Business Analyst (QA)

Project description

Our client is the corporate and investment banking arm of The Group, the world's 12th largest bank by total assets. We work daily with international branches located in 30 markets by:

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

This unique positioning empowers us to bring our core banking business a sustainable competitive advantage in the market. We seek innovative and agile people sharing our mindset to support ambitious and forthcoming technological challenges. We are starting the decommissioning of our Kondor Plus trading platform for our Treasury business to transfer this activity to our main front office target platform (Orchestrade or OT). Orchestrade is already implemented for a large list of assets and business lines. The DeKOT project (decommissioning of Kondor+ to migrate into Orchestrade) will migrate our worldwide cross asset treasury platform (all products) booked in several instances of Kondor Plus. We are creating a team in Singapore to take charge of some parts of the project (e.g., in-bound and out-bound flows of the platform for various systems or modules, API...). Performance and latency of those interfaces will be key for the success of the project.

With strong interactions with our Paris Head office team, the Business Analyst - QA would work with the first team members and development team based in Asia in Singapore, our IT treasury team, business stakeholders in the region, and our head office teams. The team will be fully allocated to this project and will be part of a multi-site project team.

We are seeking a talented Business Analyst with QA skills to join our dynamic Capital Market Department! As a Business Analyst and QA, you will play a crucial role in bridging the gap between business needs and technical solutions. You will work closely with stakeholders from both your IT Division and aligned Filière to define, document, and translate business requirements into actionable software specifications. You will be a key advocate for business value, ensuring that our software solutions meet the needs of our users and contribute to the overall success of our operations.

Capital Markets IT involves technology solutions and systems used in financial markets for trading, investment, and related activities. This includes electronic trading platforms, risk management systems, market risk, counterparty risk, algorithmic trading, data analytics, and regulatory measures. The use of advanced technologies like APIs, artificial intelligence, and cloud solutions are also becoming increasingly prevalent in capital markets to enhance efficiency and decision-making processes.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, and document business requirements from various stakeholders, ensuring a clear understanding of their needs and objectives.
• Work with the Product Owner (PO) to prioritize requirements and decompose them into detailed user stories, ensuring a clear roadmap for development.
• Translate requirements into comprehensive functional specifications, including detailed descriptions of user interactions, data flows, and system behavior.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure that the software design aligns with the functional specifications and meets the defined requirements.
• Provide functional expertise to the development team, ensuring they have a clear understanding of the business processes and user needs.
• Research existing solutions, both internal and external, to determine if they can be leveraged to meet the business requirements.
• Understand technical constraints and participate in software design discussions, ensuring that the solution is feasible and aligns with the overall system architecture.
• Ensure the functional quality of the software, including participation in functional testing and providing functional support during production.
• Analyze the impact of functional changes on current production Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Operational Level Agreements (OLAs).
• Contribute to Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) activities by providing user scenarios and supporting functional testing efforts.
• Contribute to deployment activities by providing functional pre-requisites and performing post-deployment checks.
• Support team members in their functional activities, train new joiners, and help resolve functional issues.
• Ensure the seamless integration of the software into the existing IT infrastructure, collaborating closely with the Functional Architect.
• Analyze enhancements and propose solutions in collaboration with Architects, developers, and business stakeholders.
• Coordinate user acceptance tests.
• Troubleshoot and fix issues/bugs.
• Improve operational processes.

QA and Testing:

• Design and develop comprehensive quality assurance strategies and frameworks.
• Implement automated testing systems to ensure reusability and efficiency.
• Design and implement comprehensive test plans and test cases based on requirements and design documentation.
• Perform various types of testing, including functional, integration, regression, and performance testing. Analyze and track down error root causes, providing detailed reports and recommendations for improvement.
• Promote and implement testing methodologies, aiming to identify and address defects early in the development lifecycle.
• Document all testing activities, including test results, discovered defects, and any relevant observations. Prepare detailed reports for management and the Delivery Team.

SKILLS

Must have

• 5+ years experience in Business analysis - QA testing activities.
• Experience with Quality Assurance (Functional and Automation Testing) and Desk of Treasury.
• Experience on Front Office systems (In-house or third-party systems).
• Familiar with requirements life cycle management, analysis planning and monitoring, requirements' analysis, and design definition.
• Hands-on experience as liaison function between the onshore IT business lines and offshore technical teams and as primary functional support for development team.
• Strong experience on TSY and Investment Banking Product classes like Money Market (LD, Paper/CDs, Call Accounts), Bonds, FX (Spot, Forwards, and Swaps) and Derivatives (IRD, FXO) and Equities.
• Knowledgeable of techniques to elicit and manage requirements, as well as software development models including Agile methodologies.
• Understanding of financial assets (banking treasury products) and trade lifecycle particularly Fixed income and money market products in their many forms, knowledge of risk management concepts and market data.
• Experience in interfacing FO or BO systems with external systems.
• Hands-on experience in implementation projects.
• AGILE track record.
• Technical background with shell script and SQL/PLSQL, knowledge preferable of .NET Core / Java and Azure DevOps and testing frameworks like but not limited to Selenium, Cucumber.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with diverse teams.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Appetite to follow technology trends and participate in communities.
• Eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies.
• Strong perseverance and diligence towards attaining goals and effective time management.
• Passion for sharing expertise and growing team members' skills.
• Autonomous, self-motivated, and excellent team player.
• Ability and flexibility to work with cross-geographical teams operating in different time zones.

Nice to have

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