Asia Pacific Regulatory System Implementation Business Analyst - Associate

You are a strategic thinker passionate about driving solutions in Business Analysis. You have found the right team.

As a Business Analysis Associate in our Finance team, you will spend each day defining, refining, and delivering set goals for our firm. Join our Asia Pacific Regulatory Reporting Projects team as an Associate Business Analyst, where you will be responsible for working on projects to implement regulatory reporting changes mandated by different Asia Pacific country regulators for local financial or BASEL reporting. In addition, you will support demands for new business initiatives, SAP general ledger optimization, technology platforms modernization, and global alignment in data sourcing and consumption.

Job responsibilities

• Partner closely with Finance users, Technology and external vendors to deliver strategic regulatory reporting solutions, including process re-engineering for our Finance function 
• Write JIRA for business requirements and functional specifications. Perform Product Validation/Proof of Concept, System Integration testing in partnership with Finance users, Technology and external vendors, developing testing approach, scope and plan
• Follow the Agile methodology - Be a product owner, work closely with Technology-scrum master and teams, participate in design/build discussions
• Act as a subject matter expert in Asia Pacific Local Regulatory Reporting implementations space
• Learn and deploy business intelligence tools like Alteryx to build expected results and run regression or end to end tests, identify areas of improvement, best practices in processes, brainstorm and propose solutions to address project or test issues and concerns in timely manner
• Provide Project Management Office support for the projects including creating and delivering project communications to multiple stakeholders, chairing project governance calls, preparing and presenting project materials/decks for project working group and steerco meetings

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy, Finance, Information Systems or a related discipline 
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in the banking industry as a Finance/Product Controller/Business Analyst/Product Owner/Auditor with regulatory reporting solution implementation experience 
• Strong in data analysis with the ability to gather and validate facts, define gaps, perform impact analyses, draft business requirements, translate and streamline complex business requirements into functional specifications for technology builds
• Strong qualitative and quantitative analytical and problem-solving skills with strong interest to analyze large volume of data sets and present conclusions concisely
• Highly motivated self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, demonstrates excellent time management and planning skills, and possesses the ability to handle multiple assignments at the same time
• Positive attitude and easy to work with while delivering on high priority and time sensitive initiatives. Highly inquisitive, solution-focused, enthusiastic, diligent, and capable of challenging status-quo
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex issues clearly

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Knowledge and experience of industry leading regulatory reporting vendor application e.g., Adenza (Axiom), WKFS, Reveleus and ledger and system upgrade/implementation
• Ability to use Confluence/Jira/Tableau/Alteryx/UiPath/Excel macro or any digital accelerator tools to support project deliverables
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel