Senior Business Analyst

Antaes Consulting SA; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Antaes Consulting SA is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join a multi-year banking project. You will work with Group & Local Finance teams, Regulatory teams and IT, driving requirements, data mappings and functional specifications across Asia and Europe.

The role involves extensive workshops, UAT planning, risk and regulatory reporting knowledge, and governance adherence. You will liaise with product owners and cross-regional teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Qualifications

• Must have strong business analysis skills focused on credit, risk and regulatory reporting.
• Advanced ability to document comprehensive functional specifications.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management to drive requirement workshops.

Responsibilities

• Organize workshops with stakeholders and assess business needs.
• Translate requirements into functional specs for IT teams and ensure alignment with data mappings.
• Lead impact analysis and ensure data/compliance with group expectations.
• Coordinate with tech teams to design functional solutions and oversee full development lifecycle.

Skills

Business Analysis

Functional Specification

Stakeholder Management

Job description

We are looking for a suitable Senior Business Analyst to join a multi-year project.

The role is required to work closely with

• Group & Local Finance team on the requirements finalization with new banking system, Credit system and mapping.
• Finance Head Office team in Europe who is the Product Owner & Local Regulatory teams of each site.
• System SME to perform studies to identify gaps and prepare project requirements for System transformation.
• Document Functional Specification and obtain business validation.
• Users from Asia and Europe on requirements and UAT validation.
• Technical team during the development & testing phases.

Direct Responsibilities

• Organize workshops with respective stakeholders and assess business needs.
• Perform study with the Group & Local Finance teams and vendor/consulting team (if required) to align on the requirements, data mappings and functionalities/scope.
• Drive and plan the application impact analysis after Business workshop.
• Ensure the functional mappings/data comply with local and Group expectations.
• Documenting detailed business requirements and functional specifications.
• Translate the requirements into non-functional specifications for technology teams to develop.
• Conducting user acceptance testing (UAT) and ensuring a smooth transition to new systems.
• Identify any bottlenecks and recommend improvements.
• Collaborate with technology teams to ensure seamless integration and development of the application or data interface flows.
• Build and maintain the Backlog of requirements, transformations and adaptations.
• Work with various Stakeholders, to implement the deliverables and to resolve challenges and issues.
• Involvement in full development lifecycle, from Elaboration->Build->Transition->Production.
• Adhere to WMIS Governance and guiding principles.
• Business requirements consolidation and formal validation from sponsor/product owner.
• Prepare migration and testing strategy consolidation and formal validation.
• Coordinate with all teams, from same division or other divisions, working on the same program.
• Work with the development team, Business analyst, Solution architects, Application SMEs to design the functional solutions
• Experience delivering Finance, Credit Risk and regulatory projects with multiple sub-streams and source systems.
• Strong knowledge in Credit Risk Reporting, Local Regulatory Reporting, Accounting movement, accounting scheme (GL) setup and Liquidity management (in order of priority).
• Strong Business Analysis experience, e.g. Impact Analysis, Gap analysis, etc.
• Well documented functional spec with clear and details functional view
• Ability to collaborate and communicate with multiple teams and other stakeholders to maintain harmony.
• Drive, organize all deliverables, monitor and track the progress to closure
• Should have worked as a business analyst for at least 10 years.
• Hands-on experience in the following areas in IT system implementations:
• - Credit-risk (Limits, Collateral Management, Counterparty Risk)
• - Regulatory Reporting (Knowledge of Basel IV, Site specific local regulatory requirements)
• - Core banking (Knowledge of Loan/Deposit lifecycle)
• Demonstrable experience in a similar role in the Banking Wealth Management industry.
• Experience working throughout the entire IT project life cycle; including analyzing and documenting requirements, workshops, testing and stakeholder management throughout.
• Good knowledge and working capability of product life cycle like loans, deposits, forex, derivatives, limits, Guarantees, securities etc.
• Should have knowledge on Credit life cycle and IFRS9 reporting system implementation lifecycle.
• Should have good knowledge and understanding of the information flow and various business functions in a financial services/bank.
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Able to conduct the workshops with business teams and challenge the requirements.
• Collaborate with teams and work with groups effectively spread across various regions.
• Strong critical thinker with problem solving aptitude.
• Responsible and good organization of work in each project phase.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

MUST HAVE SKILLS:

• Business Analysis skills with functional domain knowledge in Credit & Risk and Regulatory Reporting.
• Advanced skill in documenting Comprehensive Functional Specification.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills to drive requirement workshops with Business stakeholders.

GOOD TO HAVE SKILLS:

• Domain knowledge in Accounting.

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