Vice President, Senior Business Analyst (Trade and FX)

MUFG; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Singapore is seeking a Vice President, Senior Business Analyst specializing in trade and supply chain finance. Candidates must have over 10 years of experience in business analysis within transaction banking, an understanding of ISO20022 standards, and a solid background in FX functionality. This role involves working closely with stakeholders to standardize requirements and ensure effective implementation of solutions.

Qualifications

• Min 10 years of experience in business analysis for trade and supply chain finance solutions.
• Experience with full project lifecycle in implementation at international banks.
• Knowledge of regulatory considerations in APAC for payments.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate standardization of requirements with business stakeholders.
• Guide users on application functionality to minimize customizations.
• Provide advisory on business processes and articulate requirements.

Skills

Business analysis

Analytical skills

Communication

Negotiation skills

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Knowledge of ISO20022

Understanding of FX functions

Job description

Vice President, Senior Business Analyst (Trade and FX)

• 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 skill.
• Strong verbal and written communication skill.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skill.
• Strong planning, organizational and time management skill.
• Self‑motivated and possess drive, and ability to work independently and a good team playe.
• Experience in software development lifecycle (SDLC) and exposure to Agile methodology.