The Business Analyst will work with Predictive and Modelling Tech team of UK Based Investment Bank and work collaboratively with Country Finance, Treasury, Group and BAU teams to understand requirements and articulate them within the Business and data requirements document

Responsibilities

To act as a business solution owner of the projects target state and support analysis included in relevant concept and methodology papers required for preparation of BRDs
To be accountable for ensuring that detailed requirements are documented in BRDs, and are duly signed off by relevant stakeholders
To ensure that the new solutions comply with internal procedures / external regulatory guidelines and project deliverables are properly understood by business stakeholders, project team, and end-users.
To validate that the strategic system architecture proposed by Technology is fit for its business purpose and is in line with the agreed business target state
To drive prioritization taking into consideration business benefits, delivery timelines, system performance etc.
To centrally coordinate system interfaces/dependencies/change releases for the Treasury and Liquidity Reporting work streams and ensure alignment across all centers
Test planning, coordinate testing, validate test results and obtain sign off from stakeholders
To support the development of testing packs with predefined results sets
To review test cases ensuring completeness of UAT coverage
To monitor any gaps / defects identified, and work with Technology counterparts to track progress and ensure resolution

Skills

6-12 years of functional experience in Credit Risk, with experience in Internal ratings-based (IRB) approach
Good understanding of financial & capital markets domain with sound knowledge of products like equities, fixed income, derivatives, forex etc.
Good understanding of International Financial Reporting Standard 9 (IFRS 9) and Basel III framework
Expertise in Enterprise-Wide Stress Testing (EWST)
Experience with both waterfall & agile methodologies
Experience in analyzing data to draw business-relevant conclusions and in data visualization techniques and tools
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Business Analyst - Credit Risk/IRB