Lead Business Analyst – Reference Data recruitment

The program is within the Reference Data Program, which is a strategic initiative, and is sponsored by IB CFO.  The program digitizes agreement data into a golden repository which is governed by the Data Quality team.  This agreement data will be distributed to consumers.

Responsibilities:

Business Architect Lead will be responsible for running the day-to-day activities relating to the design of the program Architecture, specifically the management and supervision of the Business Architect Team in the delivery of the target process model design and the target data architecture design.  Key deliverables include:

• Develop the business architecture agenda and resource plans to support the program

• Develop and own the business architecture strategy for IB Ref Data

• Direct the work of the process architects and data architects

• Coordinate with IT architecture team for the design of the application landscape

• Manage and chair design meetings as well as communicate and coordinate with other design forums

• Manage and lead the resolution of design issues

• Ensure that effective design review processes are developed, design reviews are conducted and that lessons improve future designs

• Contribute to the design of the overall business architecture strategy for IB Ref Data Program

• Align business architecture deliverables with overall implementation plans

• Contribute to the development of business architecture standards and design principles

• Review business requirements and functional specifications

• Articulate and convey the business architecture solution to stakeholders (FO/BO)

• Understand how business and IT strategies align for the program

• Escalate project issues and risks on a timely basis

• Contribute to bank wide architecture governance

• Ensure that business architecture artefacts are socialized, agreed and sanctioned by all stakeholders

• Contribute to the development and growth of the business architecture function

 Candidate Value Proposition 

 The successful candidate will join a highly valued, senior team of ambitious managers.  They will gain exposure to multiple areas of the bank and will be well positioned to build a complete understanding of the front-to-back operations of a global investment bank.  They will work on high profile and strategically important projects and will be in a position to develop a broad network of contacts across the bank. 

Skills/experience: 

Essential

•  Deep knowledge of business architecture function

• Implementation experience in the design of business process models and business semantic data models

• Solid knowledge of project methodology and project implementation experience in financial services industry

• Experience in coordinating the resolution of cross-divisional design issues

• Experience in supporting the definition of a multi-year phased delivery roadmap

• Excellent analytical and documentation skills

• Experience of managing multi-disciplinary teams

• Strong negotiation and influencing skills

• Understanding of the importance of data quality and governance

• Experience in achieving results in a project context using resources that do not report directly to them

• Solid knowledge of IT, including experience of managing IT-oriented projects

• Good understanding of IT oriented methods and approaches

• Proven decision making and critical thinking skills

• Extremely strong organisational skills

• Excellent relationship and interpersonal skills

• Good knowledge of standard office software applications (e.g., Microsoft PowerPoint)

• Knowledge of Legal Agreement, Credit, Collateral or Client or Product Reference Data front to back

• Knowledge of the banking regulatory environment