Business Analyst / Functional Consultant – Banking Industry
Responsibilities:
- Elicit, clarify, and document business requirements to ensure alignment with organizational needs.
- Effectively articulate key functional capabilities of the SaaS solution suite.
- Lead fit-gap analysis exercises to assess business requirements, align them with out-of-the-box capabilities, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop action plans for addressing gaps.
- Establish user stories and backlog items, and prepare test specifications following agile methodologies.
- Prepare key implementation deliverables, including business requirements documentation, functional specification documents, and test strategy documents.
- Organize and execute functional and integration tests across multiple functional areas.
- Present and articulate solutions from a business perspective within the enterprise landscape.
Qualifications and Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Finance, or a related field (or equivalent relevant experience).
- 5–8 years of experience in business analysis or functional consulting within the banking industry.
- Strong data analytical skills, with the ability to assess and prioritize configuration requests within the company’s application.
- A broad, enterprise-wide perspective of business operations, with an understanding of strategy, processes, capabilities, enabling technologies, and governance within the banking and financial services domain.
- Exceptional communication skills, including written, verbal, and visual communication, with the ability to engage effectively at all organizational levels.
- Strong collaboration skills, capable of influencing stakeholders and driving consensus across teams.
- Goal-oriented mindset with a positive, reliable, and results-driven approach.
- Strong situational analysis and decision-making skills.
- Excellent negotiation skills, with the ability to present recommendations and solutions logically to customers.
- Proactive attitude with the ability to quickly grasp complex requirements and collaborate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to act as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring clear communication of business needs.
- Domain knowledge of banking, financial institutions, and/or large enterprise IT environments.
- Basic understanding of cloud concepts and SaaS applications, with a willingness to develop expertise in these areas.