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.

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, corporate 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

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.

About Business line/ Function:

The role is in Global Banking IT - Business Analysis and Solutions Team catering to CENTRAL BA Team – Trade Finance Business Analyst. The function is that of a Business analyst & coordination, working closely with business and on-shore Product Owners/ Project Managers as well as internal development, QA, IT security, architecture and other transversal teams.

Job Title:

 Business Analyst

Date:

09 Sep 2025

Department:

Global Banking IT 

Location:

Mumbai,Chennai

Business Line / Function:

Central BA Team

Reports to:

(Direct)

Grade: 

(if applicable)

(Functional)

Number of Direct Reports:

Directorship / Registration:

NA

Position Purpose

To function as a Business Analyst for Central BA Team catering to all applications within the domain such as Ivision, Conserto, Trade AI & interfacing applications.

To completely manage the implementations with Business and other stakeholders.
Needs to be involved in the requirements gathering, writing of the business requirements/user stories and functional specifications. Needs to liaise up with the development team, QA, coordinate UAT and be involved in production implementation. Improve the operational efficiency and cost savings.

The candidate must be able to : 
• Clearly understand the client business requirements and provide optimal solutions.
• Contribute to the analysis and drafting of business requirements and functional specifications, 
• Assist QA team for SIT & business users during UAT cycles. 
• Should be well versed with the SDLC cycle, Agile methodology, quality and release control processes
• Should have high-level technical know-how to be able to drive technical/security related changes with the IT teams. 

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

Writing and Reviewing BRDs, FSDs, User Stories and working closely with Business and operations stakeholders for requirement analysis for Central Trade BA Team. 

Needs to be involved in the requirements gathering, writing of the business requirements, functional specifications and GAP analysis for business requirement. Needs to liaise up with the development team, QA, coordinate UAT and be involved in production implementation.

Manage the project SDLC/ Agile governance and QA activities

Contributing Responsibilities

·       Work closely with internal development, QA, IT security, architecture and other transversal teams.

·       Review overall solution to see the best and optimized fit into the applications old and new. 

·       Work as a team player for topics spanning across projects, teams.

·       Would be responsible for effective effort estimation and costing.

·       Test strategy definition.

·       Qualification and User acceptance test tracking.

·       Support to Users, Development and Qualification teams, Deployment activities (set up parameters for implementation , scheduling process definition, environment management, go live contribution and follow up, analysis of incident raised during Qualification and UAT).

·       Would act as functional support for production issues / queries as required. 

·       Functional and applicative training.

·       Functional documentation maintenance

·       Quality conscious and appropriate documentation complying with SDLC standards and agile project management practises.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

The candidate should have strong functional skills and excellent communication skills.
The job requires domain knowledge as under:
1. Good understanding of Banking domain.

2. In depth knowledge on Trade Finance (Letter of Credit, Documentary Collections, Guarantees). 
3. Knowledge on Risk and Compliance related to Banking and Trade Finance.

4. Good understanding of the Trade Finance Swift MT / MX Messages.

Besides, the following skills are also expected: 
1. Clear organization and ability to manage projects
2. Service-oriented attitude and strong commitment to client satisfaction
3. Interpersonal skills, ability to consolidate action plans and report progress status
4. Capable of adapting to a new environment and to work under pressure towards tight deadlines
5. Analytical, lateral thinker and result-oriented person
6. Team player demonstrating self-initiative when necessary
7. Excellent verbal and written communication

Specific Qualifications (if required)

Experience required: 

• Around 5-7 years overall BFSI domain

• Candidates with experience of Trade finance products will be preferred]

• Good Knowledge of Oracle Database (PL/SQL Queries), 3-tier architecture, Web application server, UNIX commands, hands-on PUTTY, WINSCP.
• Graduate from a top University

    - B.E./B.Tech, Graduates, Post-graduate

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Ability to deliver / Results driven

Communication skills - oral & written

Attention to detail / rigor

Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training…

Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution

Analytical Ability

Ability to manage a project

Education Level: 

 Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 5 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)

Certification in Trade Finance (Good to have)

Good understanding of core banking, payments & accounting systems 

Working knowledge of Shell commands/batches, Linux/Unix commands