Balkaran Singh

I work with the Development team of the Risk and Trading Platforms in the Structured Products Desk. My role is divided between development, testing, design and project work. E.g. I am working closely with Product Control on several of their projects to mimic Trading Activity and the impact of different market environments sources in Correlations, Indices, Commodities etc. Our Team employs Agile Methodologies to ensure we deliver for our Traders in fortnightly sprints.

I support/maintain Front end Applications (such as Front Arena EQ) and Databases (from a 1st to 3rd level capacity) for the Equity/Structured Product Trading Desk in Zurich. I work closely with Traders, Quants, Product Control, Mid-Office etc.

I joined RSA as an IT graduate for the Customer Personal Insurance claims department. Here, I gained experience in several IT areas such Technical Support, Data Entry, Database management and web development.

My work here varied from working in the catering services to working with patients in the wards. This job has given me various skills in caring, hygiene, catering, communicating, leadership to name but a few. The job involved close involvement with doctors and nurses and has led me to gain first hand knowledge of the workings behind a hospital.

My work here varied from working in the catering services to working with patients in the wards. This job has given me various skills in caring, hygiene, catering, communicating, leadership to name but a few. The job involved close involvement with doctors and nurses and has led me to gain first hand knowledge of the workings behind a hospital.