Functional Business Analyst Lead

Role: Functional BA
Duration: 12 months (extendable)
Singapore

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.

Requirements:

• 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; Cross-border payments via blockchain network a plus.
• 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.

Key Domain / Technical Skills (Indicate up to 3 areas)

• SQL