Job Description

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Business Analyst (Securities/Payments) to join NCS and play a pivotal role in shaping and optimizing our client\'s payments, cash management, and securities solutions.

You will be responsible for planning, leading and delivering one or multiple modules in a software development project with quality, within scope and to ensure deliverables are on time and conform to processes and standards meeting customer\xe2\x80\x99s requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Provide domain expertise & focus in payment/securities domain.
• Propose alternative solutions and technologies to improve and bring about high-quality system solutions:
• Payment Solutions Strategy: Lead the analysis and strategic planning for payment solutions, including Payments Clearing and Settlement (PACS), collaborating with key stakeholders to define and prioritize initiatives that enhance payment processing, fraud prevention, and user experience.
• Cash Management Enhancement: Drive the analysis and enhancement of Cash Management (CAMT) systems, working closely with internal teams to streamline liquidity management, forecasting, and reconciliation processes.
• Securities Solutions Integration: Collaborate with vendors and internal stakeholders to analyze, integrate, and optimize securities-related messaging standards such as SESE, SEEV, and SEMT, ensuring accurate and efficient securities transactions.

• Ensure that the resulting IT solution meets the needs of the defined business requirements
• Plan and lead requirement gathering and design. Elicit and document detailed business and functional requirements for payments, cash management, and securities systems, ensuring alignment with business goals and regulatory requirements.
• Clarify requirement and manage scope against baseline
• Participate in developing and reviewing Functional Specifications/Use Cases. Conduct comprehensive analysis of existing payment, cash management, and securities systems, identifying areas for improvement and recommending enhancements to optimize efficiency, accuracy, and security.
• Participate in developing test plan, reviewing Test Specifications and test results
• Lead testing team to conduct test plan and when required, conduct the testing together with team
• Provide domain/functional guidance to software engineers in delivering in accordance to requirement
• Lead and co-ordinate various testing phases, managing internal and external stakeholders. Collaborate with external vendors and internal stakeholders to evaluate third-party payment, cash management, and securities solutions, negotiate contracts, and oversee implementation to ensure successful integration.
• Proactively identify payment and securities-related risks, including fraud, compliance issues, and cybersecurity threats. Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies.

• Bachelor\'s degree in Business Administration, Finance, IT, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience in implementing (from start to finish) at least one of the following transaction processing platforms for multiple countries or markets (preferably ASEAN, AU, HK): domestic payment system, cross border payment system or securities middle / back office system (for post trade, settlement and custody)
• Hands-on experience in and extensive knowledge of ISO 20022 message standards for payment (PACS), cash management (CAMT) and securities (SESE, SEEV, SEMT)
• Familiarity with Payments Clearing and Settlement (PACS) processes and protocols
• Experience in analyzing and integrating securities messaging standards for accurate and compliant securities transactions.
• Familiar with payment business lifecycles \xe2\x80\x93 from initiation, to clearing, settlement, accounting and reporting (advice and statement).
• Proven experience in leading and mentoring teams of business analysts, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment in the context of payments, cash management, and securities is a plus.
• Familiar with government securities business lifecycles \xe2\x80\x93 from issuance, auction, allotment, settlement (primary and secondary markets), collateral management, repo, re-issuance, corporate actions, redemption (full or partial)
• Demonstrable traits in business analysis, problem solving and troubleshooting
• Has a good track record in solutioning for transaction processing systems
• Familiar with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Ability to produce specifications for documentations and implementations
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Self-motivated with a positive \xe2\x80\x9ccan-do\xe2\x80\x9d attitude, creative with excellent presentation, communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills including strong persuasive techniques.
• Ability to lead, develop and maintain respectful and trusting relationship
• Proficient in written and spoken English

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