IT Business Analyst (Banking Domain)

KING SEARCH PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

King Search Pte. Ltd. is seeking a Technical Business Analyst to translate complex banking requirements into actionable specifications across payments, cards, and core banking.

You will work with FBAs, Solution Architects, Development, and TCoE to design solutions and ensure traceability from requirements to release. The role covers requirements, solution design support, data and interface specs, testing coordination, delivery governance, and post go-live stabilization.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years as a Systems Analyst / BA in banking/FS.
• Strong FRD/BRD writing, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Hands-on API/integration specs (REST, events) and data mapping.
• Experience collaborating across Architecture, Development, Testing, and Business.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and presentation skills.
• Willingness for standby/on-call support outside standard hours.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, and translate requirements into BRD/FRD, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Conduct fit-gap and impact analysis across upstream/downstream systems.
• Lead walkthroughs of solution designs with FBAs, architects, testing teams.
• Produce API contracts, interface specs, data mappings, and reconciliation rules.
• Review technical designs for alignment with EA and standards.
• Contribute to test strategies and ensure SIT/UAT/regression coverage.
• Guide testers on system configurations and end-to-end reconciliation.
• Drive defect triage and ensure timely resolution.
• Support cutover planning, rollback strategies, and post-implementation support.
• Document risks/issues and prepare clear stakeholder presentations.
• Maintain traceability from requirements to release with Jira/Confluence.

Skills

BA/Systems Analyst

Requirements analysis

BRD/FRD writing

API/integration specs

SQL

Stakeholder communication

Test coordination

Documentation

JIRA/Confluence

UML/BPMN

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/IS/CS

CBAP

Agile (CSM/PSPO/SAFe)

ITIL

PCI DSS awareness

Tools

Swagger/OpenAPI

JIRA

Confluence

Visio/Draw.io

Postman

ALM/Xray/Zephyr

UML/BPMN

Job description

Role Summary

Seeking a Technical Business Analyst (TBA) to translate business needs into actionable solution specifications across banking platforms (e.g., payments, cards, core banking). The role spans requirements, solution design support, data & interface specifications, testing coordination, delivery governance, and post go live stabilization-working closely with FBAs, Solution Architects, Development, and TCoE/Testing.

Key Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, and translate business requirements into detailed functional specs (BRD/FRD), user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Conduct fit gap and impact analysis across upstream/downstream systems; map dependencies and non functional requirements.
• Lead walkthroughs of solution designs with FBAs, architects, testing teams (TCoE), and business users.
• Produce/validate API contracts (Swagger/OpenAPI), interface specs, sequence diagrams, data mappings (JSON/XML/CSV), error codes, and reconciliation rules.
• Review and validate technical design specifications; ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and design standards.
• Contribute to high level test strategies; ensure SIT/UAT/regression/performance test coverage for critical functions.
• Guide testers/users on system configurations (e.g., parameter setup), end to end reconciliation, and scenario coverage.
• Drive defect triage with Dev & Test; ensure timely resolution and clear RCA.
• Support cutover planning, rollback strategies, post implementation support, and early life stabilization.
• Lead TBA/SA activities before build; support multiple projects where feasible.
• Document and elevate risks/issues; maintain RAID and ensure mitigation plans.
• Prepare and deliver clear documentation and presentations for non technical and senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with development teams, architects, FBAs, and senior stakeholders to ensure traceability from requirements to release.
• JIRA/Confluence, Visio/Draw.io (BPMN/UML), Swagger/Postman, ALM/Xray/Zephyr.
• Understanding of enterprise SDLC, CAB/change controls, and test management practices.

Required Skills & Experience

• 6-10 years as a Systems Analyst / Business Analyst / Technical BA in banking/financial services.
• Strong experience writing FRDs/BRDs, user stories, acceptance criteria, and conducting fit gap & impact analysis.
• Hands on with API/integration specifications (REST, events, batch), data mapping, and SQL for analysis.
• Proven collaboration across Architecture, Development, Testing (TCoE), and Business.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and presentation skills.
• May be required to provide standby/on-call support outside standard working hours, including weekends or public holidays, when required for critical system support.

Preferred Banking/Payments Experience

• Cards & Payments domain: product lifecycle, card management, online/batch interfaces, reconciliation, GL mapping.
• Rewards/loyalty: design and operations (earn/burn, adjustments, provisioning); experience with rewards platforms (e.g., One EmpowER) is a plus.
• Exposure to cards platforms (e.g., VisionPLUS, Cardlink) and card payment networks; recent (last 2 years) hands on cards involvement preferred.
• Familiarity with PCI DSS controls, exception handling, and end to end STP patterns in payments.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• CBAP, Agile (CSM/PSPO/SAFe), ITIL, PCI DSS awareness.