Business Analyst (ISO 20022, Payment, Banking)

SMART INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology services provider in Singapore is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to drive ISO 20022 implementation for a global investment bank. The ideal candidate will have 8-10 years of strong technical experience in the payments domain and a proven track record in managing complex migration projects. Responsibilities include gathering requirements, liaising with stakeholders, and supporting the development and testing of solutions. A fast-paced environment and strong analytical skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8-10 years of experience as a Technical Business Analyst predominantly in Payments.
• Strong understanding of ISO20022 migration.
• Experience in managing Swift and payments value chain.

Responsibilities

• Gather functional and technical requirements for stakeholders.
• Act as the subject matter expert for product-related decisions.
• Document requirements, process and data flows.

Skills

Technical Business Analyst experience

Payments domain knowledge

ISO20022 migration projects

Data analysis

Critical thinking

Job description

Executive Summary

Smart IMS Inc provides Digital technology & Cloud transformation services, Application & Infrastructure Management Services, Unified Communications and Insurance implementation services to customers across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific regions. As the trusted technology and business partner of leading MNCs, including Global Investment Banks, Smart IMS is also a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Oracle Platinum Partner and AWS MSP Partner.

We are looking to hire an experienced Business Analyst to drive ISO 20022 implementation and initiatives for our client in Singapore which is a top global investment bank.

Responsibilities:

• Gathers & catalogs functional, non-functional, and technical requirements for stakeholder requests.
• Leverage their experience and understanding of stakeholder needs to help create a solution, envisions the solution to solve a problem (manual or through software)
• Determines the impact of modifications and enhancements on the application.
• Acts as the product(s) subject matter expert to support scope and requirement decisions
• Ensures changes to the application are compliant with bank standards and policies.
• Liaises with business partners to build the business requirement documents and coordinate approval and concurrence. Document and review HLD and hold good knowledge on NFR.
• Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects.
• Work on enhancement projects that improve the operational landscape for the Global Transaction Services, as well as internal company projects that enhance Straight Through Processing
• Document business and functional requirements, including process and data flows, business logic and rules, and use cases/ stories.
• Support executive requests for reports etc.
• Liaise with global project teams consisting of business sponsors, developers, designers and testers.
• Manage deliverables and priorities with management and business stakeholders
• Coordinate and conduct testing cycles; acceptance criteria, unit testing, QA and user acceptance testing.
• Support production delivery rollouts on release weekends

Required Skills

• Minimum 8-10 years of strong Technical Business Analyst experience predominantly in Payments domain and ISO20022 migration projects.
• Experience in managing ISO20022 adoption, Swift, Sanctions and payments value chain and sound understanding of APAC ISO clearings schemes.
• The ideal candidate will be a self-motivated, hands‑on Technical Business Analyst with experience in creating/refining business and functional requirements, data analysis, and documentation of existing systems and processes.
• Payment and Core banking domain experience.
• Extensive experience in payment migration projects (ISO20022 and related standards)
• Strong quantitative skills, attention to detail, critical thinking, and the ability to support multiple projects simultaneously and independently in fast paced environment.