TRADE FINANCE IT - Part-Time

Direct Responsibilities

To ensure the business/operational objectives of the new business requirements are well defined via:

• Performing systematic business analysis
• Validating business requirements to align with business/operations needs as well as IT architecture and security standards.
• Designing functional solutions & user workflows and documenting Functional Specifications.
• To walkthrough requirement and proposed solutions to all stakeholders and get it reviewed and signoff.
• To develop SIT/UAT/NRT scope and approach. To guide Testing team in writing test scenarios/cases and review to get signoff from stakeholders. To rationalize test cases when needed to match with available resources and target timeline.
• To validate SIT test results produced by testing team to signoff.
• To assist users in planning/executing UAT, analyzing defects, and defining defects priority for fix delivery by development team.
• Documenting/reviewing user manuals and release notes as required
• Assist in providing tactical/strategic solutions for new client requirements
• Assist in the conversion/migration exercise where necessary

For production defects, perform functional analysis and propose solutions.

• Ensure Bank compliance policies and CIB ITO APAC standards/practices are strictly followed.
• Represent Operations & IT in the preparation for approval committees for exceptional transaction or new activities committees (TAC / NAC)
• To manage Objectives towards Outsourcing activities
• to liaise with Onshore teams and review the IT architecture and data flows
• to coordinate with PMOs and Outsourcing teams on preparing the requisite documentation in accordance to company standards
• Liaise with all stakeholders for requisite approvals
• Lead the Development teams deliveries as a provider for the local Project Teams, in line with the objective of customizing and implementing Trade Finance systems over the whole APAC activities
• Establish clear Development and Quality governance, monitoring, measurement and communication
• Promote and apply the Development and Quality strategies, defined by and agreed with the Central IT Delivery management
• Arrange regular Development and Quality progress meetings for Project Managers and Project teams

Act as a Subject Matter Expert on end-to-end processes:

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  Bring expertise on the end-to-end process with a strong focus on improving the efficiency of the Operating Model
  Develop a clear vision of the target processes including innovation / digital as the case may be

Should also contribute to project manager role, and work closely with Product managers, Operation teams (both middle and back office) and IT business analysts to rationalize the scope and business case for the project proposal. Present the solutions for steering committee approval

Communicate regularly and update project status to all stakeholders, and identify, and remove roadblocks to secure timelines for production go-live.

Run steering committees to communicate project delivery, risk management, and record decisions and validation for implementation.

Managing these approved initiatives and their interdependencies. Working with the respective IT teams on the daily activities of the projects, and able to influence key stakeholders on decision-making

Contributing Responsibilities

• To participate in functional design reviews and contribute to improve overall solution offered.
• To proactively initiate or involve in continuous functional quality improvement initiatives.
• To share expertise by providing training and knowledge sharing sessions to stakeholder on new features / releases
• Contribute to the Permanent Control framework

Technical and Behavioral Competencies required

• Strong functional & business analysis skills with ability to communicate and bridge between business/operations & IT.
• Good functional experience in Trade Finance Product and applications.
• Good team player with great commitment and attitude.
• Good communication and coordination skill among multiple teams that are cross cultural and cross country.
• Ability to work independently.
• Familiar with standard formats such as SWIFT, EDIFACT, ISO20022 & data transformations.
• Proficiency in Unix/Shell scripts, XML and Oracle/PLSQL
• Fluency with reading/speaking in French language is key requirement as this candidate will be closely associated with Paris stakeholders.

Experience and Qualifications required

• Graduate degree in IT/Computer Science or equivalent
• Around 5 years of experience in Corporate Banking environment Trade
• Finance (ebanking Channels) IT Business Analyst.

Project Management Experience, with PMP certification

• Agile scrum and product certifications and CDCS certification Excellent knowledge and extensive IT Delivery management experience using Agile and waterfall methodologies
• Strong ability to manage stakeholders and to develop partnership
• Past experience in managing Development teams to develop win-win situation
• Strong experience in professional ticketing tool (JIRA scrum dashboards…)