Job Description:
Contribute to IT projects in the banking industry for Antaes clients, especially for large Core banking Systems initiatives (including Core Banking Platform, Corporate Actions, Settlements and Payments, Reconciliation systems)
Analyze and structure projects and new requirements coming in the domain with all stakeholders involved in order to propose to the organization the best way to deliver appropriate solutions
Lead the elaboration of a functional solution with business stakeholders and concerned IT teams
Lead, with the support of technical teams, the definition of the solution and the implementation roadmap
Drive the definition of use cases for User Acceptance Test with end users
Manage all the decision making and analysis process allowing to design, validate the solution, and get the necessary approvals in terms of architecture, IT risk and IT Security, budget and capacity planning.
Coordinate the implementation from a project management perspective and ensure the Project governance is applied at each step
Perform preliminary studies and analysis
Perform planning and budget elaboration and follow-up
Organize and run dedicated committees (steering committees, project committees, etc)
Bring added value to both the IT tools functionality and potential changes to operational processes impacted.
Ensure that every new solution implemented respects standards and allows for mutualization / reuse as much as possible between sites. Avoid/minimize specific local solution in favor of standard reusable solution.
Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal third-parties to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver the following artifacts as needed: Functional requirements, Business Requirements Document, Use Cases, Screen and Interface designs, Business process designs
Define requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, tasks and workflow analysis.
Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans
Serves as the conduit between the customer community and the technology teams through which requirements flow.
Develop requirements specifications according to standard templates & methodology
Collaborate with the team’s experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs.
Plan the migration strategy and change management activities related to these new projects
Be the liaison between the business units, technology teams and support teams.
Contribute to the promotion of Antaes services on top of assistance provided to clients
Job Requirements:
At least 10 experience in Banking Industry, as a Business Analyst and as a Project Manager
Strong knowledge of Core Banking processes and features
Strong knowledge of transaction capture, settlement and accounting booking
Good knowledge of financial products and on their underlying (Securities, Payments, Money Markets, Foreign Exchange, Credit, Derivatives and Structured Products, Commodities)
Good knowledge of Corporate actions processing
Good knowledge of Payment and transaction settlement systems (SWIFT, SEPA, local domestic systems in Europe and in Asia)
Experience as a Project Manager role on core banking projects
Excellent communication skills in English, both oral and written.
Strong proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Visio
Familiar with project management tools as well as issue and release management, production and support (JIRA, Service Now, PPM tools, etc)
Strong analytical and product management skills required
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, managers, subject matter experts and technical teams.