and other client-server design patterns
  • Highly skilled in developing responsive and interactive applications
  • Experiencing in any of modern web framework is a plus.
• Proficient in CSS style sheets for customizing UI elements
• Good understanding of object-oriented Analysis and Design

Interested candidates, please send your resume to hr@sparksystems.sg and indicate the job title in subject field.

GRADUATE DEVELOPER

Singapore | Johor Bahru, Malaysia | Fulltime

Seeing the challenges of FX today with high latency and rejection rates, fragmented marketplace and outdated technology, Spark Systems sets out to build a robust trading platform designed for low-latency access to worldwide FX liquidity with smart algorithmic execution, reducing trading costs for our clients. We are also delivering our next-generation automated data-driven decision tools to help our clients discover market opportunities with the deep tech and data analytics we have on our platform.

As a Graduate Developer, you will gain first-hand knowledge to cutting edge and class leading technology for financial trading solutions; receive on the job coaching from senior members of the team; gain Forex market knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Successful candidates will grow into one or more of the following roles:
• Develop distributed and scalable server side solution for the core trade engine and its components, become low latency/high-performance programming expert
• Develop top grade trading GUI application on multiple platforms (Desktop, Web and Mobile), become domain expert on UX (User Experience)
• Manage and support network and infrastructure catered for high performance distributed trading applications
• Assist new client onboarding and support client operation, gain firsthand knowledge with FX trading business

Who are we seeking

• Degree educated in an Engineering subject, Computer Science
• Numerical training with an analytical mindset
• Passionate about programming or technology in general
• Fast-learner, able to research on his/her own through self-study
• Good work ethics, resourceful and problem solver

Interested candidates, please send your resume to hr@sparksystems.sg and indicate the job title in subject field.

FX CLIENT SERVICE SPECIALIST

Singapore | Fulltime

Seeing the challenges of FX today with high latency and rejection rates, fragmented marketplace and outdated technology, Spark Systems sets out to build a robust trading platform designed for low-latency access to worldwide FX liquidity with smart algorithmic execution, reducing trading costs for our clients. We are also delivering our next-generation automated data-driven decision tools to help our clients discover market opportunities with deep tech and data analytics developed on our platform.

Job Overview – Client Services Specialist (Rotating Shifts)

We are looking for a Client Services Specialist within our energetic startup team. This is a fantastic opportunity to play an integral role in delivering unparalleled customer service to our clients. An ideal candidate is someone who exhibits great personality, strong passion for customer success and continuous improvement on customer service. This role will suit an individual who loves to build client relations and deliver exceptional customer service.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily system health checks.
• Provide 1st and 2nd level technical and functional support for client queries and issues over phone and email.
• Research problems thoroughly, test solutions and make recommendations to clients.
• React to critical issues on a timely basis i.e. troubleshoot, investigate and escalate (if necessary) issues and create or apply appropriate solutions to immediate issues.
• Troubleshoot problems across a wide range of technical skills including Unix, SQL, XML, FIX and Java.
• Provide assistance in our product and explaining processes in accordance with internal procedures.
• Provide project management for onboarding of (i) Client setups and (ii) Bank connections.
• Provide weekend support for deployment and post-checks.
• Configure demo environments for sales.
• Maintain awareness of relevant technical and product trends with self-learning and job shadowing.
• Work across teams to continually provide feedback, improve product, and drive future innovation.

Required

• Able and willing to work on night shifts and public holidays
• Experience working in a Technical Support environment with excellent customer service skills.
• Basic understanding of FX market and/or a desire to learn FX.
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally, both verbally and in writing with customers and colleagues at all levels of technical and non-technical skill sets.
• Knowledge on UNIX command line, SQL or Java programming is a plus.

Qualifications

• Minimum Diploma in Computer Studies or related discipline.
• Basic knowledge of Linux environment.
• At least 2 years of experience in support related fields is required.
• Knowledge of FX is a strongly preferred. If not, knowledge in other financial asset class is helpful.
• A positive and helpful attitude to serve customers and assist colleagues.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and deliver in a mission critical / time pressured environment.
• Someone who is undeterred and would not give up easily.
• Proactive with good analytical and organization skills.
• Positive work attitude, motivated and resilient in tough situations.
• A drive to learn and master new technologies and techniques.

Interested candidates, please send your resume to hr@sparksystems.sg and indicate the job title in subject field.

FINANCE ADMIN ASSISTANT

Singapore | Fulltime

We are hiring a Finance Admin Assistant (Full-time role) to join our fast-growing and vibrant team. He/she will report to the CFO.

Responsibilities

• Assist in processing and handle daily finance transactions including (but not limited to)
  • Preparation of payment vouchers & processing payments
  • Preparing and checking
    claims
  • Invoicing
  • Preparation of Statement of Accounts and Debt recoverability
  • Maintenance of Account Files
• Assist in preparation in monthly management accounts, quarterly GST reports, annual financial statements and XBRL filing
• Assist in liaising with external parties (such as Banks, Auditors, Regulators etc.)
• Assist in ESG related initiatives
• Prepare claim submission
• Other ad-hoc related duties

Requirements

• Minimum diploma or degree in Accountancy or with relevant qualification
• Flexible and able to constantly adapt and work in an everchanging environment
• Technical and Detailed
• Positive work attitude, motivated and initiative

Interested candidates, please send your resume to finance.hr@sparksystems.sg and indicate the job title in subject field.

BUSINESS ANALYST

Singapore | Fulltime

Seeing the challenges of FX today with high latency and rejection rates, fragmented marketplace and outdated technology, Spark Systems sets out to build a robust trading platform designed for low-latency access to worldwide FX liquidity with smart algorithmic execution, reducing trading costs for our clients. We are also delivering our next-generation automated data-driven decision tools to help our clients discover market opportunities with the deep tech and data analytics we have on our platform. As an early member of the firm, you will be involved from the beginning of building a truly innovative product, and be duly rewarded with a fast-track career.

Scope & Responsibilities

• Work with business users to elicit and validate business needs for both new projects and change requests.
• Analyze user requirements and identify gaps within the system and translate them into functional and technical specifications.
• Facilitate requirements workshops to engage various stakeholders such as front office, middle office, back office, compliance etc. to ensure delivery meets business needs.
• Produce documentation with clear and concise requirements ensuring input from all relevant parties, with proper sign off and effective change and version control.
• Drive day to day operational aspects of project management –this includes driving prioritization process, tracking tasks assigned to teams, delivery coordination to meet project schedule, quality and budget.
• Engage external and internal stakeholders to meet project timeline - primarily client users, sales, engineering and QA teams, working closely to resolve issues and ensure effective and efficient implementation.
• Participate and drive user and functional acceptance testing and contribute to problem resolution, tracking, escalation and defect closure.
• Execute implementation activities and provide post implementation support.

Required Skills

• 3-6 years IT business analyst and project management experience within the banking industry.
• Diploma/Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline.
• Business knowledge of Forex or other financial asset classes is a plus. Good understanding of Foreign Exchange (FX) products and trade process such as trade entry, confirmation and settlement.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including technical writing skills.
• Ability to work independently and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Proactive personality with good analytical and organization skills.
• Familiar with Agile Scrum, principles, processes and methods such as iterative and incremental development, continuous integration, test-driven development, unit testing, code refactoring and Scrum ceremonies. Knowledge of Jira Tracking Tool is a plus.

Interested candidates, please send your resume to hr@sparksystems.sg and indicate the job title in subject field.