Job Description

• Strategic Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with and lead discussions among Managing Director-level stakeholders across Finance, Risk, Treasury, and Capital Markets to drive consensus and project outcomes.
• Requirements Leadership: Lead business analysis activities by planning, gathering, and documenting business requirements through interviews, workshops, and surveys.
• Universal Translation: Bridge the gap between diverse stakeholder groups by translating Risk models (e.g., Stochastics, PD/LGD) into Finance entries (Double-entry, Trial Balances) and technical IT specifications (ETL, APIs, JSON schemas).
• Discovery and Data Archeology: Lead "Data Archeology" efforts to map legacy infrastructure and define Global Blueprints for Multi-GAAP (IFRS/GAAP) accounting rules.
• Gap and Variance Analysis: Conduct gap analysis to assess differences between current and desired states.
• Technical Documentation: Develop use cases, user stories, and detailed functional specifications to capture system requirements.
• Traceability: Maintain a comprehensive requirements traceability matrix to ensure all regulatory and business needs are tracked throughout the lifecycle.
• Testing and Validation: Guide and participate in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to validate that the system meets business expectations and regulatory standards.
• Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify and document potential challenges such as data lineage gaps, accounting event complexities, and non-functional requirements like performance and scalability.

• Core BA Capabilities: Strong mastery of business analysis methodologies, from requirement gathering to UAT.
• Strategic Influence: Ability to lead, influence, and drive decision-making, discussions, and decisions at a Senior Leadership level, consistently increasing the signal vs. the noise in discussions.
• Drive and Accountability: Experience managing multiple priorities in a complex, transformational project environment while owning, driving, and closing their deliverables at a fast pace.
• Complex Translation: Ability to bridge the language gap between risk modeling, accounting policy, and IT implementation.
• Lead Project Deliverables: Proven ability to work independently and lead cross-functional teams, with the professional presence to influence and guide Managing Director-level leadership.
• Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of Finance, Risk, Treasury, and Capital Markets, with a preference for experience with Financial Product Sub-Ledger (FPSL) migrations and accounting logic (IFRS/GAAP).
• Communication Excellence: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Analytical Rigor: Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to perform deep-dive data analysis and identify potential project risks proactively.
• Technical Proficiency: Proficiency in requirements management tools such as Google Workspace, Smartsheets, Jira and Confluence, and experience documenting complex technical APIs and data flows.