Project description
Our client is a UK subsidiary of a Global Financial Institution. Role is for an experienced Operations Payment Business Analyst to join them.
Responsibilities
1. BA responsibilities of SWIFT Payments related changes across retail and investment arms of the bank.
2. The requirement is for a SME to perform analysis of SWIFT ISO 20002 changes impacting MUFG Securities and MUFG Bank systems. This will consist of:
3. Supporting the business to gather formal Business Requirements and input into the Technical design documents.
4. Supporting the business to review and provide input into As-is and To-Be workflows.
5. Performing GAP analysis between current state and proposed state solutions.
6. Formulating testing approaches and support writing of test plans.
7. Completing project/work-stream status reports.
8. General ad-hoc support for any new requirements or issues related to the project.
9. Ability to deal with trade lifecycle queries.
10. Problem solving of issues as they occur throughout the project lifecycle.
Skills
Must have
1. 5+ years of relevant experience in a Business Analyst in top tier banks specifically in relation to payments processing, standardisation, reconciliations, payments regulation, fraud, anti-money laundering, financial crime systems.
2. Good knowledge across most asset classes, in particular Interest Rate, FX and Loan products.
3. Excellent knowledge of industry payments standards/changes, including SEPA Rulebooks/SWIFT Standards that are being introduced into the payments world, plus for example ISO20022, PSD3/PSR.
4. Experience of ISO migrations and toolsets that have been designed, implemented regarding payment translation tools i.e. MX->MT.
5. A strong understanding and familiarity with standard market practices and knowledge, experience of the following payment platforms:
* Low Value Payments/Schemes i.e. BACs, SEPA Direct Debits/Credit Transfers, Faster Payments (FPS).
* High Value Payments/Schemes i.e. SWIFT, TARGET2, CHAPs, RTGS.
1. Excellent knowledge and experience of OPS functions.
2. A good understanding of Ops processes and system feed changes for payments for the above product set.
3. Ability to resolve issues during delivery, being able to explain these to stakeholders and to Technology delivery teams.
4. Ability and experience of working under pressure both autonomously and within a team.
5. Ability to liaise with business and IT stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
6. Solid communication skills, both written and oral.
7. Ideally, good knowledge of the Murex platform.
8. A good understanding of Vanilla Interest Rate products.
9. A strong delivery track record and someone who can really take ownership of managing Operations related tasks.
10. A good understanding of the software development lifecycle and PDLC.
11. Excellent knowledge and experience of Operations functions and key processes - trade lifecycle, settlements, confirmations, collateral management.
Personal Requirements
1. Work experience in the Securities Industry, preferably in a similar role.
2. Proactive and self-starting individual with high levels of ownership.
3. Strong analytical skills.
4. Hands-on with the ability to work autonomously but also dig into details gaining system access to perform thorough analysis.
5. Proven ability to organise and prioritise own workload and drive results.
6. The ability to demonstrate strong decision making skills/sound judgements.
7. Flexibility to adapt to urgent tasks as well as undertaking longer-term solutions.
8. Strong interpersonal skills together with the ability to influence others and make decisions.
9. Strong problem solving skills with a logical approach.
10. The ability to collaborate and partner across the firm.
11. High attention to detail.
Nice to have
1. Experience in SEPA Instant.
Other
Languages: English: C2 Proficient
Seniority: Senior
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