Lead Functional Business Analyst - SWIFT and payments systems

Responsibilities:

. Collaborate with Business Unit Specialists to elicit, review, and validate business requirements.
. Analyse and document to-be business and operational processes based on agreed requirements and/or function points.
. Define detailed functional and non-functional requirements, ensuring alignment with business goals.
. Conduct impact assessments and manage risks/issues related to requirements and scope creep.
. Prepare business functional release notes and contribute to deployment planning.

Mandatory Skills Description:

. Minimum 8-10 years of experience in functional business analysis, with a strong focus on SWIFT and payments systems.
. Domain Payments, Cross-border payments, SWIFT standards.
. Hands-on experience with SQL (for data analysis/validation)
. Strong business domain knowledge in corporate banking and payments.
. Bachelor's degree in engineering/ business/ finance or equivalent.
. Strong quantitative, analytical, problem solving and process design skills that can translate analysis into solutions that meet business objectives
. Understanding of technology and operational processes across functions /departments in the bank/market.
. Familiar with change management processes and project management fundamentals.
. Strategic forward-thinking approach to challenges with outstanding communications, influencing, negotiating and persuasion skills.
. Passionate, diligent and resilient individual with ability to thrive in ambiguity.
. Ability to push initiatives forward and work collaboratively across teams.

Nice-to-Have Skills Description:

. Cross border payments via blockchain network a plus