Technical Business Analyst (Banking Domain)

KING SEARCH PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

KING SEARCH PTE. LTD. is seeking a Technical Business Analyst to translate business needs into actionable solution specifications across banking platforms, including payments, cards and core banking.

You will work with FBAs, Solution Architects, Development, and Testing teams to define BRD/FRD, API specs, data mappings, and test strategies, ensuring traceability from requirements to release.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years as a Systems Analyst / BA in banking/financial services.
• Experience writing FRDs/BRDs, user stories, acceptance criteria.
• 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.
• standby/on-call support outside standard hours when required for critical system support.

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 escalat[e] 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.

Skills

Requirements analysis

API specifications

SQL for analysis

Documentation

Stakeholder communication

Test coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

JIRA/Confluence

Visio/Draw.io

Swagger/Postman

ALM/Xray/Zephyr

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 escalat[e] 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.