Transaction Filtering Business Analyst Contract

Business and Functional Domains:

• Compliance financial security (sanctions, embargo)
• Filtering of payment transactions
• Screening of trade document and names
• Sanction list management
• SWIFT message archival

Key Responsibilities for Change-the-Bank (Projects):

• Requirements definition – gather, analyse and validate business, functional and non-functional requirements, with the objective to meet business goals, regulatory demand and operational risks faced by the Bank
• Solution design – translate the requirements to high level design and prepare detailed specifications on core and ancillary system functionalities relating to filtering, screening, lists, workflows and interfaces
• Solution implementation – configure the systems (including scripting) to realize the solution or work with external provider to deliver the solution
• Functional testing – prepare the test plan, test cases and test data/files, then execute the testing, review the test results, raise defects and report test progress.
• System integration testing – lead and conduct end-to-end system integration test with upstream and downstream systems
• User acceptance testing – lead and manage user testing and secure sign-off
• Defect management – drive end-to-end defect life cycle from reporting, troubleshooting, resolution, retest and closure, working independently, or with internal teams and external vendor
• User training and documentation – prepare training documentation and conduct end user training
• Fine-tuning – Perform alert volume assessment and operational impact analysis, and based on which fine-tune good guys setup to minimize false positives
• Production deployment – prepare release document, set up user access, raise change request, and work with Application Production Support (APS) to deploy the change to production, perform post sanity check and monitoring

Other Expectations

• Able to develop, modify and run existing shell/batch scripts of list loading, batch screening jobs and configurations in Unix, AIX and Windows environment.
• Able to liaise and co-ordinate with Bank infrastructure teams on technical topics such as security vulnerability remediation/patching, new infrastructure setup and capacity planning
• Able to use standard IT tools for project management, reporting and change control processes (ServiceNow, Clarity, JIRA etc.)
• Provide Level 3 support to users or other internal teams on production incident management – trouble-shooting and recovery
• Provide Level 3 support on problem management – fine-tune or revamp existing solutions to deliver permanent fixes for production problems
• Occasionally, support production deployment and system maintenance in evening or week-end

Requirements:

• Tools: Filtering tools e.g., EastNets Side SafeWatch, Accuity Fircosoft SWIFT message archival tool e.g., EastNets Side Reporting.
• ArchitectureL Architecture on CFT and AML systems / tools.
• Technologies: OS environment (Unix, AIX and Windows), shell/batch scripting, FTP (Axway CFT, SFTP), Middleware (MQ series, Web Sphere, JBoss, EWS), Database (Oracle, SQL server), SQL Reporting tools.
• Corporate Banking: Industry knowledge of corporate banking and cash management.
• Payments: Functional knowledge of domestic and cross-border payment products and processing – low value payment, RTGS, telegraphic transfer, direct debit, cash and cheques, and their derivative products.
• Industry Standards: ISO15022 and ISO20022
• Project and change management: Experienced in IT project and change methodology. Hands-on end-user management experience, including operational procedures documentation, user training and change management.

For more information you can email Michelle Hoang in our Singapore office on quoting Job Reference 524391 or alternatively, apply here to register your interest.

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