Job Description

In Asia Pacific, BNP Paribas is one of the best-positioned international financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence since 1860. Currently with over 18,000 employees* and a presence in 13 markets, BNP Paribas provides corporates, institutional and private investors with product and service solutions tailored to their specific needs. It offers a wide range of financial services covering corporate & institutional banking, wealth management, asset management, insurance, as well as retail banking and consumer financing through strategic partnerships. .

Worldwide, BNP Paribas has a presence in 68 markets with more than 193,000 employees. It has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. Asia Pacific is a key strategic region for BNP Paribas and it continues to develop its franchise in the region.

• excluding partnerships

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.

Position:
Business Analysis (Techno-Functional) - Regulatory Project

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a Business Analyst as secondary role, his/her responsibilities are:

• Mandatory experience in topics related to Regulatory topics on any of the following: AEOI/CRS, FATCA, IRS871m, SRD2 or Tax Statement - in order to advise or challenge - requirements given functionally and solution proposition by the DEV Team
• Gather the requirements from End Users, Project Manager or Product Owner
• Write GFS (if necessary) or DFS / user stories, and confirm the understanding with the developers.
• Perform system analysis with the PM or BA's of other applications squads/teams when involved in multi-systems features and interfaces.
• Work with developers on system design and development/unit testing.
• Work with the testing team to conduct SIT to ensure quality of delivery.
• Support UAT (reproduce issues, monitoring, fixing with the team).
• Support Project delivery and ensure requirements are in-place in Production.
• Assist the Project Manager and/or DEV team on any governance, security or architecture related follow-up or deliverables. A technical-functional knowledge is required in order to achieve this.

In addition, as Business Analyst, you are expected to:

• Organize and run dedicated meetings or committees.
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal third parties to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver the following artefacts as needed: General Functional Specifications (GFS), Detailed Functional Specifications (DFS), Business process design, minutes, review and validation with Sponsors, presentation etc.
• Analyze gaps in functionality and processes between European and Asian sites and propose solutions to converge and align them into a common design.
• Be the liaison between the Project Manager (and Business side) and Technology teams
• Participate to the full development lifecycle including design, estimation, planning, development support, test support, release, implementation & guarantee support.

Qualifications

Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
• Experience in working with large distributed IT teams
• At least 5+ years of experience in the banking IT field (private banking)
• At least 3+ years of experience working on Regulatory OR Tax matters

Mandatory (Functional Skills)

• Knowledge of Regulatory OR Tax matters with proven experience, topics related to any of the following: AEOI/CRS, FATCA, IRS871m, SRD2 or Tax Statement
• Knowledge of Transactions (Corporate Actions and Securities in particular) and securities transactions
• Knowledge on Standard Core Banking systems (ie Olympic, Corporate Actions Systems)
• Knowledge on Front Office applications (ie AAA ordering Tools, Client Management Tools)

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Good understanding of project lifecycle and experience in functional and technical specification
• Highly analytical, able to investigate, troubleshoot and determine issues at root cause

Good To Have

• IT experience: general knowledge (SQL, PL/SQL, Scripting, Java, 3-tier Architecture, IT Architecture principles, IT security concepts)
• Organization and management of tests (SIT / Non-regression, UAT)
• Methodology (Agile, CMMI, PMP, Prince 2)
• JIRA, Confluence, Release Management Tools, Skype, Microsoft Teams, Clarity
• Exposure to applications revolving around : AAA, Olympic, Client Management Systems, Datawarehouse, Batch processing of reports