Finance OFS Business Analyst

⇒ Role Summary Our Client is looking for a suitable Business Analyst with some Project Manager experience . The role will be required to work closely with • HO Finance in Europe who is the main sponsor and Product Owner. • Users from Asia and Europe for Requirement gathering and UAT • Various source systems team to analyze impact and propose solutions. • Document Functional Specification and obtain business validation. Important experience required: • Strong functional knowledge in Accounting, Finance reporting, Recon process, Liquidity management, Credit risk and Local Regulatory Reporting (in order of priority). • Strong Business Analysis experience in a Technology team, working on impact analysis, data quality, data reconciliation, data mapping, etc, and solid functional specification, presentation documentation skills to illustrate User cases to business stakeholders and Developers. • Prior experience in implementing technology projects for finance domain in Wealth Management Banking service. ⇒ Main Responsibilities • SME from Technology team responsible to analyze the impact of GL accounting setup/changes in core banking system and the impact on Financial Reporting. • Perform study with the Group Finance to align on the requirements, data mappings and functionalities/scope. • Organize workshops with respective stakeholders and assess business needs. • 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. • Business requirements consolidation and formal validation from sponsor/product owner. • Translate the requirements into non-functional specification 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. • Work with various Stakeholders, to implement the deliverables and to resolve challenges and issues. • Involvement in full development lifecycle, from Elaboration->Build->SIT->UAT->Production. • Responsible for the organization of the work in each project phase. • Build and maintain the Demand Backlog and plan release scope based on estimation and capacity. • Work with the development team, Business analyst, Solution architects, Application SME’s to design the functional solutions. • Prepare Project governance deliverable required for each project release. • Manage arbitration with business stakeholders. • Monitor and control the deliveries of projects. • Anticipate and mitigate risks and issues over the whole project course. ⇒ Qualifications & Experience • Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or relevant fields. • At least 10 years of working experience as a Business Analyst. • Hands on experience in the following areas are anticipated (or a mix) in implementations : Financial Accounting (Knowledge on Transaction movements, Accruals, Reversals for Trading and Banking book); Liquidity Management; Credit-risk (Collateral Management, Counterparty Risk); Regulatory Reporting (Knowledge on Basel IV, SACCR preferred); Core banking (Knowledge on Loan/Deposit lifecycle); Data quality, Finance closing and recon process. • Demonstrable experience in a similar role in Banking Wealth Management industry. • Good working knowledge on WM investment product life cycle . • Should have good knowledge and understanding of the information flow and various business functions in a financial services/bank. • Should have knowledge on Accounting/Finance system implementation lifecycle. • Experience working throughout the entire IT project life cycle; including analyzing and documenting requirements, workshops, testing and stakeholder management throughout. • Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high pressure environment. • Able to conduct workshops with business teams and challenging the requirements. • Collaborate with teams and work with groups effectively spread across various regions. • Strong critical thinker with problem solving aptitude. • Excellent written and oral communication skills. • Ability to collaborate and communicate with multiple teams and other stakeholders to maintain harmony. • Background from Business analyst and transitioned to PM would be value added.