Lead Technical Business Analyst

ConnectedGroup; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 950,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

ConnectedGroup seeks a Lead Technical Business Analyst to drive design and leadership across credit and wealth financing initiatives. You will partner with senior business, risk and technology stakeholders to modernize platforms and improve efficiency.

You will define epics, user stories, data mappings, and acceptance criteria, while ensuring regulatory and control requirements are embedded in solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology or a related field.
• 10+ years delivering large-scale technology change in banking/financial services.
• Experience with Credit, Wealth Financing, Lending or Credit Risk platforms.
• Proven Lead BA/Tech Lead/Product Owner in complex transformations.
• Experience in Private Banking or Wealth Management environments.
• Understanding of credit products and lifecycle processes.
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, or hybrid environments.
• Strong requirements gathering and solution design capabilities.
• Hands-on with APIs, event-driven architectures, data flows & governance.
• SQL, data analysis, reconciliation, data quality management.
• Non-functional requirements including performance, security, availability.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution design for Credit platform capabilities and workflows.
• Drive best practices for business analysis, templates and governance.
• Translate objectives into clear business requirements.
• Act as liaison between business, risk, operations and engineering.
• Facilitate governance forums and stakeholder discussions.
• Define epics, user stories, and functional specifications with acceptance criteria.
• Create detailed functional designs, data mappings and business rules.
• Support product owners in backlog and release planning.
• Lead solution review sessions per EA standards.
• Drive integrations across credit, risk, trading, finance and data platforms.
• Support testing, UAT, release management and implementation.
• Identify risks, issues and dependencies; communicate with stakeholders.
• Ensure regulatory, audit, risk and controls requirements are met.

Skills

Lead solution design

Stakeholder management

Credit platforms

APIs & system integrations

Event-driven architectures

Data governance

SQL & data analysis

Non-functional requirements

SDLC collaboration

JIRA & Confluence

Agile / Scrum

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology or similar

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Our client is a leading international financial institution undertaking a major transformation of its Credit Technology platform. They are seeking an experienced Lead Technical Business Analyst to drive solution design, business analysis leadership, and delivery across complex credit and wealth financing initiatives.

This is a highly visible role partnering with senior business, technology, risk, and operations stakeholders across multiple markets to modernize credit platforms, improve operating efficiency, and support strategic business growth.

Responsibilities of the Role:

• Lead solution design for Credit platform capabilities, covering application processing, decisioning, simulations, reporting, and workflow management.
• Establish and drive best practices for business analysis, including standards, methodologies, templates, and governance.
• Partner closely with business and technology stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into clear business and functional requirements.
• Act as the primary liaison between business, risk, operations, and engineering teams.
• Facilitate project governance forums, working groups, and stakeholder discussions to drive alignment and decision-making.
• Define and document epics, user stories, business requirements, and functional specifications with clear acceptance criteria.
• Create detailed functional designs, including business processes, workflow logic, data mappings, business rules, and exception handling.
• Support product owners in backlog management, prioritization, release planning, and dependency tracking.
• Lead solution review sessions and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
• Drive integration initiatives across credit, risk, trading, finance, and data platforms.
• Support testing, UAT, release management, and implementation activities to ensure successful delivery.
• Identify and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and stakeholder communications.
• Ensure regulatory, audit, risk, and control requirements are incorporated into solution design and implementation.

Required Skills for the Role:

• Bachelor's degree in information technology or similar
• 10+ years of experience delivering large-scale technology change initiatives within banking or financial services.
• Strong experience working within Credit, Wealth Financing, Lending, or Credit Risk platforms.
• Proven track record as a Lead Business Analyst, Technology Lead, Product Owner, or similar leadership role in complex transformation programmes.
• Experience working within Private Banking and/or Wealth Management environments.
• Strong understanding of credit products, lending workflows, collateral management, and credit lifecycle processes.
• Experience delivering solutions in Agile, Scrum, or hybrid project environments.
• Strong requirements gathering, business process analysis, and solution design capabilities.
• Hands-on experience with:
  • APIs and system integrations
  • Event-driven architectures
  • Data flows and data governance
  • Enterprise application ecosystems
• Knowledge of SQL, data analysis, reconciliation, and data quality management.
• Experience defining non-functional requirements including performance, scalability, resilience, security, and availability.
• Familiarity with architecture governance frameworks and documentation standards.
• Understanding of end-to-end system dependencies and integration patterns.
• Experience collaborating closely with development, QA, and testing teams throughout the SDLC.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior executives.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and coordinating delivery across multiple business and technology domains.
• Strong risk and controls mindset with the ability to balance business objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Proficiency in tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and related delivery management platforms.