Business Analyst (Procurement)

PERCEPT SOLUTIONS PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional procurement solutions firm in Singapore is seeking a highly motivated Business Analyst to act as a Procurement Business SME. This role includes responsibility for the standardization of processes across APAC and participating in the transition of branches to new systems. The ideal candidate possesses at least 10 years of relevant experience, particularly in corporate banking, and demonstrates strong analytical, communication, and negotiation skills. This position is essential for facilitating the rollout of procurement systems and guiding stakeholders through the process.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience as a business analyst in corporate banking.
• Experience in regional/global system implementation for procurement solutions.
• Strong planning, organizational, and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of the end-to-end process and standardization for procurement.
• Facilitate standardization of requirements with stakeholders.
• Ensure requirements from branches are documented and mapped.

Skills

Business analysis

Stakeholder management

Standardization processes

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Project lifecycle understanding

Job description

We are seeking a highly motivated candidate for the position of Business Analyst to function as a Procurement Business SME within APAC Planning Division. The successful candidate will be part of a team that in charge of procurement system rollout in APAC as part of the strategy for transformation.

Job Responsibilities

• Ownership of the end-to-end process and standardization for procurement in the region.
• Work closely with the branch stakeholders to facilitate standardization of requirements to align with the application functions and minimize any customization.
• Have an in-depth understanding of the procurement process and how the process is facilitated in the existing regional solution.
• Be responsible for the TO-BE process and facilitate the changes in the branches from their current AS-IS process to come on-board the solution.
• Ensure all requirements from branches are recorded and map to the regional business requirements.
• Good understanding of the configurations maintained in the application and how they impact the system functionality across APAC for procurement.
• Maintain up to date knowledge based on documents related to application features and processes (subject matter expertise)
• Support branches for any functional queries in relation to the usability of the application.
• Represent the regional business owner in the design workshops and biz showcase to identify any change that are branch customizations.
• Standardize the user roles in APAC so they align with the roles as defined in the application.
• Support the branches for creation of the test cases in UAT. During testing categorize issues into defects and change requests.
• Support the regional business owner to prioritize any change requests based on the need and business benefit.
• Support the branches to come on-board the new application and decommission existing systems that are no longer required with the new solution being implemented.
• Facilitate the business go-live at the branches based on completion of validation of the application and operational readiness in the branches.
• Manage the user requests in BAU post-implementation to support queries, configuration changes and issues in collaboration with the technical support teams.

Job Requirements

• At least 10 Years of experience as a business analyst in the corporate banking environment.
• Should have played a business analyst role in regional/ global system implementation for procurement solutions in other international banks and been part of the full lifecycle of the project from conception to post-production support.
• Should have practical experience in working with the business to provide them with advisory on coming up with a to-be process and helping them to articulate their requirements clearly.
• Demonstrated ability to guide the business users on how an application fulfills the requirement so that it can be used without customization.
• Experience in working with the technology teams, testers to brief them on the business requirements and to validate if the provided solution is as per the expectations.
• Knowledge in managing issues raised during testing phase to qualify as a defect or a change and attributing severity of the issue.
• Ability to draft business processes that are standardized, document requirements, test scenarios.
• Understanding of the project lifecycle for a solution implementation and the artifacts required in a project.
• Strong verbal, written communication skills and assertive nature to be able to influence end users to align to regional standards.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Strong planning, organizational and time management skills
• Self-motivated and possess drive, and ability to work independently and a good team player

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