The PM/BA will be the privileged contact for user representatives during the analysis and project phases, and will be responsible for all standard project management tasks such as:
- Preliminary studies and analysis
- Planning and budget elaboration and follow-up
- Organize and run dedicated committees (steering committees, project committees, etc)
- Identify and report on project risks, attention points and issues to follow-up
- Requirements and general functional specifications (GFS): Coordination of workshops, minutes, writing GFS, Review and validation with Sponsors, Presentation and support to Dev Team, etc
- Coordinate all teams, from same division or other divisions, working on the same project
- Plan the migration strategy and change management activities related to these new projects
- Coordinate, supervise and contribute to Users Acceptance Tests (UAT) related to new implementations
- Ensure the good relationship with business sponsors and stakeholders on each location
At least 5 years of experience in:
• Banking Industry, as a Project Manager and/or as Business Analyst
• Core Banking processes and features :
• Strong knowledge of transaction capture, settlement and accounting booking
• Good knowledge of financial products and on their underlying (Securities, Payments, Money Markets, Foreign Exchange, Credit, Derivatives and Structured Products, Commodities)
• Regulatory Reporting (e.g. MIFID2, Cost and Charge Reporting to clients)
• Reconciliation and matching systems (e.g. Intellimatch)
• Payment and transaction settlement systems (SWIFT, SEPA, local domestic systems in Europe and in Asia)
• Excellent communication skills in English, both oral and written.
• Strong proficiency with Powerpoint, Excel, Word, Visio
Familiar with project management tools as well as issue and release management, production and support (JIRA, Service Now, PPM tools, etc)
Scope of project(s)
• Core Banking Platform, Corporate Actions, Settlements and Payments, Reconciliation systems, Regulatory Reporting
• Transversal projects involving other domains, but with a major impact on Core Banking platform.
Responsibilities and skills required:
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal third-parties to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver the following artifacts as needed: Functional requirements, Business Requirements Document, Use Cases, Screen and Interface designs, Business process designs
• Define requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, tasks and workflow analysis.
• Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans
• Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, managers, subject matter experts and technical teams.
• Serves as the conduit between the customer community and the technology teams through which requirements flow.
• Develop requirements specifications according to standard templates & methodology
• Collaborate with the team’s experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs.
Be the liaison between the business units, technology teams and support teams.
