Centralized Finance Change - Business Analyst
About the role
We're seeking a Director-level Business Analyst to lead complex Finance transformation initiatives and advance data governance and reporting capabilities across the Firm.
Responsibilities
- Support the Finance Cloud Program to improve Finance data quality, timeliness, centralization, and AI-readiness on Snowflake.
- Document current-state processes and define business requirements, including target-state process design.
- Perform and leverage in-depth data analysis to define business requirements and ensure alignment with technology implementation.
- Manage and participate in complex cross-functional projects from initiation through execution, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and timely delivery.
- Create user stories with acceptance criteria and strategize on UAT planning and test scenarios with all stakeholders - IT, users, and project.
- Develop a strong understanding of financial products and existing reporting frameworks.
- Collaborate with other Finance Fleets and key stakeholders, Technology and Change team to design solutions, prioritize and resolve issues.
- Support the testing phase, including defining the testing approach, creating test plans and cases, and tracking testing metrics with all stakeholders.
- Advance data governance objectives within the Finance division by updating the data dictionary, data quality controls, and supporting feed governance and data lineage tracking.
- Ensure a seamless transition from project execution to business-as-usual (BAU) operations.
Requirements
Over 4 years of experience as a Business Analyst, delivering insights and driving process improvements across cross-functional teams.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with experience in data manipulation and modelling, metadata (data dictionary, data ownership, lineage etc), data quality assessments, root cause analysis, and data reconciliation.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; adept at engaging stakeholders at all organizational levels, including creating visual materials to convey key messages and relationships.
Highly organized with strong attention to detail and a process-oriented mindset.
Proactive self-starter with effective time management skills and a collaborative team approach.
Familiar with process design and strategic thinking to support business transformation initiatives.
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Visio and Excel.
Qualifications
Experience in data quality management within financial services or capital markets.
Knowledge of financial statements and regulatory reporting frameworks is an added advantage.
Experience working in Agile teams and an understanding of Agile practices and tools such as Rally and JIRA.
Experience of Snowflake, Alteryx and Power BI is desirable.
Skills & Experience
Experience in data quality management within financial services or capital markets.
Knowledge of financial statements and regulatory reporting frameworks is an added advantage.
Experience working in Agile teams and an understanding of Agile practices and tools such as Rally and JIRA.
Experience of Snowflake, Alteryx and Power BI is desirable.