Business Analyst – Local Regulatory Reporting Change recruitment

The Role: -

•          Undertake Business Analyst responsibilities on both ASTRA and STAR Adoption projects

•          Work closely with FA users to understand and document data and business requirements for local regulatory reporting and group views and disclosures

•          Collaborate with project teams for upstream data sourcing changes to identify and address data sourcing deficiencies

•          Perform business analysis on local regulatory reporting solution to identify and address functionality gaps

•          Collaborate with IT teams to interpret business requirements

•          Develop test approach, test scenarios and test cases

•          Perform functional testing and analyse defects in collaboration with IT teams

•          Facilitate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for FA users and analyse defects in collaboration with IT teams

•          Conduct working group meetings with FA users, IT teams and other project teams

•          Build and maintain good relationships with key FA users at a working level

•          Provide progress updates to project managers and raise risks, issues and dependencies promptly

TO QUALIFY, YOU MUST POSSESS:

•          Work experience of 5+ years in either or a combination of the following: Financial Services industry, Consulting Services industry or Audit Advisory services industry

•          Experience of working in or managing change for Financial Accounting or Regulatory Reporting systems and processes

•          Qualified Accountant

•          Undergraduate degree in Accountancy, Business or Commerce

•          Strong analytical skills and ability to define and apply logical approach to issue resolution

•          Strong communication (written, verbal, presentational) skills

•          Good team player

•          Demonstrated foundation of Business Analysis as it relates to CFO processes through Project business analyst roles; and/or

•          Experience in a line Financial Accounting role performing Legal Entity Control and/or Regulatory Reporting; and/or

•          Understanding of Regulatory Reporting Requirements

•          Experience in implementing reporting solutions that utilise core infrastructure such as data warehouses, calculation and reporting engines in the Financial Services Industry

•          Experience of process change management and benefit realisation