Business Analyst - Trade Finance

About Businessline/Function :

The role is in Global Banking IT - Business Analysis and Solutions Team catering to CENTRAL BA Team Connexis Business Analyst. The function is that of a Business analyst & coordination, working closely with business and on-shore Product Owners/ Project Managers as well as internal development, TCOE, IT security, architecture and other transversal teams.

Position Purpose

To beef up the Trade Banking Channels team with Business Analyst to work on projects and Application support of Trade Finance global releases for Connexis Trade

To work closely with Paris Business Analyst team and coordinate on requirements gathering, impact analysis and functional specifications for the enhancements and issues reported in production. Business Analyst is also responsible to define the test scope of SIT, UAT, and NRT and validating test outcomes with the users and testers.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

To ensure the business/operational objectives of the new business requirements are well defined via:

Performing systematic business analysis,

Validating business requirements to align with business/operations needs as well as IT architecture

and security standards.

Designing functional solutions & user workflows and documenting Functional Specifications.

To walkthrough requirement and proposed solutions to all stakeholders and get it reviewed and

signoff.

To develop SIT/UAT/NRT scope and approach. To guide Testing team in writing test scenarios/cases

and review to get signoff from stakeholders. To rationalize test cases when needed to match with

available resources and target timeline.

To validate SIT test results produced by testing team to signoff.

To assist users in planning/executing UAT, analyzing defects, and defining defects priority for fix

delivery by development team.

Documenting/reviewing user manuals and release notes as required

Assist in providing tactical/strategic solutions for new client requirements

Assist in the conversion/migration exercise where necessary

For production defects, perform functional analysis and propose solutions.

Ensure Bank compliance policies and CIB ITO APAC standards/practices are strictly followed.

Contributing Responsibilities

To participate in technical design reviews and contribute to improve overall solution offered.

Technical and Behavioral Competencies required

Strong functional & business analysis skills with ability to communicate and bridge between business/operations

& IT.

o Good functional experience in Trade Finance Product and applications.

Good team player with great commitment and attitude.

Good communication and coordination skill among multiple teams that are cross cultural and cross country.

Ability to work independently.

Familiar with standard formats such as SWIFT, EDIFACT, ISO20022 & data transformations.

Proficiency in Unix/Shell scripts, XML and Oracle/PLSQL

Fluency with reading/speaking in French language is key requirement as this candidate will be closely associated with Paris stakeholders.

Specific Qualifications (if required)

Graduate degree in IT/Computer Science or equivalent

Minimum 3-4 years of experience in Corporate Banking environment Trade

Finance (ebanking Channels) IT Business Analyst.

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)

Added-value for candidates having got a certificate in ISTQB Level 2 (International standard for test methodologies)