Senior Business Analyst Peoplesoft

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 specialized 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, corporate 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, color, 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: 

“CEP IT – Functions” is an IT team responsible for delivering HR solutions for CIB across AMER, EMEA and APAC. This includes development and maintenance of IT systems  which are internally developed, vendor supplied on premise or SaaS products. These cover all HR processes including  HR Onboarding and maintaining the employee data. Platform responsible for Employee Journey – Onboarding, Leaves, Allowance, documentation, letter distribution, Exit, capturing audit trails and being golden source for employee information. These applications reside in the core model of the CEP IT and provides connectivity within the various internal and external HR platforms within CIB, the Group and externally. 

Job Title: 

Senior Business Analyst – Peoplesoft and HR Applications 

Date: 

23rd Oct 2024 

Department: 

CEP-IT 

Location: 

Mumbai 

Business Line / Function: 

CIB 

Reports to: 

(Direct) 

Grade:  

(If applicable) 

Sr. Business Analyst 

(Functional) 

Number of Direct Reports: 

0 

Directorship / Registration: 

NA 

Position Purpose 

As the senior business analyst in the team, you will be a role model for a dynamic team delivering high quality solutions. You will play a crucial role in aligning standards and processes across a global team working on multiple applications. The role requires significant collaboration with a variety of stakeholders from business users, developers, architects, security, and production support teams. 

Responsibilities 

Direct Responsibilities 

• Work closely with Product Owners to plan, prioritizebacklogs and manage release contents.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their true business needs and define business requirements using the BNPP Agile framework.
• Manage the appropriate agile ceremonies;common standards across all relevant teams, sprint and release planning, backlog refinement to ensure well-groomed backlogs.
• Mentor and coach junior Business Analysts on agile and Scrum practices, Review QA test plans.
• Prepare EPIC and User Story requirements with a focus on documented acceptance criteria.
• Connecting with HR business stakeholders to understand the business problem, strategy, constraints,and work collaboratively to deliver a roadmap that ensures the overall HR vision met
• Creating Requirement Specifications in the form of user stories, for HR Applications in scope like Peoplesoft HR/Cloud HCM, Payroll, Absence, Skills, Expense, L&D, Compensationetc.
• Document Functional specifications, processes, acceptance criteria and use cases
• Able to provide feasible and logical solutions to the complex problems.
• Participate in Functional HRIS activities, including process definition and design, documentation, configuration, application testing, as well as some project management and internal communication activities as needed.
• Conduct gap analysis, provide impact assessments, and make recommendations that offer workable, efficient options to users.
• Ensure requirements and specifications documentation reach signoff and validate deliverables to specifications.
• Drive UAT with end users including coordination and user acceptance signoff

Contributing Responsibilities 

• Participate in Design discussions, test, and maintainHR applications, including customizations and enhancements.
• Recommend changes to current processes to provide more effective use of the HRIS, and take the lead to implement these changes.
• Provide support for HCM, including researching and resolving system issues, unexpected results, or process flaws; recommending solutions or alternative methods to meet requirements.
• Developuser procedures, guidelines, and documentation; train clients on new processes/functionality; and train new system users.
• Liaise with Dev and APS team to maintain and implement mandatory changes for IT infrastructure

Technical & Behavioral Competencies 

• 10+ Years techno functionalexperience as Product Owner in PeopleSoft HCM implementation, upgrades, enhancement, and production support.
• 5+ Years experience in BFSI domain HRMS solutioning.
• Experience with HR Applications preferably PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 and 9.2 modules: HR Core, Self-service, Absence management, Recruiting, Payroll & Benefit solutions.
• Proficiency in People Tools 9.x, People Code, PS query, BI publisher, SQR and Reporting tools.
• Understanding of inbound & outbound interfaces using Application engine & File layouts.
• Hands–on experience ondeveloping Payroll Interfaces, QA/UAT management, Solution design, Requirement gathering& Client communication.
• Good Analytical skills – Quick to simplify complex topics. 
• Experience and knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodology
• Experience in both OnPrem and Cloud systems.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Basic understanding of network and application security (Authentication, Encryption, SSO etc..)
• Understanding of technology obsolescence, vulnerabilities, compliance risk, application inventory including DR, RTO/RPO etc.

We offer collaborative work environment, and opportunities for professional growth and development. If you are a highly motivated and experienced PeopleSoft Business Analyst looking to make a significant impact in a financial institution operating within an agile framework, we would love to hear from you. 

Specific Qualifications (if required) 

Skills Referential 

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills) 

Ability to collaborate / Teamwork 

Critical thinking 

Client focused 

Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving 

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills) 

Ability to understand, explain and support change 

Analytical Ability 

Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution 

Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training… 

Ability to manage a project 

Education Level:  

Bachelor Degree or equivalent 

Experience Level 

At least 10 years 

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required) 

• Any Industry Certification in Business Analytics will be value add
• Knowledge of statutory/global requirements in EMEA, APAC region preferred.