VP, Regional Senior Business Analyst for Core Banking Services

As Singapore's longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires.

 Today, we're on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia's leading financial services partner for a sustainable future.

 We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career.

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Job Description:

• A Regional Senior Business Analyst role in IT department with Senior BA or Product Owner knowledge and experience to conceptualize strategic business/operations solution, drive transformation and support product development in the Core Banking services for the Group.

• Responsible to drive ongoing, long-term program and product roadmap for continuous enhancement of the Core Banking Services platform, domestically and across the region. 

• Able to effectively and efficiently engage business to understand their business strategy and product requirement to propose a build & implementation strategy that can meet their needs.

• Propose strategic recommendations to drive simplification and standardization of business/operational processes across the region for Core Banking services.

• Play a consultant and strategic partner role to business to propose options for consideration and drive outcome. 

• Ensure harmony, scalability and compatibility of proposed solution across the Group with regional mindset.

• Able to navigate various dependencies and streams to achieve best outcome for the business within stipulated timeframe with resources provided. 

• Stay abreast of market/industry trends and best practices to proactively recommend innovative solutions for business. 

• Be the strategic partner and bridge between Business and Technology team during solution and all phases of SDLC and/or Agile/SCRUM sprints/delivery and long-term technology roadmap planning.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Manage and oversee Core Banking transformation portfolio across the region and work closely with business and technology partners to support core banking migration to new platform while seeking process and product standardization where applicable.  

• Conduct analysis of regional business process, operations and technology solutions to harmonize design and build for maximum output in terms of digital adoption and end to end straight through processing, where possible. 

• Ensure that solution is scalable for regional deployment with strict alignment of business/operations processes and functions across the Group. 

• Work with data and customer, employee insights to propose solutions that can optimize process, enhance efficiency and improve customer/employee satisfaction.

• Engage business partners and end users to innovate and articulate end to end requirements.

• Provide thought leadership within own area of responsibility and BA profession within the bank.

• Provide support to architecture committee and project teams to ensure that target operating models are progressing in line with the preferred strategic architecture / chosen architectures and technology stack.

Requirement:

• At least 10-15 years of relevant business analysis experience in financial services environment, preferably in area of Core Banking, bank-in-a box services in a multi-country, multi-currency environment  

• Possess end-to-end business knowledge of Core Banking services, with a primary professional domain in Loans and a secondary domain in Customer Information/Deposit modules

• Demonstrated expertise in Solutioning architecture and system development life cycle

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills

• Composite of 70% business knowledge and 30% IT knowledge in Core Banking area - more business/less IT

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to assimilate information quickly and gain consensus from multiple stakeholders when required

• Experience of supporting multi-country, international branches in financial services

• Experience of supporting bank-in-a-box banking services include modules of deposit, loan, foreign exchange, market rates, GL accounting, Account statement, regulatory reporting

• Good oral and written communication skills, including documentation and presentation skills

• Comfortable communicating across business divisions, international entities and levels of seniority 

• Strong team player with the ability to take ownership and deliver independently

• Able to work under pressure with tight deadlines and/or multiple projects

• Strong influence & interpersonal skills required to liaise with other subject matter experts to problem solving and/or generating ideas

• Experience and ability to work in a culturally diverse and geographically distributed team

• Experience in negotiation and conflict resolution 

• Possess initiative, drive and excellent attention to detail

• Cross product knowledge on accounting, banking channels, payment and collection, regulatory reporting

• Understanding of technology and development lifecycle – experience in both SDLC & Agile/SCRUM delivery

Competitive base salary. A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle. Community initiatives. Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities. Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.