Lead Business Functional Analyst

Deutsche Bank; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leave policy

Parental leave

Child care support

Flexible work

Certifications sponsorship

Assistance program

Health insurance

Life & accident insurance

Health screening

Job summary

Deutsche Bank in Pune, India seeks a Lead Business Functional Analyst to bridge business needs and IT delivery in an Agile Treasury Technology context. You will mentor junior engineers, champion continuous improvement, and deliver complex banking solutions complying with regulatory requirements.

The role emphasizes end-to-end delivery, stakeholder collaboration, and data-driven analysis within a top group application portfolio.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in business analysis within banking/finance.
• Strong backlog management and stakeholder negotiation skills.
• Proficiency with JIRA/Confluence for requirements and tracking.

Responsibilities

• Bridge the gap between stakeholder needs and technical delivery in Agile projects.
• Write user stories in JIRA and collaborate with Business and Technology teams.
• Wear the hat of QA and write BDD test cases with product validation.
• Define business requirements with business sign-off in partnership with stakeholders.
• Enable and drive Agile ways of working across business and technology.
• Support testing and RTB teams from data sourcing perspective.
• Mentor other Business Functional Analysts and drive backlog prioritization.

Skills

Backlog management

Negotiation skills

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Mentoring engineers

SQL

Excel

Communication

AI tools

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Lead Business functional Analyst

Location: Pune, India

Corporate Title: VP

Role Description Our Technology, Data and Innovation (TDI) strategy is focusing on strengthening engineering expertise, introducing an Agile delivery model, as well as modernizing the Bank's IT infrastructure. You will be responsible for end-to-end delivery of entire engineering solutions to accomplish business goals. You will provide engineering thought leadership across teams, mentor and coach junior engineers and encourage continuous improvement in delivery practices. You will enjoy partnering closely with your clients whilst working within a broader creative, collaborative and innovative team, with a strong desire to make an impact. You will be joining Benchmarking application which is top group applications with external regulatory commitments.

What we’ll offer you

• Best in class leave policy
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under child care assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Flexible working arrangements
• 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

BFA will be part of the Treasury Technology Team in India. The key objective of Business functional analyst role is to bridge the gap between the stakeholder needs and the technical delivery team and to help successfully deliver projects in an agile manner. You will be heavily involved at all stages of the software delivery lifecycle from initial scoping and planning exercises through to the detailed analysis and collaboration with the IT team to deliver working software. You will be required to write user stories in JIRA and work effectively with the stakeholders including Business and Technology to successfully deliver the projects. Being in an Agile team, the BFA ideally would be required to wear the hat of a QA as well and write BDD test cases as acceptance criteria along with product validation. The role requires an enthusiastic, pragmatic self-starter who wants to solve problems by delivering quality and cost-effective solutions through the employment of excellent business analysis techniques and functional domain knowledge. Responsible for defining business requirements in partnership and collaboration with the business and obtaining sign-off Enables and drives Agile ways of working not just on the technology side but also on business side Demonstrate strong understanding of investment banking with excellent understanding of technology and domain. Experience of working in banking and/or in a regulated are Work with various Business, Technology and any other stakeholders to arrive at product delivery road map against the current state system data flows & suggest the future state data flows for the project at hand Ensure quality of requirement document covering all perspectives with alignment to strategy of the organization Provide strong functional expertise in terms of the product queries from the stakeholders Conduct walkthroughs to validate the Business requirement and supporting artifacts with all the stakeholders Work with Technology team, Operations Teams, Change Teams, Group Architecture, and other work streams within the program Create presentation and training packs in support of the designed process Provide support to testing and the RTB teams in test execution and planning from data sourcing perspective. Experience working in an Agile environment is desired - being familiar and strong working experience with all agile ceremonies Ability to support and mentor other Business functional analysts and/or business analysts Strong experience in backlog management and prioritization with solid negotiation skills Reviews business case(s) outlining cost impacts and value drivers of proposed solutions Reviews feasibility studies and estimates Responsible for defining testing requirements together with the QA & Testing Team as well as the clients

Overall, 15+ years' experience primarily in banking and/or finance domain in a regulated environment

• Good domain knowledge of investment banking, securities market, trade lifecycle is necessary.
• Good understanding of Treasury operations within a bank like ALM, cash management, liquidity management, Risk in the banking book, foreign exchange, risk management and regulatory compliance
• Understanding and adherence to compliance with internal controls, policies and procedures with regards to the assigned project
• Good experience with working with reference data like Client, Instrument, Book etc. within a Bank
• Should have worked in scaled agile and understanding of PO roles and responsibilities
• Familiarity of concepts with Vision, Roadmap is a plus
• Excellent understanding of IT system landscape
• Strong experience in business and functional analysis in investment banking area
• Superior analytical skills and good understanding of project life cycle
• Good to have certifications CFA, FRM PO certifications are desirable - PSPO, CSPO or SAFe or equivalent
• Good data analysis skills. Should have good SQL, Excel, Access experience to perform data analysis.
• Must have experience in working requirement collection tools like JIRA, Confluence etc., Experience using AI tools and technologies enabling requirement analysis efficiency will be a plus.
• Experience working with surveillance applications within Compliance will be a plus.

How You'll Lead

• Leading and collaborating across teams
• Skilled in building productive networks to drive collaboration, re-use and knowledge sharing
• Effectively communicate complex messages in a clear and concise manner
• Help create a culture of learning and continuous improvement within your team and beyond
• Share skills and knowledge in a wide range for topics relating to software delivery
• Lead, mentor and teach other engineers
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

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

About us and our teams

Please visit our company website for further information: https://www.db.com/company/company.html We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively. Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.

Experience Level Executive Level