VP, Senior System Analyst/Business Analyst, AML Systems (JRI-5956)

The Japan Research Institute, Limited; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial consultancy firm in Singapore is seeking an experienced Business/System Analyst. You will plan development activities, gather user requirements, analyze processes, document specifications, and support user training. The ideal candidate has a diploma or bachelor’s in Business Administration and at least 5 years of experience in the banking or consulting sectors, along with strong communication and analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience as a Business/System Analyst in banking, FI, or consultancy.
• Good command of English, both verbal and written.
• Understanding of SDLC cycle preferred.
• Certifications in Business Analysis or compliance are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Plan development activities and provide effort estimates.
• Conduct requirement gathering and analysis with users.
• Perform functional impact analysis and design solutions.
• Document functional specifications and obtain user confirmation.
• Configure screening engine rules for optimization.
• Support testing activities to ensure requirements are met.
• Prepare training materials and conduct user training.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Education

Diploma/ Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration

Job description

Responsibilities

• Planning: Plan for development activities and provide effort estimates.
• Requirement Gathering: To discuss and work with users to understand, analyze, validate user/business/system requirements to determine the project requirements. Translate compliance requirements into clear, actionable specifications for technical teams or vendors.
• Analysis and design: Perform functional impact analysis and risk assessment to examine and evaluate existing vs. to-be processes. Design functional solutions based on user requirements and work with Technical Leads to determine and identify any technical constraints and limitations to the proposed solutions.
• Documentation: Document functional specifications of the proposed solutions, obtain user confirmation on the requirements, buy-in of the proposed solutions and official signoff. This includes any other supplementary documents as required.
• Product Configuration: Configure the screening engine rules, tuning fuzzy matching algorithms, and ensuring high-quality, risk-aligned screening results.
• Analyze data and screening results to support tuning and optimization initiatives.
• System Testing: Support test activities to ensure delivered solutions meet requirements and testing coverage is met. Assist in integration test and user acceptance test.
• User training: Prepare training materials, conduct user training and support to end users to ensure that.
• Incident support: Provide technical support in resolving incidents. Conduct root cause analysis.
• Help ensure the name screening platform aligns with internal policies and external regulatory obligations.
• Timely escape issues to PM of any challengers and issues.
• All other duties and tasks as assigned.

Requirements

• Diploma/ Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with min. 5 years' experiencing working as Business/ System Analyst in a bank, FI or a consultancy company.
• Good command of English both verbal and written.
• Logical and Analytical with attention to details.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Good interpersonal skill and proactiveness.
• Able to perform individually and as a strong team player.
• Good to be certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
• Technical background with a good understanding of SDLC cycle is preferred.
• AML or compliance certifications (e.g., CAMS, ICA) are a plus.
• Possessing technical background in solutioning will be advantageous.