Procurement Business Analyst (JT) (Bank)

We are seeking a highly motivated candidate for the position of Business Analyst to function as a Procurement Business Subject Matter Expert within APAC Planning Division.

The successful candidate will be part of a team that in charge of procurement system rollout in APAC as part of the strategy for transformation in the bank.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ownership of the end-to-end process and standardization for procurement in the region.
• Work closely with the branch stakeholders to facilitate standardization of requirements to align with the application functions and minimize any customizations.
• Have an in-depth understanding of the procurement process and how the process is facilitated in the existing regional solution.
• Be responsible for the TO-BE process and facilitate the changes in the branches from their current AS-IS process to come on-board the solution.
• Ensure all requirements from branches are recorded and map to the regional business requirements.
• Good understanding of the configurations maintained in the application and how they impact the system functionality across APAC for procurement.
• Maintain up to date knowledge based on documents related to application features and processes (subject matter expertise)
• Support branches for any functional queries in relation to the usability of the application.
• Represent the regional business owner in the design workshops and biz showcase to identify any change that are branch customizations.
• Standardize the user roles in APAC so they align with the roles as defined in the application.
• Support the branches for creation of the test cases in UAT. During testing categorize issues into defects and change requests.
• Support the regional business owner to prioritize any change requests based on the need and business benefit.
• Support the branches to come on-board the new application and decommission existing systems that are no longer required with the new solution being implemented.
• Facilitate the business go-live at the branches based on completion of validation of the application and operational readiness in the branches.
• Manage the user requests in BAU post-implementation to support queries, configuration changes and issues in collaboration with the technical support teams.

Job Requirements:

• At least 10 Years of experience as a business analyst in the corporate banking environment.

·       Should have played a business analyst role in regional/ global system implementation for procurement solutions in other international banks and been part of the full lifecycle of the project from conception to post-production support.

·       Should have practical experience in working with the business to provide them with advisory on coming up with a to-be process and helping them to articulate their requirements clearly.

·       Demonstrated ability to guide the business users on how an application fulfils the requirement so that it can be used without customization.

·       Experience in working with the technology teams, testers to brief them on the business requirements and to validate if the provided solution is as per the expectations.

·       Knowledge in managing issues raised during testing phase to qualify as a defect or a change and attributing severity of the issue.

·       Ability to draft business processes that are standardized, document requirements, test scenarios.

• Understanding of the project lifecycle for a solution implementation and the artefacts required in a project.
• Strong verbal, written communication skills and assertive nature to be able to influence end users to align to regional standards.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Strong planning, organizational and time management skills
• Self-motivated and possess drive, and ability to work independently and a good team player.

This job advertisement is posted by:

Tan Geok Khim (Deng Yuqin) (R22107857)

A-IT Software Services Pte Ltd

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