Wholesale Banking BA — Payments, Trade & Digital Assets (Dubai)

Barden | B Corp; Dubai; On-site; AED 167,000 - 268,000; Full time

Job summary

Barden | B Corp is partnering with a client in the wholesale banking space to hire experienced Business Analysts for contract roles in Dubai, starting January 2027. You will bridge business and technology, translating complex banking needs into clear requirements, processes, and controls.

Focus areas include payments, trade, KYC, and digital assets, with on-site work in Dubai. Expect collaboration with senior stakeholders and direct impact on the bank’s corporate clients.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in banking transformation or business analysis.
• Hands-on delivery experience in at least one focus area.
• English communication with senior stakeholders; on-site in Dubai.

Responsibilities

• Specialise in one of four focus areas: payments, trade, KYC, or digital assets.
• Turn business needs into requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Map current-state and target-state processes, controls, and hand-offs.
• Define data and reporting needs for Technology and Digital teams.
• Plan UAT, coordinate business testing, and support go-live readiness.
• Run workshops with front office, operations, risk, compliance, and tech teams.

Skills

Banking transformation

Requirements gathering

Workshop facilitation

Stakeholder management

Documentation

UAT support

Process mapping

Independent work

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Visio

Signavio

Job description

Barden | B Corp is partnering with a client in the wholesale banking space to hire experienced Business Analysts for contract roles in Dubai, starting January 2027. You will bridge business and technology, translating complex banking needs into clear requirements, processes, and controls.

Focus areas include payments, trade, KYC, and digital assets, with on-site work in Dubai. Expect collaboration with senior stakeholders and direct impact on the bank’s corporate clients.