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About The Role : Job Title:Lead Business Functional Analyst Corporate Title:Vice President Location:Pune, India Role Description Our technology teams are responsible for the bank's complete information technology infrastructure. They develop and maintain programs that are required for the bank's business. The teams work closely with the business units and other infrastructure units to modernize their IT systems to reduce complexity, minimize risk, and enable growth. Working in the Bank's Technology division means looking ahead and shaping the future. We rely on employees who derive economically viable ideas from technological trends and developments, who redesign our business and offer our customers added value. It is always about meeting the needs of customers, regulators and markets alike. Our Technology, Data and Innovation (TDI) strategy is focused on strengthening engineering expertise, introducing an agile delivery model, as well as modernizing the bank's IT infrastructure with long-term investments and taking advantage of cloud computing. For us this role requires hands on experience in High Value Payments What we'll offer you As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that youll enjoy Best in class leave policy Gender neutral parental leaves 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral) Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents Accident and Term life Insurance Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above Your key responsibilities Responsible for managing functional requirements in partnership and collaboration with the Business,Ops, architecture, and delivery leads, working in an agile and iterative manner to build out appropriate solutions Liaises with Product Owners, SME, and technical community (architects, developers etc.) for solution identification. Works in a collaborative and agile manner to create end to end functional flows, document user stories and refine (e.g. add Acceptance Criteria) and liaise with development teams to priorities and deliver against the requirements Ensure the right granularity of user story's by applying slicing techniques in scope of estimation and completion in a single sprint Provide needed clarifications on requirements to team members Together with Business manage requirements using Agile framework i.e. user stories and help drive the agile process forward by participation in backlog grooming, sprint planning, QA, etc. Responsible for supporting the testing requirements together with the QA Team Supports the design and conceptualization of new business solution options and articulates identified impacts and risks Assures that the Product Backlog Items Respect Definition of Ready before entering in the Sprint Backlog Together with the Scrum Master assures that a proper number of Items enter Sprint Backlog Supports the Business,Ops, Product Owners, on the prioritization of change requests Outline business value of each requirement together with Business and Product Owners and continuously engages with Engineering, POs and experts to ensure development is aligned to what is required Understands vision of the product and ensures development activities reflect that vision into the product Works with engineers, to prioritize, trouble shoot and resolve reported bugs / issues / stories on applications Drives data discovery, sourcing, modelling and analytics to support the creation of data flows and models. This includes researching and profiling data sources in data categories of expertise Evaluating dependences, interfaces and specifying inputs and formatting outputs to meet the business' Responsible for defining Non-Functional Requirements. Managing the product backlog (Capacity estimation and planning, L0 and L1 estimation of EPIC/Story level). Prioritizing needs (Clear categorization of an MVP and Book of Work definition/priority). Overseeing development and test stages. Anticipating client needs. An expert in flow of value of products through multiple systems. Evaluating product progress at each iteration. Expert in defining end to end business flow for high value payments- specifically. Motivate your team with proven leadership skills, making sure that the teams operate effective Agile methodologies. Managing RAIDs Go-to expert in a business flow for example in a P1 production issue or in major change initiative they will be lead for Investigation, analysis and requirements. Your skills and experience Experience in a payment domain and/or related support functions including understanding of products, business, and operational processes, with exposure to business analysis will be preferred. Particularly High Value Payments Lifecycle Working closely with Senior Product Owners and Stakeholders along with maintaining product backlogs and driving release content throughout via prioritized stories. Experience in conceptualization and solution definition Good analytical and problem-solving experience Ability to identify and interpret implicit and explicit stakeholders needs and requirements Self-motivated and flexibility to work autonomously coupled with ability to work in virtual teams and matrix/global organizations including appreciation of different cultures during collaborating and sharing. Ability to influence and motivate other team members and stakeholders through strong dialogue, facilitation, and persuasiveness. A team player who continually collaborates and shares information Continually looks to simplify and standardize solutions Actively seeks to reduce complexity and do the "right thing" Persistent in your drive for quality and excellence Architecturally minded with an ability to simplify complex activities Consistent in your approach to activities and tasks An excellent communicator (written & verbal) Influencer and problem solving Hands on experience with SQL Managing the product backlog (Capacity estimation and planning, L0 and L1 estimation of EPIC/Story level). Prioritizing needs (Clear categorization of an MVP and Book of Work definition/priority). Overseeing development and test stages. Anticipating client needs. An expert in flow of value of products through multiple systems. Evaluating product progress at each iteration. Expert in defining end to end business flow for high value payments- specifically. Motivate your team with proven leadership skills, making sure that the teams operate effective Agile methodologies. Managing RAIDs Go-to expert in a business flow for example in a P1 production issue or in major change initiative they will be lead for Investigation, analysis and requirements. Must have skills Expert level understanding of Payments area e.g. domestic/cross border payment processing, preferably High Value Payments Knowledge of ISO20022 financial service messages and / or MT, Clearing specific equivalents Experience of Agile software delivery methodology and tools/skills like specification by example and writing acceptance criteria. Experience leading virtual teams with a need to influence and direct people without direct line management responsibility. Experience organizing and leading workshops focused on requirements gathering, analysis and refinement. Experience with T2/EBA clearings systems. Great communication skills. Experience and qualifications 10+ years of experience as a hands-on Product Owner in Payments domain within a similar sized financial services organization. 5+ years in a senior / leadership capacity with ultimate responsibility for managing a product working with business and IT teams for a given initiative Bachelor of Science/Engineering degree from an accredited college or university with a concentration in Computer-Science or Software Engineering (or equivalent) How we'll support you Training and development to help you excel in your career 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
