Business Analyst – Technology Solutions – Corporate (Trade), VP

OCBC Bank; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits

Community initiatives

Learning & development

Wellbeing & growth

Job summary

OCBC Bank Singapore seeks a senior BA / Product Owner to lead product development in the Trade domain. You will engage business and operations to translate strategy into a prioritized roadmap, design solution options, and drive adoption across SDLC/Agile delivery.

You will collaborate with IT, IS, and vendor partners to ensure timely, high-quality outcomes in a complex regional environment. The role requires 10+ years in financial services BA, strong trade finance knowledge, and proven

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of relevant business analysis experience in financial services.
• Strong IT delivery track record and Trade Finance domain knowledge.
• Experience as a Team Lead for 3+ years coaching BAs.
• Solid cross-product and end-to-end knowledge - impact of trade to loans and limits.
• Experience in SDLC & Agile/SCRUM delivery; proficient with JIRA, Confluence, Visio, PowerPoint, Excel, SQL.

Responsibilities

• Engage business managers and end users to understand requirements.
• Elicit requirements, prioritise and analyse requests; design processes, workflows and interfaces.
• Bridge Business and Technology during solution and SDLC/Agile delivery.
• Prepare / review test scenarios; support SIT, UAT, and related activities.
• Ensure gaps in deliverables are identified early and addressed effectively.
• Collaborate with Application / Service Owners as the Process Management to manage service.
• Provide thought leadership within own area of responsibility and BA profession.
• Provide SME support to extended IT teams such as EDW by articulating requirements.

Skills

Trade Finance knowledge

Business analysis

Team lead

Stakeholder management

SDLC & Agile

JIRA & Confluence

SQL

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Visio

PowerPoint

Excel

SQL

Job description

WHO WE ARE:

As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires. Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future. We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here.

Job Description:

While this is a BA role in IT department, we are looking at senior BA or Product Owner who has the knowledge and experience to conceptualize and drive Product Development in the Trade domain for both business and for operations This includes ongoing, long term product roadmap for continuous enhancement of the Trade platform To be able to effectively and efficiently engage business to understand their business strategy and product requirement and propose a build & implementation strategy that can meet their needs Proposed a design process flow that will drive usage and adoption of the platform Engagement with business, capture business requirements accurately, comprehensively and without ambiguity, facilitate traceability and in harmony with existing system functionality Play a consultant role to business in coming with multiple options for solutions and initiatives Be the bridge between Business and Technology team during solution and all phases of SDLC and/or Agile/SCRUM sprints/delivery. Know market intelligence, regulatory requirements for trade finance business

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• To engage business managers and end users to understand requirements
• Elicit requirements, prioritise and analyse requests, design business processes, workflows and user interfaces, review of functional specifications and data mapping templates
• Perform specific cross-asset class analysis on in scope countries to aid decision-making on the most appropriate solution, for e.g. entities in scope, unique identifiers etc
• Work with Delivery and Project Office as well as other internal IT departments, IS and vendor organizations to design optimal solutions, ensure requirements are transformed into effective solutions, within cost and schedules and quality adhering to the bank’s standards, guidelines and policies
• Involve in high level technical design/implementation discussions and contribute from business perspective
• Prepare / review test scenarios and test cases, support test utility team for SIT, support user for UAT and other related activities to ensure business needs are met
• Ensure gaps in deliverables are identified early and addressed effectively
• Collaborate with Application / Service Owners as the Process Management to manage service
• Provide thought leadership within own area of responsibility and BA profession within the bank
• Provide SME support to extended IT teams such as EDW by articulating requirements
• Provide support to architecture committee and project teams to ensure that target operating models are progressing in line with the preferred strategic architecture / chosen architectures

Requirement:

• At least 10 years of relevant business analysis experience in financial services environment
• Strong IT delivery track record and business knowledge of Trade Finance products including Letter of Credit, Bank Guarantees, Standby Credits, Collections, Trade Financing, Participation Loans, Supply Chain Management, Factoring, Fund Transfers, Forex Payments, Accounting and SWIFT – in a regional, hub environment.
• Note: Given the specialized nature of the project deliverables, we are seeking Business Analysts with substantial experience in Trade Finance.
• Applications from candidates lacking this domain knowledge will not be progressed.
• Has at least 3+yrs experience as a Team lead in coaching junior BAs
• Good cross product and end to end knowledge - impact of trade to loans and limits
• Able to demonstrate end to end flow of product and roles and responsibilities from Channels to front office to middle office to back office
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to assimilate information quickly and gain consensus from multiple stakeholders when required
• Good oral and written communication skills, including documentation and presentation skills
• Comfortable communicating across business divisions and levels of seniority
• Strong team player with the ability to take ownership and deliver outcome independently
• Able to work under pressure with tight deadlines and/or multiple projects
• Strong interpersonal skills required to liaise with other subject matter experts to problem solving issues or generating ideas
• Possess initiative, drive and excellent attention to detail
• Understanding of technology and development lifecycle – experience in both SDLC & Agile/SCRUM delivery
• Experience in tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Visio, Powerpoint, Excel, SQL

What we offer:

• Competitive base salary.
• A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle.
• Community initiatives.
• Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities.
• Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.

Let’s build the bank we need for the future we want. Find the best version of yourself in a friendly, supportive team. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here

As the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, we have grown from strength to strength to become a regional financial services group. With a deep history in Asia, we offer the most comprehensive coverage across ASEAN and Greater China, complemented with a presence in the leading economies of New York, London and Sydney. We are the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets with one of the world’s highest credit rating (Aa1 by Moody’s and AA- by both Fitch and S&P). We offer private banking services through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals. Our insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia.