Cash Management - Business Analyst

We are partnering with a leading global financial institution to hire an experienced VP – Senior Business Analyst (Cash Management) to join a regional Transaction Banking technology team. This is an excellent opportunity for a seasoned Business Analyst with deep expertise in Cash Management, Payments, Collections, and Transaction Banking to play a key role in the delivery and enhancement of strategic cash management solutions across the APAC region. The successful candidate will act as a Cash Management Subject Matter Expert (SME) , partnering closely with business stakeholders, technology teams, and regional counterparts to drive standardization, digitization, and successful implementation of cash management initiatives. Key Responsibilities • Partner closely with business stakeholders to facilitate the standardization of requirements, ensuring alignment with application capabilities while minimizing the need for customizations. • Develop a deep understanding of cross-border payments and application functionality to support end-to-end solution design across the payments lifecycle. • Work collaboratively with business teams to define future-state operating models and processes that promote digitization, efficiency, and standardization of cash management products and services. • Provide business users with regional and global solution recommendations based on extensive knowledge of cash management products, payments ecosystems, and banking application landscapes. • Maintain a strong understanding of domestic payment infrastructures and clearing systems across APAC markets. • Understand application configurations and assess their impact on system functionality and business processes across multiple countries within the region. • Serve as a subject matter expert by maintaining current knowledge of application features, product enhancements, industry developments, and operational processes. • Collaborate with systems analysts, developers, and testing teams to ensure business requirements are accurately understood and effectively delivered. • Support testing activities by providing guidance on business scenarios, validating outcomes, and ensuring solutions meet business expectations. • Assess and manage issues identified during testing phases, determining whether they qualify as defects or change requests and assigning appropriate business severity. Required Experience & Qualifications • Minimum 10 years of Business Analysis experience , with a strong focus on Cash Management solutions within Transaction Banking across APAC . • Proven experience participating in regional or global implementation programs for cash management platforms within international banking environments. • Demonstrated experience across the full project lifecycle, from business requirements gathering and solution design through implementation, testing, go-live, and post-production support. • Strong domain expertise in Cross-border Payments, Domestic Payments, Collections, Virtual Accounts, Corporate Cash Management. • Ability to advise business stakeholders on future-state processes and help translate business needs into clear and structured requirements. • Proven track record of guiding stakeholders on how standard application functionality can meet business requirements without unnecessary customization. • Experience working closely with technology teams, including systems analysts, developers, and QA/testing teams. • Strong understanding of testing methodologies, including creation and validation of business scenarios and test results. • Experience managing business stakeholders during UAT and testing cycles, including defect qualification and change impact assessment. • Excellent knowledge of ISO 20022 payment standards and SWIFT messaging frameworks . • Experience with Finastra Global PAYplus (GPP) will be viewed favorably. • Strong understanding of payment regulations and market practices across APAC countries. • Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities. • Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels. • Excellent stakeholder management, interpersonal, and negotiation skills. • Strong planning, organizational, and time management skills. • Self-motivated, proactive, and capable of working independently within a fast-paced environment. • Experience working within the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile delivery environments. Key Hiring Criteria This role is best suited for candidates who bring deep Cash Management and Payments domain expertise , particularly within Transaction Banking , and who can confidently engage senior business stakeholders on solution design, process transformation, and regional implementation initiatives across APAC. Singapore-based candidates with strong Cash Management SME experience, ISO 20022 knowledge, cross-border payments expertise, and Transaction Banking implementation experience are strongly encouraged to apply.