Sr Business & Functional Analyst, AVP

Deutsche Bank AG; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Best in class leave policy

Gender neutral parental leaves

Childcare reimbursement

Job summary

Deutsche Bank AG in Pune, India is seeking a Senior Business & Functional Analyst (AVP) to support Avaloq core banking for EMEA and APAC. The role involves requirement analysis, user story definition, UAT management, and functional testing within the Private Banking division.

You will oversee squad deliverables, analyze complex flows, and drive test automation where feasible for regression testing. You will work in a multi-location, collaborative team environment, ensuring business outcomes are

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in functional testing and requirements analysis for core banking.
• Experience from requirements to user stories, backlog grooming, and UAT ownership.
• Wealth Management domain knowledge and broad exposure to core banking processes.
• Knowledge of 4–5 business domains such as Payments, Portfolio Management, Equities, FX, Funds, and Derivatives.
• Wealth Core banking system experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of test levels and types including regression, integration, and performance testing.
• Excellent communication and collaboration in Agile environments with distributed teams.
• Ability to leverage AI tools to improve productivity while ensuring responsible use of data.

Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements specification, plan and design solutions, and provide input on project estimates.
• Collect and document business/tech-functional requirements with interfacing applications.
• Review and validate requirements on the Core banking platform and assess upstream/downstream impacts.
• Define testing requirements including test plans, test cases, and test-data; review interface testing.
• Execute test cases and resolve functional issues from UAT.
• Coordinate UAT with QA, Testing, and business teams; define testing requirements.
• Ensure adherence to architecture standards and development policies.
• Perform data analysis; provide hands-on post go-live support and risk escalation.

Skills

Requirement analysis

User story definition

UAT Test management

Functional testing

Test automation awareness

English fluency

JIRA

Confluence

Agile

Stakeholder management

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Job Description

Job Title- Sr. Business & Functional Analyst, AVP Location- Pune, India Role Description Candidate will perform a Senior BFA role to support Avaloq core banking application regarding Requirement analysis, User story definition, UAT Test management and functional testing activities of Deutsche Bank EMEA and APAC regions within the PB – Private Banking department. Candidates need to operate at Squad level and provide an oversight of quality of Squad deliverables. They will analyze and test new features with an end-to-end business view to determine that the business outcome is fit for purpose. The Senior BFA should analyze complex business flows and functions and help to implement Test automation scripts wherever possible to achieve regression testing. You are motivated to work in a challenging environment, committed to results, while preserving a highly collaborative and supportive work environment.

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy Best in class leave policy Gender neutral parental leaves 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral) 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

• Analyze requirements specification, plan & design solutions, support project estimates and provide planning input regarding solution engineering and development.
• Collect business and techno-functional requirements in collaboration with the business area as well as with interfacing applications and document these Review and validate business requirements on Core banking platform as well as any impact to upstream or downstream systems within short timelines Supports the design and conceptualization of new business solution options and articulates identified impacts and risks.
• Identify potential impacts of new change on existing process through analysis and highlight any associated risks/issues.
• Liaising with multiple vendors involving multiple interfacing systems of the Core Banking System Defines testing requirements including test plans, test cases, test-data and review of interface testing between different applications.
• Execute test cases and resolve functional issues arising from user acceptance testing.
• Support and co-ordinate UAT, defining (and executing) testing requirements together with the QA & Testing Team as well as the business area
• Ensure adherence to application and technology related architectural standards and development policies
• Perform data analysis to support tasks as required Providing hands-on, functional post go-live support to users Identify risks/issues and escalation to Program Management accordingly.

Your skills and experience

• Fluent in English (written/verbal) 10+ minimum years of experience in Functional testing and Requirement analysis of Core banking Business flows.
• Experience working with business requirements through to system level functional specifications, requirement gathering, user story definition, backlog grooming, and UAT ownership (Must have)
• Domain Expertise in core business processes and products in the Wealth Management portfolio.
• Good knowledge in at least 4 to 5 business domains – Payments, Portfolio Management, Equity, Fixed Income, Funds, FX, MM, Alternative Investments, Derivatives, Structured Products ...etc.
• Good to have experience in Wealth Core banking systems.
• Knowledge of various test levels and test types: white/black box, system, performance, integration, regression testing.
• High analytical capabilities.
• Familiar with Agile Team management tools (JIRA, Confluence).
• Excellent communications skills: ability to translate complex business processes and technical designs and concerns into easy-to-understand language.
• Experience with distributed/multi-locations teams.
• Comfortable working in multi-disciplinary, self-organized teams with functional stakeholders of various levels.
• Able to control multiple assignments and to manage priorities.
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgement 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. For over 150 years, our dedication to being the Global Hausbank for our clients has been driven by our people – in around 60 countries and across more than 150 nationalities. Their deep understanding, insights, expertise, and passion help our clients navigate an increasingly complex world – be it in our Corporate Bank, our Private Bank, our Investment Bank or our Asset Management (DWS) division. Together we can make a great impact for our clients at home and abroad, securing their lasting success and financial security. More information at: Deutsche Bank Careers (db.com)