Business Analyst

Crédit Agricole CIB; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global banking institution in Singapore is seeking a Junior Business Analyst with a focus on Quality Analysis and test framework development. The role involves collaborating across teams, managing requirements, and ensuring the integrity of software deployments. Candidates should possess 2–5 years of experience in banking or financial services, a relevant degree, and excellent analytical skills. The position is for a 12-month contract, and only Singaporeans are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration package

12-month contract with renewal potential

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience as an IT Business Analyst within banking or financial services.
• Experience in all phases of the IT system development life cycle.
• Hands-on experience with BDD framework and UML.

Responsibilities

• Develop a platform that fosters collaboration between investors, lenders, and clients.
• Ensure services delivered align with the business strategy.
• Coordinate with various user groups and interface services.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Communication

Agile development

Education

Diploma/degree in accounting, finance or IT

Tools

JIRA

Azure DevOps

Apache JMeter

SQL

Microsoft Office

Xray

Job description

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Banking (Crédit Agricole CIB) is the corporate and investment banking arm of Crédit Agricole Group, world’s 10th largest bank by total assets.

Our Singapore center is the 2nd largest IT setup (after Paris Head Office) for Crédit Agricole CIB's worldwide business. We work daily with international branches located in 30 markets by:

• Envisioning and preparing the Bank’s futures information systems
• Partnering and supporting core banking flagships and transverse areas in their large scale development projects
• Providing premium In-house Banking applications

This unique positioning empowers us to bring our core banking business a sustainable competitive advantage on the market. We seek innovative and agile people sharing our mindset to support ambitious and forthcoming technological challenges.

What you’ll do

• Architect a Powerful Ecosystem: Develop a platform that fosters collaboration between investors, lenders, and clients, streamlining deal flow across syndicated markets.
• Embrace Complexity: Design a system capable of managing diverse loan formats, large lender pools, institutional investors, and multi-product offerings.
• Boost Efficiency: Drive agility through more focused and structured transactions, optimizing deal execution.
• Navigate the Regulatory Landscape: Implement solutions that adhere to evolving regulations like Basel IV and IFRS 9.

Main Responsibilities

Business Analysis

• Work with business user to draft and finalize requirements using Business Analysis best practices and engage stakeholders across Front-to-Back functions
• Analyse, document existing business processes and operating models, and provide solutions aligning with target architecture considering specific future business needs.
• Design solutions and write functional specifications and solutions in collaboration with technical IT specialists.
• Write clear user stories, functional requirements, acceptance criteria, and process workflows.
• Work closely with the technical development team in bridging the gap from translating functional to technical details.
• Share domain expertise to help define a viable business solution, working with the key business sponsors.
• Conduct requirements walkthroughs and support stakeholder sign-offs.

Quality Analysis

• Ensure services delivered conforms with and contributes to the development of the business strategy.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, and data validation testing.
• Ensure delivery of fully tested products/features on-time and with quality up to production.
• Support UAT planning and execution, including preparing test strategy documents, test scripts and assisting business testers.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Coordinate with various users’ groups and get them on board as interface services for various financial services.
• Work daily with developers, QA engineers, architects, and SMEs to clarify requirements and resolve issues.
• Contribute to release readiness activities and post-implementation checks.
• Assist in preparing user documentation, training aids, and reference materials.

Qualifications and Profile

We are open for individuals who are Junior BA with experience on Quality Analysis and building test framework

Experience

• Holding a diploma/degree in accounting, finance or IT.
• 2–5 years of experience as an IT Business Analyst within banking or financial services.
• Excellent knowledge of corporate & investment banking and different financial products including but not limited to Syndications, Participations, Commercial Loans, LC, Guarantees, Discounting, Factoring etc.
• Experience in all phases of the IT system development life cycle like design, implementation, testing, deployment and support.
• Good exposure to software engineering best practices
• Experience working in Agile development methodology.
• Hands‑on experience with BDD framework and UML.
• Exposure to test automation frameworks and methodologies
• Comfortable working with SQL database queries.
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools.

QA Technical Knowledge & Capabilities

• Strong understanding of QA methodologies: functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing.
• Experience writing and executing test cases, test scenarios, and validating system workflows.
• Ability to use SQL for basic data validation, record checking, and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with API testing concepts, request/response verification, and integration behavior (hands‑on experience is a plus).
• Experience with test management and defect tracking tools (JIRA, Azure DevOps, ApacheJMeter, Xray)
• Understanding of risk‑based testing and coverage analysis.
• Ability to validate data mapping, field‑level logic, and system‑to‑system data flows.

General Skills and Mindset

• Strong analytical thinking, problem‑solving, and attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate clearly with both business and technical stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Working knowledge of process modeling (BPMN/UML is a plus).

Advantages

• Any certification for Business Analysts e.g. ECBA, CBAP, PBA etc.
• Any experience in project management or in a functional lead role

Other Professional Skills and Mindset

• Solid analytical and problem solving abilities
• Very good organization skill with attention to details
• Willing to work on new topics and to propose innovative solutions.
• Proactive with team player mindset
• Hands on and versatile with capability to effectively interact with technical team
• Proficiency in application project management
• Strives to deliver the solution in the most effective and timely manner
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

Note - This is a 12 month contract role. Renewable subject to performance.

We offer a competitive remuneration package, consistent with your qualifications and experience.

For fair employment practices, we are keen on Singaporeans ONLY.

Interested applicants, please click on "APPLY"

Visit us on: http://www.ca-cib.com