Why Mizuho
At Mizuho Securities (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., we provide the stability of an international industry leader with the career trajectory of a growing business. Our steady, strategic growth gives our people at all levels rewarding degrees of responsibility and a richer work experience than a boutique firm or an established giant could offer alone.
It’s the local expertise of our employees that makes our global network so powerful. By collaborating with colleagues and clients who have your same ambition and drive, you can amplify your sphere of influence and base of knowledge as part of one of the largest—and growing—banks in the world.
About the Team
The Information Technology Department (‘ITD’) provides a full range of technology services to all departments including the Front Office, Operations, Finance and Risk departments. The teams are also involved in Global projects and work collaboratively with other entities within Mizuho Group.
Summary
The developer will work towards implementing new and enhancing existing applications in the Back Office and Corporate space, including the middleware framework. This requires involvement in the full project life cycle from the initial project technical proposal through to analysis, design, implementation and subsequent production rollout and support.
The candidate will work closely with other IT teams as well as Back Office, Risk and Finance business departments to achieve department and company-wide goals and objectives.
Responsibilities
- Participate in project implementation with main focus on Risk Management
- Participate in Back Office systems projects and enhancements. The work will involve the full life cycle of the SDLC including gathering user requirements, producing detailed specs, designing, coding, testing, deployment and post implementation support.
- Take lead on Change Requests to ensure the change is well communicated to stakeholders and Mizuho Securities Asia’s development standards and procedures are adhered to.
- Ensure deliverables are meeting the requirement and timeline
- Manage vendors on system enhancements to ensure the deliverables are within scope and timeline
- Work collaboratively with all internal clients including business users, IT Support, Infrastructure and IT Governance
- Provide support on day-to-day production problems and maintenance when required
Skills and Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in Investment Banking environment
- Strong understanding in trade settlement flow, trade reconciliation, regulatory reporting, risk management and corporate action
- Solid business knowledge in Back Office/Risk Management Applications is highly preferable
- Strong relational database skills and experience of Linux and Windows platforms
- Extensive experience in C# and .Net Core
- Strong communication skills with the confidence to challenge
- Organized and capable on multi-tasking
- Attention to details with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Self-motivated and good team player
- Experience with Fixed Income, FX, Repo and Derivatives product knowledge is a plus
Company Overview
The Mizuho Financial Group is a global financial services leader with offices in nearly 40 countries, approximately 49,000 employees, and assets of more than USD 1.78 trillion. Mizuho provides expertise in retail banking, corporate finance, investment banking, asset management, capital markets, and sales and trading, to help businesses develop and find new opportunities for growth.
Within the Group, Mizuho Securities (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (“MHSS”) is a Singapore-based group company of Mizuho Securities, part of the Mizuho Financial Group. MHSS is an established securities firm with over thirty years of history in Singapore. We offer many services, with an emphasis and expertise in futures clearing services, fixed income and equity sales, DCM, M&A advisory and wealth management. As a major subsidiary of the global Mizuho Securities firm, our focus is to serve customers in Southeast Asia, as well as the greater Asia-Pacific region. Ultimately, our goal is to provide our customers a world-class suite of services across both primary and secondary capital markets.
For more information about the Mizuho Financial Group, please visit: https://www.mizuho-fg.com/index.html
For more information about Mizuho Securities, please visit: https://www.mizuho-sc.com/english/
