Bilingual Japanese/English FX & Derivatives Business Systems Analyst - Global Markets

Axiom Path • Jersey City, NJ

21h

About The Position

Join a globally integrated banking organization supporting its Global Markets division. The role partners with Sales & Trading, Risk, Operations, and Enterprise Data groups to support high-performance trading platforms and strategic data initiatives across FX, derivatives, repo, and securities products. The team operates across New York, Tokyo, and London, with a disciplined governance model, cross-regional collaboration, and capital markets expertise.

The position serves as a Japanese- and English-speaking liaison between Global Markets business users and technology teams. It supports trading platforms and production stability, contributes to system modernization and data governance, and coordinates initiatives involving front-office production support, eFX onboarding, and enterprise data rationalization. The role requires clear communication, responsiveness, and accuracy in a fast-paced, front-office-aligned environment.

Requirements

• 5–10+ years of experience supporting FX, derivatives, repo, or securities trading systems in a banking or capital markets environment.
• Professional-level fluency in spoken and written Japanese and English.
• Strong knowledge of FX products, including Spot, Forwards, NDFs, Options, and Swaps, and money market instruments such as CD, CP, and Time Deposits.
• Understanding of repo/reverse repo, securities trading flows, and collateral management workflows.
• Experience with production support, issue investigation, and root-cause analysis in trading environments.
• Experience gathering requirements, facilitating stakeholder workshops, and documenting system and data flows.
• Familiarity with API/FIX connectivity and onboarding processes for market participants.
• Knowledge of data lineage, downstream dependencies, and Golden Source architecture concepts.
• Strong understanding of SDLC methodologies and governance documentation standards.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interact directly with traders and senior stakeholders.
• Ability to manage cross-regional coordination across Japan, North America, and Europe.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a bilingual liaison between Global Markets business users and technology teams.
• Support FX and derivatives trading platforms, including trade entry, pricing, booking, and lifecycle management.
• Perform issue analysis, facilitate troubleshooting, and support user inquiries for Sales & Trading.
• Lead discovery sessions to identify downstream system dependencies and data flows.
• Map system interactions, document data lineage, and create current-state and target-state architecture artifacts.
• Facilitate cross-functional workshops with Front Office, IT, Architecture, and Risk stakeholders.
• Support liquidity provider and customer onboarding through API/FIX connectivity setup, certification, and validation.
• Define requirements for ingestion logic, batch processing, and data reconciliation frameworks.
• Oversee validation governance to ensure data parity between legacy databases and enterprise data hubs.
• Coordinate migration planning, readiness assessments, and transition governance for downstream systems.

Benefits

• Exposure to complex FX, derivatives, repo, and securities trading workflows.
• Direct collaboration with traders, global IT teams, and enterprise data architecture groups.
• Opportunity to contribute to production stability, system modernization, and data governance.
• High-visibility work supporting cross-regional initiatives across North America and Japan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed