Beschreibung
Senior Business Analyst
We are looking to find a responsible and open minded candidate who adds value to our client's IT team. Our client is an international Swiss Bank.
Role overview
The pace of change within financial services is at an unprecedented level across the industry and from all jurisdictions. Much of this regulatory change impacts and will be sponsored and led by the Risk Division. Within our client, the Chief Risk Officer and his management team recently conducted a review to assess the Change capabilities required within Risk to deliver the challenging and extensive book of work over the next 3-5 years. Following this review, a number of key new programme and project roles have been identified within the CRO Change organization.
As Lead Business Analyst, you are to support delivery of large and complex change projects and initiatives for your program.
Key Deliverables
The role involves:
- Identifying and documenting business requirements from key business stakeholders
- Overseeing business testing and user acceptance testing activity
- Conducting deep dive analyses, gap analyses and proposing responses
- Managing and supporting user acceptance testing
- Working in partnership with key stakeholders and programs to define business solutions that deliver requirements
- Responsibility for timely resolution of ongoing regulatory and industry group outcomes and other events on business requirements
- Providing direction and oversight to business analysts developing functional specifications that meet business requirements
- Working effectively in and leading working groups with diverse Business stakeholders to ensure requirements and priorities are successfully met
- Providing up-to-date status report throughout the release cycle
Qualifications/Competencies
The candidate must have:
- Relevant business analysis experience within banking and financial services with prior project management
- Experience in market/credit/operational risk implementations
- Strong understanding on front to back systems, data, calculations and processes within an Investment Banking environment
- Effective stakeholder management, experience in facing senior business stakeholders, and ability to engage with quantitative experts.
Other attributes:
- Track record of sourcing and defining clear and comprehensive requirements
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; numerically competent
- Good business analysis and functional specification design
- Strong attention to detail, accuracy and timeliness of delivery
- Self-motivated and proven ability to work with little supervision
- Proven ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner (written and verbal)
- Effective time management - able to work under pressure and meet project deadlines
- Good team player - the team has a reputation of being able to deliver with quality and upholding these high standards individually and as a team will be given the highest priority
Other skills and qualifications:
- University degree in relevant subject (finance/accountancy is a plus but not mandatory)
- Recognized relevant professional qualification (eg CFA, MBA, CA, risk certification)
- Familiarity with business processes, financial products, credit risk management and regulatory requirements (eg FSA Basel II/III; FINMA)
- Strong SQL skills
- Proficiency in MS Excel
Candidate Value
Proposition
It is important for the firm that the CRO function is successful in delivering its programmes. This will require professional, dedicated and committed teams working within a challenging environment. This is an opportunity to work within a newly formed team to drive and successful achieve success to the highest standard.
Departmental Overview
The mandate of the our client's CRO department is to:
- Act as guardian of the bank's risk appetite providing effective risk oversight
- Run well-controlled risk processes ensuring an effective bank-wide 2nd line of defense
- Proactively support the business in shaping its risk profile, strengthening its 1st line of defense and aligning its strategy execution with shareholders' and regulatory requirements
- Drive the bank's regulatory risk' agenda and position as competent reliable partner vis-à-vis regulatory authorities
- Maintain a comprehensive bank-wide risk appetite framework including market risk, credit risk, operational risk, reputational risk etc.
- Provide stakeholders with transparency on all risk-related matters and ensure timely assessment and escalation
- Continuously strengthen the risk function by attracting, developing and retaining top talents and foster continuous learning throughout the organization
- Drive the continuous enhancement and efficiency improvement of risk-related systems & infrastructure
CRO Change partners with the Risk division and other stakeholders to help our client to manage risk more effectively and to ensure compliance with regulation, whilst delivering strategic programs which drive business optimization across the Risk division.
The CRO Change function is accountable for
- Successful delivery of the evolving Change portfolio sponsored by the Risk Division
- Shaping strategic approaches to delivering change programs
- Supporting the Risk division by defining its 3-5 year Target Operating Model
If this role excites you, and you feel you could take this next challenge in your career, then don't hesitate to send your application.
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