Business Analyst – FIC ( CASH ) recruitment

Business Analyst - FIC , Foriegn Exchange ( FX, ) Money Markets (MM) for leading wholesale bank. The purpose of the role is to provide Business Analysis services within the FIC Cash team, which is part of the Financial Markets Solution Delivery group.

- Identify and build strong, effective relationships with both the business and technology stakeholders, across global offices.

- Challenge the status quo, offering and proposing new automated solutions, transforming business processes and introducing global standardization

- Consider changes from a front to back perspective, ensuring all impacted areas are identified, communicated with and their requirements/needs are met

 -Gather, understand, analyse and document business requirements, questioning and challenging where necessary.

 - Translating requirements into accurate functional requirements, solving business problems by proposing relevant, innovative, automated solutions that cross geographies

- A results orientated person ensuring projects timelines are met, whilst ensuring business priorities are delivered

To become a key, go-to BA within FIC Cash, as well as the wider Service Delivery group

Key responsibilities are outlined below:

o       Gain an in depth knowledge of current business processes, inefficiencies, issues and risk.

o       Pro-actively engage, manage and build strong relationships with both business and technology (including vendors) stakeholders

o       Work with the business to understand their requirements, define new processes and workflows. Question and challenge the status quo and assumptions

o       Be an active, vocal member of workshops, discussions and working groups.

o       Assist business functions with determining where inefficiencies lie, where overheads/costs can be reduced and where improvements can be made to increase revenues

o       Document requirements in a clear, unambiguous manner. Ensure they are understood by all parties and sign off is achieved

o       Propose relevant solutions and alternatives to meet business needs. Translate into clear, automated and globally standardized future state models

o       Create functional and design specifications, ensuring all stakeholders, globally, are in agreement and provide sign off

o       Ensure the overall quality of business requirements, functional specifications and supporting documents meet the bank’s standards

o       Work proactively with your fellow BAs, at times across geographies, ensuring work is proportionally distributed and that targets and project deadlines are met.

o       Ensure development and testing teams understand the requirements and future state processes and that they are fully engaged early on in the project.

o       Provide on-going support to the technology and testing teams as required e.g. reviewing of test cases, close out open issues/questions, manage change request process etc.

o       Assist the business with UAT, including communications, planning, preparation and test cases

o       Assist the Project Manager with planning BA and supporting tasks, as well as resourcing and timelines.

o       Identify risks and issues early. Communicate them to the relevant people in a timely manner. Propose and plan mitigating steps.

Work closely with Project and Programme Managers to ensure stakeholders are fully engaged, communications are regular and honest and expectations are well managed