Senior Business Analyst (Domain in Financial Services)

Upskills.com

Office

Raffles Quay, Singapore

Full Time

Upskills provides expert financial software consulting to investment banks and leading financial institutions in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Europe. With a strong, Front to Back expertise in the cash and derivatives markets, coupled by an in-depth knowledge of financial markets technologies, we provide smart and efficient solutions.
We are seeking highly-motivated Senior Business Analyst who is mainly responsible for analyzing business needs, identifying areas for improvement, and providing data-driven solutions to support organizational goals. The role involves collaborating with stakeholders, gathering requirements, and ensuring seamless communication between business and technical teams.
Key Responsibilities:1. Requirements Analysis & Elicitation:

Collaborate with BU Specialists to elicit and review business requirements.
Analyse and document the "to be" business and operations processes based on the agreed requirements and/ or function points, perform impact assessment.
Responsible to analyse and define detailed functional and non-functional requirements based on business requirements.
Monitor and manage risks/issues related to requirements and scope creep.
Write business functional release notes and contribute to deployment plan.

2. Team Collaboration:

Transition functional and non-functional requirements to System Analysts, and ensure a clear and complete understanding of the requirements.
Work with Test Manager to translate business requirements into test scenarios.
Maintain up to date knowledge base related to application features and processes.

3. Testing & Scope Management:

Clarify test findings escalated by Test Manager and classify the findings accordingly.
Perform impact assessment and estimation for Project.

Requirements

Master or Bachelor's Degree in Business Analytics, Information System, Financial Engineering or similar domain.
At least 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst, with at least 2 years in a senior role.
Strong quantitative, analytical, problem solving and process design skills that can translate analysis into solutions that meet business objectives.
Experience in scoping and evaluation – Defining overall considerations, including scalability, maintainability, cost, operations, and technology principal risk to provide a recommendation.
Familiarity with project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall) is a plus.
Strategic forward-thinking approach to challenges with outstanding communications, influencing, negotiating and persuasion skills.