Summary

The Corporate Banking and Transverse system domain within GIT New York organization is segregated into two IT lines in charge of IT projects, applications support & maintenance of business systems.  Corporate Banking IT:  Commercial banking (Front and back office), Trade Finance, Payments and SWIFT messaging. Corporate & Support Functions IT: Finance, Counterparty & Credit Risk systems, Compliance applications, transverse applications, as well as non-business applications (IT for IT, Administration, HR ...). 

The Corporate Banking IT line is looking for a hands-on business analyst to work in the Commercial Banking IT domain.  The role requires leading the design, development and deployment of solutions to business requests across the domain. A solid understanding of Commercial Banking business processes and systems is essential.

Key Responsibilities

•      Be the SME of a business line technology team responsible for owning and executing delivery of solutions to address the business' needs.
•       Engage with stakeholders at all levels to understand the business objectives and functional requirements necessary to perform their roles efficiently and effectively.
•       Elicit, capture and interpret business problems from multiple perspectives; present implications and recommendations with strategic perspective, influencing project parameters and outcomes.
•      Perform requirements gathering, solution design, functionality development, user acceptance testing, training, and deployment.
•       Develop requirements, write user stories, and design user interfaces of any new functionality that can be understood and built by the development team.
•       Understand the data model and architecture, and define data structures to enable new system functionality.
•       Evaluate the suitability of existing/potential tools to fulfill business needs.
•       Closely collaborate with Business Management, Information Technology, and outside vendors to develop and implement new applications and tools for use by the business.
•       Act as primary point of contact / SME for the domain on key functional topics and business projects.

Additional responsibilities

•      All activities should be conducted in following context:

•       Ensure the respect of policies and procedures of the Bank, as well as regulatory requirements.

•       Ensure accuracy and expediency of any activity related to audits.

•       Ensure that all system implementations meet US regulatory standards and are done in accordance with the Bank’s policies and procedures.

Management and Reporting

•      None.

Key Internal contacts

•      Primary internal customer is Commercial Operations

•      Support functions and business line involved in projects or applications

•      All GIT teams at local or global level

Key External contacts

•      FIS (ACBS) ASP Team and consulting

•      Any external provider involved in projects and more specifically main outsourcing company  

Salary Range: $120k - $160k

·         Bachelors Degree

·         Strong knowledge of business analysis, project management and data managements disciplines.

·         Strong skills in developing relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders

·         Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills

·         Autonomous, self-motivated and excellent team player

·         Real appetite to understand business user requirements and priorities

Presentation skills to synthesis and facilitate communication

·      10+ years’ experience working as a business analyst on Commercial Banking subjects

·      Experience with ACBS and TI PLUS applications

·      Experience as lead business analyst / SME within IT domain

·      Financial system (Accounting and/or Financial reporting), Credit risk or Commercial banking

·      Experience with Payment systems

·      ITIL

·      Project management

·      Commercial Banking domain knowledge

·      Skilled in a variety of necessary tools and technologies, including MS Office products (e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Project, and Visio), Power BI, and SQL.

·      Ability to learn and adapt to new technologies quickly

·      Technical background

·      Ability to read code to reverse engineer requirements

·      Experience in multicultural environment