Senior Business Analyst - Trade Finance
Job Description
- Strong Agile Knowledge.
- Experience with PostgreSQL, Kafka or ElasticSearch.
- Oracle PL/SQL knowledge, SQL Tuning is a plus.
- Scripting programming in Python is a plus.
- Good understanding of UI/UX development.
- 7+ years of experience in trade finance.
- Experience in Indian Operations.
- Knowledge in LC, BG, Bills, Loans, EDPMS, IDPMS.
- Experience with SWIFT messages like MT103 and MT202.
- Good understanding of workflow systems.
- Participate in client discussions and workshops.
- Experience in requirement gathering and documentation.
- Adhere to team management functionalities.
- Mentor and lead the junior team members.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to manage a small team of functional resources.
- Task prioritization, WSR and client management.
- Travel to client location for short visits.
- SPOC for testing and development team.
Project description
The FM CCR BA Team requires a strong Business Analyst to lead several initiatives as part of the Counterparty Credit Risk Technology team. The deliverable will incorporate business and technology deliverables including system upgrades, business workflows and migrations, risk data and control implementations. In this function, the business analyst is responsible for high quality analytics requirements produced by the team, definition of target operating model, testing, training, and user support for various projects focused on Traded Credit Risk.
Responsibilities
Work with relevant stakeholders (Traded Risk Management, Limits Monitoring, Reporting, Front Office etc) globally to deliver solutions for Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR) management and Front Office.
Responsible for the implementations of the new risk system and models (simulation, derivatives pricing, IM and VM collateral modelling and aggregation).
Work with external vendor on the upgrade of our pricing models and support the regression testing and model validation.
Manage measure implementations in ActivePivot including the dynamic collateral modelling under simulation (both IM and VM) and work closely with Model Validation to ensure approval for these models.
Be an interface between Risk managers, Counterparty Credit Risk Modelling and FO teams to collate all requirements and ensuring that these are translated into tangible ITO deliveries
Writing business requirements documents that fully and clearly cover the user requirements.
Planning the required testing ensuring traceability between requirements and test cases
Undertaking functional testing of the delivered functionality to ensure it meets the requirements, where required documenting issues and managing to resolution
Providing expert support to the business during User Acceptance Testing
Providing user training and support for system implementations including performing user verification testing where required.
Skills
Must have
7+ years of experience in Indian and International trade finance domain
Experience in Indian Operations
Knowledge in LC, BG, Bills, Loans, EDPMS, IDPMS , TRRACS, Core banking
Experience on SWIFT messages like MT103 and MT202, MT 700, MT 400 and Nostro
Good understanding of workflow systems
Participate in client discussions and workshops. Co-ordinate with onsite/client for any clarifications
Hands on experience in requirement gathering and preparation of Functional Specification Documents
Adhere to team management functionalities
Mentor and lead the junior team members
Excellent communication skills
Ability to manage a small team of functional resources
Task prioritization, WSR and client management
Travel to client location for short visits
SPOC for testing and development team
Secondary skills shall be:
Retail Banking Knowledge
Treasury and Loans
Functional Manual Testing
Agile Methodology
Prototyping and Digitization
Nice to have
Strong Agile Knowledge.
Any experience with technologies such as PostgreSQL, Kafka or ElasticSearch is a plus.
Oracle PL/SQL knowledge, SQL Tuning is a plus
Scripting programming in Python is a plus
Good understanding of UI/UX development
Other
Languages
English: C2 Proficient
Seniority
Senior
