Senior Finance Business Analyst
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst (Finance) to join a leading banking organization. The role involves delivering finance transformation, regulatory reporting, and strategic change initiatives. The candidate will act as a bridge between Finance, Technology, Operations, and Regulatory stakeholders to capture and deliver business requirements.
Responsibilities
- Partner with cross-functional finance and tech teams.
- Lead requirements gathering and stakeholder workshops.
- Develop BRDs, functional specs, and process maps.
- Support project delivery, UAT, and process improvement.
Required Skills
- 15+ years banking finance experience.
- Expertise in BRD and functional documentation.
- Knowledge of SDLC, Agile, and Waterfall.
- Stakeholder management and communication.
Job Details
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with Finance, Regulatory Reporting, Product Control, Tax, Finance Operations, and Technology teams to drive business and regulatory initiatives.
- Lead requirements gathering workshops with senior stakeholders across Finance and Banking divisions.
- Analyze business processes, identify gaps, and recommend effective solutions.
- Prepare high-quality business requirements documents (BRD), functional specifications, process maps, user stories, and test scenarios.
- Translate complex finance and regulatory requirements into detailed functional and technical specifications.
- Support end-to-end project delivery, including requirements definition, solution design, testing, implementation, and post-production support.
- Collaborate with project managers, architects, and technology teams to ensure successful delivery of finance transformation programs.
- Drive process improvement initiatives to enhance reporting accuracy, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
- Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), defect management, and business sign-off activities.
- Engage with senior finance stakeholders, ensuring alignment between business objectives and technology solutions.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Minimum 15 years of experience in Finance within the Banking industry.
- Strong background in one or more of the following areas: Regulatory Reporting, Product Control, Finance Back Office / Finance Operations, Tax Reporting, Financial Control, Financial and Management Reporting.
- Proven experience working as a Business Analyst on finance-related projects and transformation initiatives.
- Extensive experience in eliciting, documenting, and managing business requirements.
- Strong expertise in preparing: Business Requirements Documents (BRD), Functional Specifications, Process Flows, Use Cases and User Stories, Gap Analysis Documentation.
- Strong understanding of banking finance processes, controls, and regulatory obligations.
- Experience working with finance systems, data warehouses, general ledger platforms, or reporting solutions.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management capabilities.
Key Skills
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with Finance, Operations, Technology, and Executive stakeholders.
- Advanced business analysis and requirements management skills.
- Strong workshop facilitation and presentation skills.
- Excellent documentation and specification-writing abilities.
- Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile, and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field.
- Professional qualifications such as CPA, CA, ACCA, CFA, or equivalent are highly desirable.
- Experience in large-scale finance transformation, regulatory change, or data remediation programs within banking.