Supply Chain Finance Business Analyst - AVP

About the role

The Senior Business Analyst provides strategic business analysis services to business partners. The focus of this position is to work closely with the business units to gain in-depth understanding of customer's business strategy, processes, services, roadmap and the context in which the business operates. This role is key to understanding the documenting capabilities needed to address business challenges.

Responsibilities

• Review assigned business processes from end-to-end to identify and address operational, financial and technological risks.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency.
• Demonstrate up-to-date expertise in Information Systems and apply this to the development, execution and improvement of action plans by providing advice and guidance to others in the application of information and best practices.
• Support and align efforts to meet customer and business needs.
• Manage customer relationships and expectations by developing a communication process to keep others up-to-date on project results.
• Stay current with customer needs and strategies; utilizing formal and informal written communication methods (for example, emails, newsletters, PowerPoint presentations, executive updates, task lists, updates) to communicate updates and findings; and facilitating project meetings and presentations to all types of diverse audiences (for example, senior management, Customers, technical staff).
• Lead or participate in multiple projects by completing and updating project documentation; managing project scope; adjusting schedules when necessary; determining daily priorities; ensuring efficient and on-time delivery of project tasks and milestones; following proper escalation paths; and managing customer and supplier relationships.
• Identify, create and facilitate process design changes by conducting business and systems process analysis and design at a complex level; focusing on quality improvement and data management; ensuring data is reliable and valid; developing process improvements or re-engineering and recommending elimination; integrating new systems and processes with existing ones; and partnering with internal and external customers to ensure systems provided meet the long-term business strategies.
• Provide and support the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders; identifying business needs; determining and carrying out necessary processes and practices; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; and adapting to competing demands, organizational changes and new responsibilities.
• Provide project level analysis – producing required project analysis documentation (business requirements, scope matrix, use cases, sequence diagrams, future state proposals, UAT plan).
• Collaborate closely with developers to implement the requirements, provide necessary guidance to testers during QA process.
• Identify, create and facilitate process design changes by conducting business and systems process analysis and design at a complex level; focusing on quality improvement and data management; ensuring data is reliable and valid; developing process improvements or re-engineering and recommending elimination; integrating new systems and processes with existing ones; and partnering with internal and external customers to ensure systems provided meet the long-term business strategies.
• Support system conversions, upgrades, enhancements.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years experience in a large complex banking organization.
• Strong technical competence, including Data Governance, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence.
• Communicate well and negotiate with US and other branch's staffs.
• Experience in system project management or coordination.
• Understanding the policies of the bank and the branch.
• Ability to mediate between IT and non IT end users.
• Ability to deliver the most appropriate solutions including both system function and non-system supported manual procedures through thorough analysis of risk, cost and efficiency of banking operations.
• Articulate, good verbal and written communication.

Pay

The typical base range for this role is between $86K - $130k per year depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation.

Schedule

The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day.