Business Overview:

Global Banking (GB) IT within CIB ITO/IT develops, improves, and maintains the wide range of applications across the payments, loans, trade finance and data analytics domains, leveraging a mix of both global and regional platforms in accordance with the strategic objectives of the business and operations areas.  

The IT Business Analyst will articulate business/operational needs and define the appropriate solution.Functions include working closely with all project Stakeholders articulating business / reporting / data management needs and defining the appropriate technology solutions. They will provide innovative solution design for projects during the design and implementation phases, in order to ensure that solutions follow group standards in terms of architecture, security and compliance.

Candidate Success Factors:

Candidates are measured on the following four performance drivers, which will dictate how individual impact is considered on the Americas platform:

• Results and Impact
  • Able to influence peers and team.
  • Demonstrates good judgement when making decisions of high complexity and impact.
  • Exercise appropriate autonomy in the execution and delivery of work. 
  • Responsible for driving outcomes, which have meaningful effect on team or department.
• Leadership and Collaboration:
  • Creates trust with colleagues.
  • Acts in leadership capacity for projects, processes, or programs.
• Client, Customer and Stakeholder Focus: 
  • Able to build relationships with a mix of colleagues and clients.
  • Interacts regularly with management and department leaders.
  • Demonstrates the ability to influence stakeholders at the team level. 
• Compliance Culture and Conduct: 
  • Takes full responsibility for personal actions and demonstrates courage in facing problems and conflicts.
  • Perceived as a person of high moral character; upholds corporate values and displays high ethical standards.

Responsibilities: 

• Challenge both business and IT requirements in order to ensure they are consistent, relevant, and robust.
• Convert business requirements into Functional specifications.
• Prepare Functional Specifications and System Requirements.
• Ensure that design is align with Group policies and industry practices, as well as, Regulatory requirements.
• Give Walkthrough to product management for functional specification.
• Explain the functional specification to the development team and provide support to functional doubts.
• Write test cases and test the IT deliveries before users, in order to verify conformity to the specifications as well as, non-regression.
• Conduct qualification of releases, System Integrated testing, User Acceptance testing.
• Work closely with vendors and IT development teams to clarify and guide development teams on functional requirements.
• Prepare User guides, Business Cases, Training Material, Production Support procedures.
• Provide functional support during user acceptance testing.
• Provide Assistance to IT support teams in the investigation of production issues, and coordinate their resolution with software suppliers when necessary.
• Participate In the resolution of non-compliance situations revealed by audits and in the resolution of situation reviews.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science or related IT field, or equivalent work experience required.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• 2-5 years of experience in Business Analysis 
• Extensive functional knowledge of of Payments and Sanctions Filtering
• Strong problem-solving skills and analytical skills
• Good project management, time management and priority management skills.
• Good understanding of good practices related to software development life cycle
• Relevant experience of quality assurance processes.
• Experience with Payment & Sanctions filtering, check processing, ACH, EFT, Fedwire, CHIPS, SWIFT 
• Skills in understanding of MONTRAN payment processing system 
• Fluent in written and verbal communication in English
• Experienced with the documentation of software interfaces
• Experienced with the documentation of business processes, functional and technical requirements
• Experienced in the design of new applications or services
• Have the ability and interest to learn about new products

FINRA Registrations Required:  

• Not Applicable 

CFTC Swap Dealer Associated Person (if yes, NFA Swaps Proficiency Program is required): 

• Not Applicable 

SEC Security-Based Swap Dealer Associated Person:

• Not Applicable 

While the description above describes our ideal candidate, we encourage applicants to apply even if they do not fully meet the complete list of qualifications noted.

The expected starting salary range for this position is between $95k to $105k annually. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business line, and geographic/office location.

In addition, our comprehensive benefits package aims to support our employees in various aspects of their lives. From healthcare and wellness programs to retirement plans and childcare services, we prioritize the well-being and growth of our employees. Our benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, a 401(k) Savings Plan, backup childcare, life, accident and disability insurance, mental health support and paid time off. Additional details about our benefits offerings, inclusive of eligibility for a discretionary bonus, will be provided during the hiring process.

About BNP Paribas:

BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach across the US, EMEA and APAC. It has a presence in 65 countries, with nearly 190,000 employees. The bank employs over 3,500 people in offices in the US across 10 states including New York, Jersey City, Chesterbrook, PA, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, and Washington, DC. BNP Paribas has built a strong and diversified presence to support its client base. We continue to grow and strengthen our commitment to the US market through our Corporate & Institutional Banking activities. We are one of a few non-US banks to offer a full value chain for our clients, from trading to financing, and clearing and custody in the US with the international footprint and capacity to deliver both globally and locally. Leveraging the strength of our European roots, our network can support clients in virtually every region of the world, enabling more connectivity and efficiency wherever our clients conduct business. We take pride in our expertise and our ability to adapt while constantly looking ahead to create a more sustainable world.

As an international company with a global footprint, the unique cultures and viewpoints of our team members are an integral part of the fabric of BNP Paribas. We are a company with a purpose - to be a responsible and sustainable global leader. We aim to create an environment where our employees feel empowered to drive change, make an impact and be true to themselves. We employ talented individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, locally and globally, and are inspired by our employees who help us in cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace through initiatives such as our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Leadership Forum and Employee Resource Group (ERG) communities. We strive to be a workplace where all team members can grow and thrive and offer robust training, development, and mentoring opportunities to make that vision a reality. Our leaders are deeply committed to DEI and highly accessible to our employees, consistently soliciting feedback on how we can continue to support our employees to reach their highest potential. 

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