About BNP Paribas India Solutions:
Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.
About BNP Paribas Group:
BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialised businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.
About Business line/Function:
ALMT function is responsible for Asset Liabilities management and treasury activity of BNP Paribas. It also handles Bank’s funding needs and risk management activities. ALMT IT is a Deal Capture & Deal Processing Application catering to IT demands of ALMT functions within the bank. Intraday Risk Reporting is in house developed data management tool which maintains EOD intraday metrics based on payments and positions from BO ledgers to calculate liquidity need, Basel Monitoring, Intraday Peaks, Intraday metrics during stress. The application maintains historical payments and positions data and computes metrics based on BCBS definitions. It helps the bank to provide regulatory reports to regulator when required.
Job Title:
I2R Business Analyst
Date:
01-Feb-2025
Department:
ALMT IT
Location:
NKP, Mumbai
Business Line / Function:
ALMT IT
Reports to:
(Direct)
Lead BA
Grade:
(if applicable)
(Functional)
Number of Direct Reports:
NA
Directorship / Registration:
NA
Position Purpose
Current position is under ALMT IT team scope to contribute in IT Business Analyst capacity for development, enhancements, and maintenance & support activities for I2R application by efficiently utilizing continuous improvement and agile methodology. Immediate tasks would include but not restricted to
• To create and maintain functional specifications document and work closely with the development and testing team.
• To co-ordinate closely with the Product Owner, business users and onsite BA’s or managers of the application to understand the functional requirements
• To perform functional tests and assist with user acceptance tests
• To work closely with testers to ensure that the appropriate level of testing is completed prior to release of developed functionality.
• In each release cycle, to demo newly developed functionality to the appropriate stakeholders during the development lifecycle and before release to production.
• To manage business feedback and create development tasks / specifications as appropriate.
• To build relationships as necessary to ensure that all necessary input is taken into account during the specification process.
• To understand and master various aspects of trade life cycle elements and link it to application usage.
Responsibilities
Direct Responsibilities
• Interact with functional and technical representatives of project teams in order to understand business functionalities, technical modules, integration mechanism and data sources.
• Prepare demand dashboard and plan project deliverables
• Attend BA standup , mentoring junior BA team members, resolving their problems, team player
• Prepare functional specifications for developers and testers.
• Prepare test plans and conduct Integration, Regression, Performance and Functional Testing using automated testing frameworks
• Review Functional Specs, Functional Test Cases prepared by IT team.
• Contribute to the technical designing phase and document the design with UML diagrams and models.
• Create prototype for proof of concept and business requirements validations.
• Provide functional assistance to Development/Testing teams.
• Participate in peer reviews of Functional Specs.
• Conduct user training sessions on applications and functionalities.
• Train others (wherever required) in order to ensure knowledge sharing and backup.
• Ensure that the project and organization standards are followed during various phases of software development lifecycle and day-to-day development work.
• Estimate efforts and schedule for various modules and meet deadlines.
• Functional Release Documentation
• To participate in out-of-hours / daytime support as required
• To ensure that application is of good quality, ensure any issues are fixed on priority.
• To work with teams to help solve complex problems
• Work towards initiatives to improve processes and delivery efficiency
• Provide L3 Support
• To ensure all activities carried-out and solutions proposed, planned and delivered are compliant with Organization policy guidelines.
• Basic knowledge of Windows/Unix and good understanding of SQL to perform hands on operations on the product on day to day basis
Contributing Responsibilities
• Contribute towards innovation, suggest new practices to be investigated
• Contribute towards initiatives to improve processes and delivery
• Contribute towards recruitment efforts - both for the team as well as for the organization
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
Mandatory Skills:
· Experience as a Business Analyst in an IT industry in the Finance domain.
· Strong SQL Query writing skills
· Knowledge or Experience with Treasury functions, Cash Reconciliation and business processes.
· Thorough understanding of complete Software Development Lifecycle
· Self-motivated, good interpersonal skills and inclination to constantly upgrade on new technologies and frameworks.
· Good communication, good interpersonal skills and co-ordination activities, self-motivated, and inclination to constantly upgrade on new developments in the industry.
· Ability to understand business requirements easily and translate them into functional requirements.
· Capability to understand and analyze complex IT application and financial product structures
· Excellent documentation ability.
· Have experience in preparing requirement specifications and perform UAT.
· Strong skills on System analysis and preparation of data mappings from upstream to downstream.
Nice to have Skills:
· Knowledge of Capital Market activities, Financial Products, Financial Terminologies
· Usage of SAP Business Objects from User perspective
· Well versed with all Agile ceremonies
Specific Qualifications (if required)
B. E / MBA
Skills Referential
Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)
Communication skills - oral & written
Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving
Attention to detail / rigor
Ability to collaborate / Teamwork
Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)
Analytical Ability
Ability to understand, explain and support change
Ability to develop and adapt a process
Ability to develop others & improve their skills
Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training…
Education Level:
Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Experience Level
At least 5 years
Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)
B.E Computers & MBA Finance preferred
