Vice President, Senior Business Analyst (Cash Management)

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to streamline requirements, ensuring they match application functionalities while reducing the need for custom modifications.
• Possess a comprehensive understanding of the cross-border payments sector and application functionalities to support the complete payment flow solution.
• Assist the business in developing future processes that encourage digitization and standardization of the product offerings to enhance customer value.
• Deliver global and regional solutions to business users, leveraging knowledge of the cash management domain and the bank's application ecosystem.
• Maintain a solid understanding of the domestic payments framework within the APAC region.
• Have a thorough knowledge of application configurations and their impact on system functionality throughout APAC.
• Stay informed on application features and processes to maintain subject matter expertise.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 10 years of experience as a business analyst with a focus on cash management solution implementation in APAC for transaction banking.
• Background as a business analyst in regional or global cash management system implementations at international banks, having participated in the complete project lifecycle from initiation to post-production support.
• Expertise in payments and collections products, including cross-border and domestic transactions, as well as virtual accounts within corporate banking.
• Practical experience collaborating with business teams to provide advisory services on future processes and assist in clearly articulating their requirements.
• Proven capability to guide businesses on utilizing applications to meet requirements without the need for custom solutions.
• Experience working alongside systems analysts, developers, and testers to communicate business requirements and confirm that the delivered solutions meet expectations.
• Offer guidance to the Testing CoE regarding test scenarios that meet specified requirements.
• Knowledgeable in managing business issues raised during the testing phase, determining whether they qualify as defects or changes, and assessing the severity of those issues.
• Strong understanding of the ISO20022 payment standard and SWIFT messaging.
• Experience with the Global PayPlus product from FINASTRA is an advantage.
• Familiarity with regulatory considerations related to payments in various APAC countries is essential.
• Exceptional analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation capabilities.
• Effective planning, organizational, and time management skills.
• Self-driven, with the ability to work independently while being an effective team player.
• Experience in the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and exposure to Agile methodologies.