Position Purpose
Current position is under ALMT IT team scope to contribute in individual capacity on development, enhancements, and maintenance & support activities for multiple applications by efficiently utilizing continuous improvement and agile methodology. Immediate tasks would include but not restricted to
To create and maintain functional specifications document and work closely with the development and testing team.
To co-ordinate closely with the Product Owner, business users and onsite BAs or managers of the application to understand the functional requirements
To perform functional tests and assist with user acceptance tests
Responsibilities
Direct Responsibilities
Interact with functional and technical representatives of project teams in order to understand business functionalities, technical modules, integration mechanism and data sources.
Prepare functional specifications for developers and testers.
Prepare test plans and conduct Integration, Regression, Performance and Functional Testing using automated testing frameworks
Review Functional Specs, Functional Test Cases prepared by IT team.
Contribute to the technical designing phase and document the design with UML diagrams and models. Create prototype for proof of concept and business requirements validations.
Provide functional assistance to Development/Testing teams.
Participate in peer reviews of Functional Specs.
Conduct user training sessions on applications and functionalities.
Train others (wherever required) in order to ensure knowledge sharing and backup.
Ensure that the project and organization standards are followed during various phases of software development lifecycle and day-to-day development work.
Estimate efforts and schedule for various modules and meet deadlines.
Functional Release Documentation
To participate in out-of-hours / daytime support as required
To ensure that application is of good quality, ensure any issues are fixed on priority.
To work with teams to help solve complex problems
Work towards initiatives to improve processes and delivery efficiency
Contribute towards recruitment efforts - both for the team as well as for the organization
Contribute towards innovation; suggest new practices for efficiency improvement.
Provide L3 Support
To ensure all activities carried-out and solutions proposed, planned and delivered are compliant with Organization policy guidelines.
Contributing Responsibilities
Contribute towards innovation, suggest new practices to be investigated
Contribute towards initiatives to improve processes and delivery
Contribute towards recruitment efforts - both for the team as well as for the organization
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
Mandatory Skills:
Experience as a Business Analyst in an IT industry in the Finance domain.
Knowledge of Capital Market activities, Financial Products, Financial Terminologies is a must.
Good SQL Query writing skills
Understanding of Trade Life Cycle
Understanding & Knowledge of Swift MT Messages
Thorough understanding of complete Software Development Lifecycle
Self-motivated, good interpersonal skills and inclination to constantly upgrade on new technologies and frameworks.
Good communication, good interpersonal skills and co-ordination activities, self-motivated, and inclination to constantly upgrade on new developments in the industry.
Ability to understand business requirements easily and translate them into functional requirements.
Capability to understand and analyze complex IT application and financial product structures
Excellent documentation ability.
Have experience in preparing requirement specifications and perform UAT.
Nice to have Skills:
Knowledge or Experience with Treasury functions, Cash Reconciliation and business processes.
Usage of SAP Business Objects from User perspective
Experience/Knowledge of Back Office Settlement system
Well versed with all Agile ceremonies