Senior Business Analyst Core banking Permanent

Role and responsibilities

• Analyze and structure projects and new requirements coming in the domain with all stakeholders involved in order to propose to the organization the best way to deliver appropriate solutions
• Lead the elaboration of a functional solution with business stakeholders and concerned IT teams
• Lead, with the support of technical teams, the definition of the solution and the implementation roadmap
• Drive the definition of use cases for User Acceptance Test with end users
• Manage all the decision making and analysis process allowing to design, validate the solution, and get the necessary approvals in terms of architecture, IT risk and IT Security, budget and capacity planning
• Coordinate the implementation from a project management perspective
• Conduct Project Preliminary studies and analysis
• Define Planning and budget elaboration and follow-up
• Organize and run dedicated committees (steering committees, project committees, etc)
• Identify and report on project risks, attention points and issues to follow-up
• Requirements and general functional specifications (GFS): Coordination of workshops, minutes, writing GFS, Review and validation with Sponsors, Presentation and support to Dev Team, etc
• Coordinate all teams, from same division or other divisions, working on the same project
• Plan the migration strategy and change management activities related to these new projects
• Coordinate, supervise and contribute to Users Acceptance Tests (UAT) related to new implementations
• Ensure the good relationship with business sponsors and stakeholders on each location

Job requirement:

• 10+ years of experience in the Banking Industry, as a Business Analyst and as a Project Manager
• Extensive knowledge of Core Banking: transaction capture, settlement and accounting booking
• Knowledge of financial products (Securities, Payments, Money Markets, Foreign Exchange, Credit, Derivatives and Structured Products, Commodities, Mutual Funds)
• Extensive knowledge of Payment and transaction settlement systems (SWIFT, ISO20020, SEPA, RTGS…)
• Excellent communication skills in English, both oral and written.
• Strong proficiency with Powerpoint, Excel, Word, Visio
• Degree holder