Vice President – Principal Technical Business Analyst

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About the role:

In your role as Vice President, Principal Technical Business Analyst / Data Engineer you will be primarily accountable to support the identification, documentation, and testing of Business and Technical requirements for Oceania initiatives and Regional / Head Office initiatives that involve the Oceania Branch.  In addition to traditional “Business Analyst” functions, this role will also function as a Data Analyst / Engineer for the ASOO Team and assist with generating Functional Requirements & Reporting for initiatives requiring access to various data

What you’ll be doing:

• Work with Business & Technology stakeholders to develop estimates for initiatives based on project initiative scoping and planning requirements.
• Understand and report on any variance to estimates given due to changes in business requirements or designs during the project lifecycle
• Lead requirement gathering, including engaging with stakeholders (business lines, operations, risk, compliance, security etc.) to define and document business needs, workflows, data requirements, use cases, user stories, acceptance criteria.
• Analyze existing business processes; identify inefficiencies or gaps; propose improvements.
• Collaborate with solution architects, system architects, and engineering / development teams to assist with designing scalable, robust, secure solutions.
• Ensure that business and data requirements are translated into functional, non‐functional, interface, and reporting specifications (including security, scalability, SLAs, performance).
• Work closely with Business and Technology stakeholders to facilitate standardization of requirements to align with application functions, and align with Regional MUFG Standards, and minimize customizations.
• Provide business users with global / regional solutions based on the understanding of the application landscape in the bank or recommend local solutions if there is no global / regional solution available.
• Participate in vendor / product evaluations and RFP processes and take part in the implementation of these solutions when required.
• Support regulatory/compliance requirements that impact the business (e.g. sanctions screening, KYC, AML, ISO20022, CPS234, etc. as relevant).
• Ensure quality through reviewing (and / or creating) test plans, participating in SIT / UAT, and validating that functionality meets business needs.  Ensure traceability of Test Cases back to initial Business Requirements.
• Maintain detailed documentation: process flows, business rules, user journeys, data models, policies/controls

What we are looking for:

• Min 15 Years of experience as a business analyst specializing in Financial Markets and Institutional Banking
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent industry experience within Banking and Finance
• Experience mapping complex processes / workflows; strong analytical skills; ability to handle data, define data requirements, create data flow diagrams and logical process maps.
• Skilled in eliciting requirements, writing clear user stories / acceptance criteria, functional requirements documents.
• Strong communication skills: able to interact with senior leadership, translate technical concepts to business stakeholders and vice versa
• Experience in a principal business analyst role in regional / global system implementation in other international banks and been part of the full project lifecycle from conception to post-production support.
• Demonstrated ability to guide the business on how an application fulfils the requirement so that it can be used without customization.
• Experience in working with systems analysts, developers, testers to brief them on business and data requirements and to validate if the solution provided is as per expectations.
• Knowledge in managing the business for issues raised during testing phase to qualify as a defect or a change and attributing severity of the issue.
• Experience in software development lifecycle (SDLC) with exposure to Agile methodologies.
• Data analysis skills: SQL or ability to understand and define data flows, data schemas, reporting requirements
• Having a working knowledge of domestic payments landscape in APAC is a preference
• Deep understanding of Institutional Banking product functions: payments (domestic / cross‐border), cash management, liquidity management, collections/disbursements, reconciliation, fraud prevention etc.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Strong planning, organizational and time management skills
• Self-motivated and possess drive, and ability to work independently and a good team player

• Previous experience in a leadership role providing guidance and mentorship to a developing team

Our culture:

MUFG fosters a highly professional, supportive work environment that enables our employees to help maximize our customers' prosperity. We focus on building long-term customer relationships and giving back to our communities in order to develop shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is an equal opportunity employer. We view our employees as our key assets as they are fundamental to our long-term growth and success. MUFG is committed to hiring based on merit and organsational fit, regardless of race, religion or gender.