Vice President, Senior Business Analyst (Trade and FX)

Robert Walters; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is looking for a Vice President, Senior Business Analyst (Trade and FX) to join a global team in Singapore. The ideal candidate should have over 10 years of experience in trade and supply chain finance and be adept at managing business relationships while contributing to process digitization. Proficiency in ISO20022 standards and strong analytical skills are essential. This role offers competitive compensation and growth opportunities within a prominent global banking institution.

Qualifications

• Min 10 years of experience as a business analyst in trade and supply chain finance.
• Experience in international banks and project lifecycle from conception to support.
• Excellent knowledge of ISO20022 and SWIFT messages.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate standardization of requirements with business stakeholders.
• Provide global/regional solutions in trade and supply chain financing.
• Guide business on application use without customization.

Skills

Business analysis

Trade and FX knowledge

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Agile methodology

Job description

Job Title: Vice President, Senior Business Analyst (Trade and FX)

Location: Singapore

Perm/Contract/ Full-time/Part-time: Permanent

Who we are:

Robert Walters is the world's most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.

Our Outsourcing service delivers recruitment for some of the world's top employers, and we are currently recruiting on behalf of one our client which is the Fifth largest global bank globally by assets, with 2400 locations in over 50 markets. Our client has approximately 360 years of history. Its global network has over 180,000 employees. It was ranked as the fourth largest in the world.

Role:

Our client is seeking a Vice President, Senior Business Analyst (Trade and FX).

This role offers an exciting opportunity to join a global team, providing top-tier service to existing and prospective clients while expanding the business on a product and global level.

The successful candidate will be responsible for acquiring new clients, managing existing relationships, and contributing to the company's mission of becoming a Top Clearer worldwide in commodity markets.

Job Responsibilities

• Work closely with the business stakeholders to facilitate standardization of requirements to align with the application functions and minimize any customizations.
• Have an in-depth understanding of traditional trade (import/ export), supply chain financing and foreign exchange functions in relation to transaction banking.
• Work with the business to enable them to come up with the to-be processes that promote digitization and standardization of the product value proposition to our customers.
• Provide the business users with global/ regional solutions based on the understanding of the trade and supply chain financing domain and the application landscape in the bank.
• Good understanding of the configurations maintained in the applications and how they impact the system functionality across APAC.
• Maintain up to date knowledge based on documents related to application features and processes (subject matter expertise)

Job Requirements

• Min 10 Years of experience as a business analyst specializing in implementation of trade (import/ export) and supply chain finance solutions in APAC for the transaction banking business.
• Experience in a business analyst role in regional/ global system implementation for trade in other international banks and been part of the full lifecycle of the project from conception to post-production support.
• Experience in working with the business to provide them with advisory on coming up with a to-be process and helping them to articulate their requirements clearly.
• Demonstrated ability to guide the business on how an application fulfils the requirement so that it can be used without customization.
• Experience in working with the systems analysts, developers, testers to brief them on the business requirements and to validate if the provided solution is as per the expectations.
• Provide guidance to the Testing CoE on test scenarios that fulfil the requirements.
• Knowledge in managing the business for issues raised during testing phase to qualify as a defect or a change and attributing severity of the issue.
• Excellent Knowledge of ISO20022 standard and SWIFT messages in the international and domestic trade domain.
• Working knowledge of FX (Foreign exchange) functionality in relation to the transaction banking business.
• Familiarity with the regulatory considerations in the countries in APAC region for payments is essential.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Strong planning, organizational and time management skills
• Self-motivated and possess drive, and ability to work independently and a good team player.
• Experience in software development lifecycle (SDLC) and exposure to Agile methodology.

We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.