Governance Functional Business Analyst

HSBC Holdings; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC is seeking a Corporate Governance Functional Business Analyst in Bengaluru to support governance processes, controls, data and related technology solutions. You will translate stakeholder needs into clear requirements, drive testing, and ensure controlled releases with senior-level communication.

The role involves working across business and technology teams, embracing ambiguity, and delivering high-quality documentation and testing artifacts to support governance improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex requirements elicitation and resolving changing needs.
• Experience producing high-quality process, control, and functional-design documentation.
• Ability to assess feasibility, risk, constraints and value with evidence-based recommendations.
• Experience defining data and reporting requirements and addressing data quality issues.
• Experience designing test strategies, coordinating UAT and achieving sign-off.
• Hands-on experience with Digital Governance tools or systems.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, dependencies and risks in Agile or waterfall settings.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, including senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Engage stakeholders to understand governance, process, control, data and reporting needs.
• Manage ambiguity by clarifying scope, assumptions, dependencies, risks and impacts.
• Facilitate requirements elicitation and document clear, concise and testable requirements.
• Analyse current- and future-state processes, identifying control gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Work with business, technology, data, risk and control teams to define practical solution options.
• Maintain traceability across requirements, design, testing, approvals and implementation.
• Plan and coordinate testing, document evidence and defects, support retesting and obtain formal business sign-off.
• Prepare release documentation, support manager approvals and contribute to controlled implementation.

Skills

Requirements elicitation

Documentation quality

Option assessment

Data & reporting

Test strategy design

Governance tools

Agile/Waterfall

Stakeholder management

Job description

Some careers shine brighter than others.

If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC and fulfil your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

Purpose of the role

The Corporate Governance Functional Business Analyst supports the delivery and continuous improvement of corporate governance processes, controls, data and technology solutions.

The role works across business and technology teams to understand needs, translate them into clear and actionable requirements, and support successful implementation through testing, business sign-off and controlled release.

The role holder will be comfortable working with ambiguity, bringing structure to complex problems and progressing work with a practical, can-do attitude. They’ll communicate clearly with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leaders, and ensure that requirements, decisions, testing outcomes and approvals are documented to a high standard.

Experience using Digital Governance systems is preferred.

In this role, you will:

• Engage stakeholders to understand governance, process, control, data and reporting needs.
• Manage ambiguity by clarifying scope, assumptions, dependencies, risks and impacts.
• Facilitate requirements elicitation and document clear, concise and testable requirements.
• Analyse current- and future-state processes, identifying control gaps, inefficiencies and improvement opportunities.
• Work with business, technology, data, risk and control teams to define practical solution options.
• Maintain traceability across requirements, design, testing, approvals and implementation.
• Plan and coordinate testing, document evidence and defects, support retesting and obtain formal business sign-off.
• Prepare release documentation, support manager approvals and contribute to controlled implementation.

To be successful you will:

• Have proven experience leading complex requirements elicitation and resolving ambiguous, conflicting or changing needs.
• Have experience producing high-quality process, control, solution and functional-design documentation with minimal rework.
• Be able to assess options across feasibility, risk, constraints, user impact and value and make evidence-based recommendations.
• Have experience defining data and reporting requirements and resolving data quality, privacy and storage issues.
• Have experience designing test strategies, coordinating UAT, maintaining traceability and securing business sign-off.
• Have hands‑on experience using Digital Governance tools or systems, including governance workflows, records, reporting, approvals or controls.
• Be able to manage multiple workstreams, dependencies and risks across Agile and/or waterfall environments.
• Have strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, including confidence engaging senior leaders and challenging constructively.

You’ll achieve more at HSBC

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