Job Title: Senior Business Analyst

Department: CIB GM IT – FX, Commodities & Settlements

About Business line/Function: 

Documentation IT - [BEAGLE]

Beagle is a golden source for all information related to Agreements and Legal Regulatory data and is a key system for Legal user, Data Integrity and Regulatory teams.

The platform facilitates notably the following functionality:

• Service Master agreements transactions made on the OTC market,

• Document Management, Archiving and Drafting,

• Service Master agreements workflow management.

Position Purpose: 

Beagle

The person will be a key member of the Beagle team that is tasked to deliver multiple complex projects. This role is within the GM IT team. Focus will primarily be on the evolving the web platform for GM IT within Corporate & Institutional Banking.

The role is for a Business Analyst with experience of working within a dynamic and demanding environment reacting to changing business needs who works equally well as an individual or as part of a team. The candidate should be able to demonstrate that they have delivered value on large projects in Capital Markets.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

·       Initial Analysis

o   Feasibility Studies

o   Initial Estimations

o   Providing proposals, High level solutions

o   Working with Project Managers to identify target delivery dates

·          Implementation/Post Live Support

o    Provide support for new/changed functionality where required, producing:

Release Notes, User Guides/documentation/Use case diagrams.

o   Arranging Functional Demo’s/Training.

·            Testing

o   Produce and execute Functional Test Packs – or provide guidance where required to testing teams

o   Regression Test Pack Assessment

o   Organize and manage end User Testing where required

o   Escalation of environment issues preventing progress

·        Functional Design and Documentation

o   Obtaining/clarifying/elaborating business requirements

o   Functional solution design and documentation

o   Re-estimation throughout Project lifecycle when required

·       3rd Level Support

o   Provide 3rd level support in line with defined Group process

o   L3 technical support to production and UAT environments

·       Leverage AI for Automation

o   Shifting from narrative to structured format of Jiras which can be useful in order to generate comprehensive test cases/suites as helpful for testing team using AI tools in need ensure 100% requirement traceability with mapping Jira Fields to respecitive inputs.

Contributing Responsibilities

·       Appropriate documentation to be provided for all deliveries.

·       Leveraging AI as much as possible.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Good Essential technical skills:

·       Experience with understanding complex systems, analyzing, and resolving issues and writing functional and technical specifications, and test plans.

·       Experience in coordinating a dispersed set of stakeholders (functionally and geographically)

·        Experience with having organized and conducted all types of testing in a Banking environment.

·       Experience with structured project methodology.

·       Understanding of business analysis and systems analysis

·       Experience in drafting test plans, test scenario and test cases

·       Experience in executing functional testing.

·       Knowledge of analysis methodologies like entity-relation modelling, use cases, process / transformation analysis.

·       Ability to work with technology to assist with analysis eg SQL, Access

·       A good knowledge of Excel, Access, Visio, PowerPoint is requested.

·       Prior Experience in Automation Projects that has been E2E delivered.

·       Hands on SQL and able to read/write SQL queries.

Essential personality skills:

·       Good interpersonal and communications skills to work effectively with representatives of a diverse range of departments located in various sites and locations (Collateral Management FO, IT, Operations, Credit Risk, Market Risk) and within various business lines (mainly Fixed Income, Equity Derivatives).

·       Must be able to demonstrate that can communicate well in writing and orally and manage relationships.

·       Being able to work under pressure, in a sometimes-challenging environment, and to deal with confrontational situations.

·       Able to negotiate, to convince and find consensus.

·       Pro-active in rearranging priorities and solving issues where requested.

·       Being prepared to work long hours when necessary.

·       Has to be hands on, rigorous and methodical. to Have

Specific Qualifications:

·       At least 7 years of relevant experience combined with a bachelor's degree

·       Prior experience in similar domain will be beneficial.

Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)

Technical Skills:

• Hands on SQL, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Access

Behavioral Skills: 

• Communication skills – oral & written
• Decision Making
• Client focused
• Adaptability
• Analytical Ability
• Ability to deliver / Results driven
• Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training
• Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution

Education Level: Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Location: Mumbai

About BNP Paribas Group:

BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability.

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.