Core Banking Transformation – Corporate Banking SME (Business Analyst)

LTM; Doha; On-site; QAR 546,000 - 910,000; Full time

Job summary

LTM in Doha, Qatar, seeks a Core Banking Transformation – Corporate Banking SME (Business Analyst) to bridge business stakeholders, technical teams, and vendors within the Temenos program across accounts, deposits, financing, and payments.

Key responsibilities include requirements elicitation, BRD/FSD review, vendor liaison, data migration mapping, testing oversight, and change management with training content development to support go-live.

Qualifications

• Temenos Core Banking background with 7–10 years in large-scale transformation.
• 7–10 years of Middle East experience in Corporate Islamic Banking.
• Client-facing business analyst / SME experience.

Responsibilities

• Elicit needs and translate into BRDs and FSDs for vendors.
• Manage scope and sign-off with business functions.
• Act as single point of contact for vendor questions and clarifications.
• Map future To-Be workflows and align with new modules architecture.
• Establish system data validation and accounting rules.
• Map legacy Transact data to Temenos modules and ensure data cleansing.
• Lead UAT, review test cases with business users, and coordinate sign-off.
• Triaging defects and negotiating workarounds with vendors to meet go-live timelines.
• Create user manuals, SOPs, and training content; support Train-the-Trainer sessions.

Skills

Requirements gathering

BRD documentation

Vendor liaison

UAT coordination

Data mapping

Data cleansing

Testing design

Change management

Training support

Stakeholder management

Tools

Temenos Core Banking

Temenos Islamic AA & Payment Hub

Temenos TPH

Job description

Core Banking Transformation – Corporate Banking SME (Business Analyst)

Job Purpose:

Corporate Banking SME, will serve as the critical bridge between business stakeholders, technical program teams, and vendors participating in the T24 banking transformation program for all functional areas relating to corporate operations covering products (accounts, deposits, financing, and payments) & processes. Below is an outline of their roles and responsibilities:

Requirements Management:

• Elicit Needs: Participate in workshops to gather requirements from business users.
• Translate Requirements: Convert business needs into specifications for vendors.
• Standardize Documentation: Create clear Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), review FSDs prepared by vendors, present and discuss documentation with business users and facilitate documentations sign off by all impacted functions of the bank.
• Manage Scope: Prevent scope creep by verifying requests against program scope and goals

Vendor Liaison & Evaluation:

• Gap Analysis: Compare out-of-the-box Transact features with bank requirements.
• Clarify Queries: Act as the single point of contact for vendor questions and clarifications.
• Validate Deliverables: Ensure vendor deliverable match agreed-upon business logic.

Target Operating Model (TOM):

Liaise and coordinate with representatives and key business users from various functions of the bank to:

• Map Processes: Document future ("To-Be") workflows.
• Align Processes: Align bank operations with the new modules architecture.

Define Rules: Establish system data validation and accounting rules.

Data Migration Support:

• Data Mapping: Map Transact legacy modules data to the new Temenos modules implemented.
• Clean Data: Define business rules for data cleansing and validation and coordinate with respective bank’s departments for data cleansing.
• Reconcile Balances: Verify financial balances match exactly post-migration.

Testing & Quality Assurance:

• Design Scenarios: Support Test Vendor preparing test cases, review outcome and liaise with business users for test cases review & acceptance
• Coordinate UAT: Lead business users through day-in-the-life testing cycles.
• Manage Defects: Participate in triaging of software bugs, defend requirements (argue against vendors claims for change requests), reference signed-off Business Requirement Documents (BRDs) to prove the vendor's liability, negotiate workarounds with key business users by proposing operational manual workarounds if a vendor fix will take too long and delay go-live.

Change Management & Training:

• Assess Impact: Identify how system changes impact daily branch and back-office operations.
• Create Content: Develop user manuals, FAQs, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Training Content: Support training content preparation, review and validate material produced.
• Support Training: Participate in Vendor "Train-the-Trainer" sessions and provide input and expert advise.

Required Experience:

• Temenos Core Banking Background: Minimum of 7–10 years of prover experience in large-scale Temenos core banking transformation / modernization programs, acting as client facing business analyst / SME
• Functional Experience: Minimum 7-10 years of experience in Middle East with regards to Corporate Islamic Banking covering accounts, deposits, financing, and payments.

Temenos Islamic AA & Payment Hub:

a) Certified Consultant) b) Minimum 5 years of experience in Islamic AA and TPH implementations