Islamic Banking Business Analyst - Core Banking Expert

Synpulse Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical cover

Relocation support

DIFC employment

Job summary

Synpulse is building its Middle East delivery team around Islamic banking and wealth transformations. We seek a Business Analyst who understands product structuring, Sharia governance, and related accounting, and can translate that knowledge into requirements and test cases for a technology team in Dubai.

Based in Dubai, you will work across Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, lead workshops, map Islamic product structures into system configurations, and own the functional workstream from

Qualifications

• 5–8 years in business analysis or product roles in Islamic banking or related consultancy.
• AAOIFI accounting and Sharia knowledge; GCC regulator frameworks.
• Hands-on core banking/wealth platform experience (Avaloq, Temenos T24, Transact, iMAL, FLEXCUBE, Finacle).
• Strong documentation to create requirements and test cases for UAT/audit.
• SQL data validation and migration mapping.
• Stakeholder management and leading UAT/go-live streams.
• Fluent English; Arabic a plus; willing to travel GCC.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirement workshops with business, Sharia, risk, finance and operations stakeholders.
• Translate Islamic product structures into system configuration and data requirements.
• Map end-to-end client lifecycle for Islamic private banking and asset management.
• Own the functional side of implementation phases: analysis, design, test support, data migration, training.
• Produce artefacts: gap analyses, traceability matrices, test scenarios, migration sheets, user guides.
• Collaborate with Sharia boards and internal Sharia audit to ensure designs stay within AAOIFI standards.
• Support proposals with product knowledge, demonstrations and effort estimates.
• At Senior Consultant level, run a workstream and coach junior analysts.

Skills

Fluent English

Arabic advantageous

SQL for validation

Stakeholder management

Tools

Avaloq

Temenos T24

Transact

Path Solutions iMAL

Oracle FLEXCUBE

Finacle

Job description

Synpulse is building its Middle East delivery team around Islamic banking and wealth transformations. We seek a Business Analyst who understands product structuring, Sharia governance, and related accounting, and can translate that knowledge into requirements and test cases for a technology team in Dubai.

Based in Dubai, you will work across Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, lead workshops, map Islamic product structures into system configurations, and own the functional workstream from