Job summary

The Business Analyst is responsible for a full range of activities which ensure the operational effectiveness and excellence of the business unit.

Responsibilities

• Understand what the business does and how it does.
• To collect, understand, and transmit the business or functional support requirements for the project/request/incident, and to translate these into functional specifications and detailed test plans.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify bsuiness requirements related to compliance applications (specifically filtering tools) within the organizations.
• To analyse and document business processes and to involve end users in all the project/request/incident resolution phases.
• Analyze and document current compliance processes and systems, identifying areas for improvement.
• To design the business cases hand by hand with users and required central teams covering the complete cycle of operations and IT processes.
• To document workflows and results of business analysis and obtain sign-off from client on the specifications.
• To document the systems and functional processes making it easy for the newcomers to understand the system.
• To collect, understand, and transmit the business or functions support requirements for the project, and to translate these into functional specifications and detailed test plans.
• Ensure a smooth integration and implementation of new standards petals (systems) following the standard methodologies.
• Assist in the selection and implementation of compliance tools and technologies.
• To support the functionalities of all the banking production modules related to all business activities
• Provide both functional and technical support to users in the region

Expected Contributions

• Improves systems by studying current practices; designing modifications.
• Recommend controls by identifying problems; writing improved procedures.
• Coordinate with the production team the go-live/ installation of solutions on production following all the guidelines and processes
• To support the functional operations of all standard and non-standard application systems according to the business needs of the organization.
• End user training and support
• To plan, execute, monitor, control and manage IT projects
• To establish a planning taking into account all the project aspects (Functional and technical)
• To manage day to day change requests in relation to the project plans to ensure agreed deadlines are met
• To follow up activities and produce regular project / requests status to its management progress against outstanding, status, resource requirements, issues, risks and dependencies
• To coordinate tasks of the different projects actors (internally & externally)
• To execute the User Acceptance Tests scenarios and technically test scripts
• To prepare new application, enhancement, decommissioning obsolete application, documentation and User Guides related to the project.
• Adhere to company and project standards and guidelines.
• Adhere to IT security standards and guidelines.
• When being a resource in a project, coordinate with the Project Managers in handling the assigned project tasks.
• Stay updated with relevant regulations, laws, and industry standards affecting compliance tools including filtering tools.

Experience

• Project Management & Application Deployment experience
• Knowledge on a Core Banking Application and all standard banking business processes
• Working experience and knowledge of end-to-end IT project lifecycles
• General knowledge of banking activities and operations in the following areas:
• Payment's systems
• Compliance tools – Mainly filtering tools
• Trade Finance
• Loans/Deposits
• Treasury
• Interest Calculation
• Credit Risk
• Accounting
• Knowledge of analysing, documenting, writing down functional specifications and interacting with end users
• Good Knowledge of Swift and Payments systems
• Good Knowledge of Accounting & core banking systems
• Good Knowledge of Trade finance systems
• Good knowledge of activity planning
• Good knowledge of Unix technology
• Good knowledge of ORACLE Databases, SQL and PL/SQL
• Good level with Office work management tools
• Good command of in Networking and Infrastructure concepts, principles and solutions
• Good command of IT Security concepts, principles, protocols, and solutions.
• Demonstrate evidence of analysing, documenting, writing down functional specs and interacting with end users
• Good written and verbal communication skills & interpersonal skills
• Ability to clearly communicate and pass the knowledge to train end users
• Ability to work independently
• Integrity within a professional environment
• Inspire teamwork and responsibility
• Working in transversal environment
• Rigorous, quality of synthesis and analysis
• Teamwork and client service skills
• Ability and willingness to learn quickly and thoroughly
• Ability to multitasking and achieve multiple deadlines
• Flexible with travelling
• Available on Call.
• Availability for extra hours of work, from time to time
• B.S.C in computer science or Information systems
• At least 5 years of experience.
• At least 3 years of experience as business analyst with a focus on compliance filtering tools, or similar technologies
• Language fluent English

Mandatory Requirements

• B.S.C in computer science or Information systems
• At least 5 years of experience.
• At least 3 years of experience as business analyst with a focus on compliance filtering tools, or similar technologies
• Language fluent English