Junior Business Analyst – 12-month contract

Singapore

Investment Banking

Contract or Temporary

Our client is a revered, global financial services firm seeking a  Junior Business Analyst to work within the Transfer Agency business unit in Singapore on this initial 12-month contract.

Reporting to the Head of Fund Administration, GFS Asia the successful candidate will be responsible, in collaboration with product, operations, technology leads, for the execution of the Transfer Agency strategic roadmap for GFS Asia.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engage stakeholders (internal, external and 3rd parties) to ratify scope and objectives. Establish clear roles & responsibilities of the stakeholders involved in the projects
• Identify cross/multi-project dependencies (where appropriate) and align plans across all.
• Facilitating workshops with stakeholder groups to identify requirements
• Documenting “As Is” and “To Be” processes, using narratives, process flows, swim lanes diagrams etc
• Ensure all gaps/developments identified, and steps to resolve/complete are agreed and documented.
• Draw up Business Requirement to clearly document the business requirements to IT and other stakeholders for development. The role is required to work closely with Business and IT
• Diligently following up on the open action items until completion: Monitor progress and maintain regular, timely & accurate communications to all stakeholders.
• Present the project at standard governance & steering meetings.
• Provide reporting to various stakeholder audiences, setting & managing expectations at all stages.
• Managing changes to plans, assessing impact on business requirements.
• Chairing and leading workshops with Technology and Business partners to define and document project requirements.
• Maintain governance by following project management best practice and use of approved document templates.
• Keep all documents up to date, accurate, formatted, in correct folder structure, version controlled, ready for audit inspections.
• Monitor issue resolution and capture approach; feed into Lessons Learnt for the benefit of future projects and encourage others within project team to record and advise of other potential process improvements.

Required Experience/Qualifications:

• Ideally 3-5 years’ TA experience with thorough knowledge of Business Analyst procedures and processes
• Proficient in using MS Project application, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint and other management reporting tools
• In depth knowledge of Singapore regulations, AML requirements, CPF/SRS flows, distributor flows
• Previous transition / platform migration experience is essential.
• Must be able to work effectively with all levels of staff and management in IT, business units and vendors.
• Excellent in project management skill: Experience with large scale projects, and cross-team collaboration is a must.
• Knowledge of Investment Funds Industry with particular emphasis on the Transfer Agency.
• Strong Presentation skill: Excellent communication skills, verbal, written and comfortable writing and delivering stand-up presentations to internal/external audiences at all levels

The successful candidate for this position will receive a high, competitive daily rate, dependent on prior experience. If interested, feel free to apply and one of our recruitment consultants will make a timely response to your application.

EA Licence: 15S7735