Reverside is an IT services provider; we are always looking for professional candidates to join our team in Software Development, providing opportunities to work on exciting projects, within our well-established client base.We are looking for an IT Business Analyst Professional with 2 - 5 years demonstrated practical experience in major projects / areas with relevant exposure to the credit business.The Credit Business Analyst will take responsibility for defining requirements and product sets for configuration and maintenance of existing modules of the Murex product suite.
Currently, this suite comprises the Murex Limits Controller and Basel II Credit Capital Calculator modules.ResponsibilitiesThis will require an overall and in-depth understanding of credit processes, systems, information requirements, flows, and functional system requirements.Build, develop, and maintain the business processes for Credit to help identify and understand the workings of the business, and thereby derive the business requirements and constraints that the resultant systems implementations must address (Including current and to-be business processes).Continuously update and align the to-be business processes as business changes.Determine the impact of change of proposed projects on the business and on the IT systems supporting the business.Perform impact assessments on new requirements and the impact on upstream and downstream systems.During analysis, ensure that the full end-to-end Credit system and their dependencies have been assessed.Support the Credit Business Architecture and conform to the Business Architecture standards.Analyze the gaps between the current and future state to determine the extent of change required to realize the future state objective.Identify processes in need of re / design (e.g.
due to inefficient operations) and identify options to improve them gaining stakeholder buy-in.Document the end-to-end Credit process flows with reference to existing documentation generated to date.Support the efficiency measures and targets of end-to-end Credit processes including touch points in Business Units.Assist project teams with touch points in the Murex configuration to translate business needs into system functionality.Define report requirements, functional and process specifications for business and IT changes, as part of the overall definition of solutions to support business needs.Understand existing systems and all inter-dependencies (As Is analysis).Analyze business processes and system requirements, with the ability to propose re-engineering or optimization of processes.Ensure projects within credit business architecture are aligned and delivered to achieve the to-be architecture.Understand functional and technical system specifications to identify business solutions, opportunities, and system limitations.Apply and influence the use of Business Architecture guidelines to ensure consistent and high-quality business requirements / functional / process specifications for any solution.Assist Technical Designers in translating the business requirements and functional / process specifications into detailed technical requirements.Oversee functional, integration, and user acceptance testing activities to ensure that the delivered solution meets agreed business requirements and functional / process specifications.Identify proactively operational problems and propose solutions.Interface with other Business Analysts and Project Managers.Work closely with the technical architects in defining the systems landscape in Credit.Challenge business demands and identify duplications or redundant needs across Credit.Create, develop, and maintain a Credit business information model and guidelines for data input, processing, and output.Provide expert advice to resources in Credit.Keep abreast with changes in the business, in credit management and best practices.RequirementsRelevant degree or qualification.Excellent Excel skills are required for creating and maintaining test packs and test scenarios.Strong background in implementation of build and buy business solutions.Ability to have a technical discussion.Experience in the investment banking sector preferred.
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