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About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Japanese-speaking Functional Analyst with strong expertise in Fixed Income post-trade processing, settlements, and securities operations within the Japanese market. The successful candidate will act as the key liaison between Business, Operations, and Technology teams, translating business requirements into functional and technical specifications and ensuring successful delivery of solutions through the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The role requires deep domain knowledge of Japanese Fixed Income products, settlement processes, regulatory requirements, and post-trade workflows, combined with strong analytical, testing, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

Partner with Operations, Finance, and Technology teams to gather, analyze, and document business requirements.
Translate business needs into detailed functional specifications and high-level technical requirements.
Facilitate workshops, interviews, and requirement-gathering sessions with Japanese and global stakeholders.
Ensure proposed solutions align with business strategy, regulatory requirements, and target-state operating models.
Obtain business sign-off on requirements and manage requirement traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
Produce clear and comprehensive functional specifications, process flows, business events, and system interaction diagrams.
Document current-state and future-state business processes, identifying critical inputs, outputs, controls, and dependencies.
Create and maintain business-facing documentation including: Functional Specifications, User Manuals, Solution Briefs, Functional Summaries, Operational Procedures.
Provide subject matter expertise across the Japanese Fixed Income post-trade lifecycle, including: Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs), Corporate Bonds, Cash Trades, Repo Transactions, Buy/Sell-Back (B/L), Gensaki Transactions.
Support business initiatives, regulatory changes, and operational improvements impacting settlement processes.
Demonstrate expertise in: Securities Settlements, Fail Management & Financing, Securities Borrowing & Lending, Inventory Control, Custody Operations, Books and Records Management, Corporate Actions Processing, Settlement Risk Management.
Maintain strong understanding of Japanese market infrastructure, including: Clearing Houses and Central Counterparties (CCPs), Depositories and Custody Networks, Japanese Settlement Market Practices and Regulations.
Ensure all business requirements are testable and fully traceable.
Design business test scenarios, test objectives, and acceptance criteria.
Prepare and execute: System Integration Testing (SIT), Functional Testing, UAT coordination.
Support business users during testing cycles and peak operational periods.
Review interface testing results between multiple applications and external systems.
Produce test completion and test exit reports.
Collaborate with development teams and vendors throughout the development lifecycle.
Provide functional guidance during solution design, implementation, and deployment.
Support release management and production deployments.
Investigate functional issues, perform root cause analysis, and coordinate remediation activities.
Work closely with Application Management teams on production incidents, enhancements, and defect resolution.
Track open issues, assumptions, risks, and dependencies.
Coordinate resolution across Project Managers, Architects, Development Teams, and Business Stakeholders.
Assist project management teams in prioritizing change requests and delivery milestones.
Ensure compliance with SDLC standards, governance controls, and audit requirements.

Requirements

5+ years' experience in IT in large corporate environments, specifically in the area of controlled production environments or in Financial Services Technology in a client-facing function.
Experience of supporting complex application and infrastructure domains with time critical, regulated tasks, changing priorities.
Extensive experience in Fixed Income post-trade processing and settlement operations within the Japanese market.
Exposure to vendor-managed settlement systems and market infrastructure integration.
Experience working with Japanese vendors & Japan Regulatory applications like JASDEC,BOJ & JSCC.
Experience in requirements analysis, solution design, testing, and production support.
Ability to interpret technical specifications and assess business impact.
Fundamental technology understanding e.g. Java,MQ, SFTP, Oracle, SQL, OS (Linux, Windows Server) and Cloud computing.
Ability to communicate effectively with both local Japanese stakeholders and global technology teams.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
Ability to work independently and take ownership of delivery outcomes.
Collaborative mindset with experience working across global and regional teams.
Flexible and willing to support critical business activities during peak periods or project milestones.
Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

Skills

Fixed Income post-trade processing
Settlements
Securities operations
Japanese market
Business analysis
Stakeholder management
Functional specifications
Technical requirements
SDLC
Japanese Fixed Income products
Regulatory requirements
Testing
Process flows
System interaction diagrams
Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs)
Corporate Bonds
Cash Trades
Repo Transactions
Buy/Sell-Back (B/L)
Gensaki Transactions
Securities Settlements
Fail Management & Financing
Securities Borrowing & Lending
Inventory Control
Custody Operations
Books and Records Management
Corporate Actions Processing
Settlement Risk Management
Clearing Houses
Central Counterparties (CCPs)
Depositories
Custody Networks
Japanese Settlement Market Practices
System Integration Testing (SIT)
Functional Testing
UAT coordination
Interface testing
Root cause analysis
Release management
Production support
Java
MQ
SFTP
Oracle
SQL
Linux
Windows Server
Cloud computing
AI tools

Location

Japan

Work Type

Flexible Work Arrangements

Experience Level

5+ years' experience in IT

Education Level

University degree level

Benefits

Corporate Group Insurance – premium borne by company
Annual health checkup – cost borne by company (once a year; conditions apply)
Flexible Work Arrangements – various ways to work, to fit employees’ needs
Child care and elderly care benefits – corporate discount through designated child care & elderly care vendors
EAP – free and confidential counseling, online work-life resources
Employee networks – Diversity, volunteering, sports, family care - various activities to participate
Special leaves entitlement
Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
Coaching and support from experts in your team
A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
Training and development to help you excel in your career

About the Company

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network.
We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.
Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

Equal Opportunity

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.