Immediate Need: Business Analyst – New Business Projects (AVP) recruitment
Key Responsibilities:
- Partnering with CFO IT and the CFO Financial Accounting and Product Control functions to define, plan and execute new business projects
- Implementation of processes to monitor, track and report project progress to stakeholders
- Communication to key stakeholders on New Business projects status and issue resolution
- Perform new business projects through:
- Completing feasibility studies to determine the scope and timetable for delivery of a new business project (Deliverables include; Impact on Finance of proposed CFO architecture, Budget request, Proposed timetable for CFO implementation)
- Determining the CFO system architecture to be deployed for the specific requirements of the new business initiative (Recommended CFO system/process architecture)
- Determining the CFO requirements and the solutioning of those requirements through system set up, configuration and development (Deliverables include; Business requirement document)
- Preparing test plans and co-ordinate the execution of user acceptance testing by the Financial Accounting and Product Control departments providing CFO services for the new business initiative (Deliverables include; Test plan, Test cases with expected results, Defect register and resolution plan)
- Determining and co-ordinating the execution of system deployment in a production environment
- Complete post implementation reviews to determine Day 2 resolution of sub-optimal processes in solutioning CFO requirements (Deliverables include management of a sub-optimal process register and resolution plan)
Requirements:
- Accountancy qualification and an understanding of US GAAP and IFRS requirements for the accounting of derivatives and financial instruments
- 5+ years experience in a Financial Accounting or Product Control Line role in the Financial Services industry and/or a Finance Change role in the Financial Services industry
- Investment Banking product knowledge (Derivatives - Interest Rate, Credit, Commodity, FX and Securities and structured products) and the CFO processes typically required to support such processes
- Strong communication (written, verbal, presentational) skills
- Strong communication (written, verbal, presentational) skills
- Undergraduate degree in Business or Commerce
Additional Relevant Experience or Capabilities:
- Demonstrated capability (2 years+) of managing and executing change in a Financial Services organisation for CFO systems and processes
- Demonstrated foundation of Business Analysis as it relates to CFO processes through Project business analyst roles; and/or
- Experience in providing Financial Services Consulting services to the CFO function
.If you are interested in this position, please send your CV to Joyce Lim at joyce.lim@kaskal-executive.com
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Please not that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the pre screening.
November 15, 2009
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