Business analyst Trade Finance

at  Newtone consulting

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENT:

• 5+ years of experience in a Corporate Banking environment, with specific experience as an IT Business Analyst in Trade Finance (eBanking Channels).
• Strong functional and business analysis skills, with the ability to communicate and bridge between business/operations and IT.
• Good functional experience in Trade/Electronic invoicing applications.
• Excellent team player with a strong commitment and positive attitude.
• Effective communication and coordination skills across multicultural and cross-country teams.
• Ability to work independently.
• Familiarity with standard formats such as SWIFT, EDIFACT, ISO20022, and data transformations.
• Proficiency in Unix/Shell scripts, XML, and Oracle/PLSQL.

• Conduct systematic business analysis to ensure a clear definition of business/operational objectives for new requirements.
• Validate business requirements to align with business/operations needs, IT architecture, and security standards.
• Design functional solutions, and user workflows, and document Functional Specifications.
• Conduct walkthroughs of requirements and proposed solutions with stakeholders, obtaining their review and signoff.
• Develop SIT/UAT/NRT scope and approach, guide the Testing team in creating test scenarios/cases, and review them to obtain signoff from stakeholders. Adjust test cases as needed to match available resources and target timelines.
• Validate SIT test results produced by the testing team and provide signoff.
• Assist users in planning and executing UAT, analyze defects, and prioritize them for fix delivery by the development team.
• Document and review user manuals and release notes as required.
• Assist in providing tactical/strategic solutions for new client requirements.
• Support conversion/migration exercises when necessary.
• Perform functional analysis and propose solutions for production defects.