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:
Atlas2 is a core-banking system. We support for regions across APAC, NAR and European countries and system operates on EOD/EOM batch processing on data from its petals system. It is interfaced with infocenter, which is used for reporting.
Job Title:
Senior Business / Functional Expert
Date:
8-Aug-24
Department:
Global Banking
Location:
Mumbai
Business Line / Function:
Core Banking
Reports to:
(Direct)
Grade:
(if applicable)
(Functional)
Number of Direct Reports:
Directorship / Registration:
NA
Position Purpose
This position leads the requirements development for applying technology to satisfy business-reporting needs. The Lead Business Analyst is responsible for conducting requirement-gathering sessions, identifying and designing functionalities, writing detailed requirement specifications by analyzing specific business processes and user requirements, testing deliverables and workarounds to meet client objectives.
Responsibilities
Direct Responsibilities
- Establish business requirements using interviews, document analysis, business process descriptions, business analysis, task and workflow analysis. Ensure all stakeholders are involved in requirements gathering activities.
- Analyze and document accurate and detailed requirement specification documents, user guides and functional specification documents. Effectively organize and categorize large amounts of information provided by stakeholders.
- Evaluate information that is acquired and reconcile conflicts and/or challenge assumptions to ensure the utmost quality outcome for the client. Identify alternative solutions for solving business problems and objectively recommend solutions based on evidence collected during analysis.
- Interface with vendor partners where required and design optimal solutions for integration with the vendor application.
- Design and execute test scenarios. Develop test cases and conduct appropriate testing prior to deployment.
- Assist ETL analyst (Technical team member) in analyzing existing reports and identifying iteration metrics.
- Assist ETL analyst in preparation of data warehouse requirements document and mapping task.
- Help identify potential sources of data for the data warehouse.
- Provide linkage between the client’s business and technical staff regarding the project requirements throughout the development life-cycle.
- Respond to changing organizational priorities. Manage change requests relating to the project plans to meet the agreed deadlines. Mitigate risks ensuring project success.
- Work closely with project managers and assist with project planning. Provide project services when necessary.
- Resolve conflict and issues when necessary.
- Perform various administrative tasks including status reports, time recording, etc.
- Perform any special duties as assigned by the supervisor.
- Adhere to organization processes and practices outlined.
- Provide maintenance and level3 support towards resolving issues, bugs etc on production issues. Support users to resolve functional queries/issues raised.
- Prepare reusable templates for faster delivery.
- Actively participate in enhancing internal efficiencies in updating processes and documents.
- Meet business objectives by providing effective solutions.
- Be a team player by sharing observations & knowledge with other team members.
Contributing Responsibilities
o Ready to collaborate
o Ready to work in shifts.
Performance Parameters for the Role:-
• Clear and crisp user requirements
• Well-articulated documentation
• Building rapport, confidence and trust in User groups and other stakeholders
• Effective decision making
• Foresight and anticipation of risks
• Functional design
• Excellent Verbal & written communication
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
· 7+ years of experience in Oracle (SQL) or DB2 ---- (Mandatory)
· Experience in Unikix/CICS ( desirable)
· Experience in any scheduling management tool like Autosys (desirable)
· Experience in PERL scripting will be added advantage
· Experience of working in banking / financial projects / applications/ Regulatory topics
· Exposure to tools like JIRA, Clarity, ServiceNow (desirable)
· Strong Ownership of assigned tasks to closure.
Specific Qualifications (if required)
· Management Master Degree(in Finance domain)/CA/CFA
· Prior Banking Experience
· Excellent analytical skills
· Good communication skills both oral and written to be able to work with a varied user base
Skills Referential
Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)
Ability to collaborate / Teamwork
Client focused
Ability to deliver / Results driven
Attention to detail / rigor
Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)
Analytical Ability
Ability to develop and adapt a process
Ability to develop others & improve their skills
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Education Level:
Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Experience Level
At least 10 years
Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)
· 8+ years of experience in Financial Services
