Senior Business Analyst
Business Analyst
Rate: £651.13 per day (via umbrella)
Duration: 6 months
Location: Edinburgh – Hybrid working model (3 days on-site)
Provide business analysis expertise delivering a robust, scalable transaction management solution supporting a global operating model. The role gathers and translates business requirements, documents current and target-state processes, influences solution design, and supports delivery through working closely with business and technology.
Key Stakeholders
- Product owners
- Operations teams
- Project Managers
- Clients
Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities
Business Analysis
- Capture, analyse and document end-to-end business processes (including IT processes).
- Participating in change management activities which can include tasks such as timeline planning, tracking progress and stakeholder engagement.
- Translate and clarify business requirements; define design options and provide detailed functional requirements.
- Provide detailed background on existing processes and actively influence the proposed solution design.
Testing
- Prepare business test scripts, scenarios and test cases aligned to signed-off requirements.
- Execute tests to ensure quality assurance of solutions delivered.
- Coordinate, manage and support execution of UAT with end-users and clients.
Training, Change & Implementation
- Prepare training materials for new procedures and technology applications.
- Deliver end-user training and support adoption.
Risk & Controls
- Continually assess operational risks associated with the role and delivery activities.
- Maintain compliance with HSBC internal control standards and relevant policies and procedures.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- Extensive experience in a financial services environment.
- Detailed knowledge of trade confirmation and settlement processes.
- Experience in transaction processing of multiple instrument types, including Securities, FX, money market instruments, exchange traded derivatives and OTC derivatives (at least trade capture exposure).
- Hands-on experience with Markit EDM (or a trade orchestration platform)
- Strong business analysis capability.
- Hands-on testing experience: test scripting, execution, UAT support, and user training.
- Experience working in a large, ideally global, project delivery team.
- Experience supporting business process transformation and operating model change.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills.
If you feel you meet the above criteria and are interested in discussing the role further, please contact mohammed.wasim@tapfin.com.