Business Analyst - NYBOSS - Global Markets IT
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:
Global Markets - Custody and Clearance
The Global Markets business of BNP Paribas helps its corporate and institutional clients leverage capital markets across the globe for their financing, risk management and investment needs. This encompasses a wide range of financial products ranging from Foreign exchange to complex Equity Derivatives that are traded in financial markets across the globe 24/7. IT systems are integral to the business and are a key part of the value proposition to clients. These IT systems range from industry standard products for standard process automation to internally developed, often, market leading IT applications. The IT teams owning these IT systems are made up of functions that include Technical and Application production support, Business Analysis & Project Management, Development & Maintenance and Quality Control. BNP Paribas India Solutions is an equal partner in these IT functions along with colleagues in other locations including Paris, London, New York, Tokyo, Singapore & Hong Kong. This partnership ranges from sharing the IT work load, executing global strategy to owning global applications offshore. The technology and engineering landscape is wide, encompassing almost all techniques and platforms. It continues to evolve and transform with the market with the business continuing to invest in it.
Job Title:
Business Analyst
Date:
Department:
GMIT
Location:
Infinity IT park.Mumbai
Business Line / Function:
D2S2C
Reports to:
(Direct)
Vivek Phapale
Grade:
(if applicable)
(Functional)
Number of Direct Reports:
NA
Directorship / Registration:
NA
Position Purpose
Provide a brief description of the overall purpose of the position, why this position exists and how it will contribute in achieving the team’s goal.
Responsibilities
Direct Responsibilities
· To work closely with the business and end-users in order to understand their requirements and processes.
· To analyse business issues / requests and produce solution options for consideration by the business, end-users and IT development team.
· To produce specifications at an appropriate level of detail that can be interpreted and used by IT development staff.
· To prepare and execute functional testing of all new functionality developed or else to ensure that such testing is comprehensively delegated to a specialist test team.
· To prepare and organize user acceptance testing and manage the UAT sign-off process, including producing any necessary training materials, documentation and end-user and IT Support procedures.
· To ensure the creation of considered work estimates for a development, utilizing agreed best practices.
· To plan specific projects to achieve agreed delivery dates with agreed levels of resources, respecting a formalized planning process. Plans are to be maintained and regularly re-evaluated.
· To manage assigned projects to ensure delivery meets deadlines and is within budget, where "manage" implies tracking and reporting progress, agreeing variations ﴾to scope, deadlines, costs or quality﴿ with project sponsors and stakeholders and ensuring that the plan is maintained.
· To liaise with resources and departments outside the project's direct control which are necessary to ensure the project delivery.
· To build relationships as necessary within and beyond the immediate team to achieve these goals.
Undertake training programs for the IT team
Contributing Responsibilities
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
· A minimum of 4 years of IT business analysis experience
· Good problem solving and analytical skills
· Demonstrated knowledge of basic front to back trade flow steps and concepts.
· Experience of the full software development lifecycle
· Experience with capturing and documenting user requirements, both explicit and implied
· Experience of writing specifications so as to communicate effectively with a development team
· Structured testing experience (write, execute and maintain test plans)
· Working knowledge of SQL and ability to query database for analysis and investigation of issues
· Knowledge of formal project planning and management techniques
· Ability to work in an autonomous fashion with low-levels of management intervention
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills
· Good level of knowledge of MS Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Behavioral:
· Problem solving and analytical skills;
· Critical thinking and Decision Making;
· Result oriented;
· Ability to build effective relationships
· Excellent written and verbal communication
· Integrating with multi-cultural dimension
Nice to Have
- Exposure to Fixed Income Bonds and Repo financial products and concepts is a plus but not required.
- Some understanding to the trade processing lifecycle (including not necessarily all trading, trade capture, clearing, settlement and accounting), focus on Bond and Repo is a plus.
- Work experience with Broadridge Impact application and data model.
- Work experience in Atlassian JIRA for work management
- Experience working in an Agile team
- Experience of constructing and monitoring formal project plans
- Knowledge of formal software analysis and specification techniques such as state-transition diagrams, workflow diagrams, etc.
- Credible presentation skills, meaning confident public speaking, the ability to abstract or encapsulate information and present it in a way that is appropriate to the needs of different audiences
- Previous experience dealing with and training users from different business areas including Clearance and Settlement, Middle Office, and IT departments
Specific Qualifications (if required)
- Graduate with at least 4-6 years of business analysis experience.
- Experience preferred in investment banking environment (Trade Workflow/ Settlement/Accounting orientated)
Skills Referential
Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)
Ability to collaborate / Teamwork
Attention to detail / rigor
Critical thinking
Adaptability
Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)
Analytical Ability
Ability to understand, explain and support change
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Education Level:
Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Experience Level
At least 5 years
Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)
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