Lead Business Analyst (Core Banking)

Responsibilities:

• Manage cross-functional project teams and perform business analysis for critical, enterprise-level projects and initiatives
• Interfaces with the Product Owner as Lead BA to define and document requirements for the product
• Support in managing product backlog with the Product Owner and different leaders to prioritize requirements, as well as define/manage the scope and sprints for the project. Ability to plan and execute user acceptance testing
• Conducts interviews to gather customer requirements via workshops, questionnaires, surveys, workflow storyboards, use cases, scenarios, and other methods
• Elicits, analyzes, specifies, and validates the business needs of stakeholders, be they customers, the project team, or end users
• Works with the development and QA teams to develop and execute test plans and all other deliverables, activities related to quality assurance
• Communicates changes, enhancements, and modifications of business requirements — verbally or through written documentation — to the Project Manager, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Sponsors, and other stakeholders so that issues and solutions are understood
• Responds proactively to both business and project issues and escalates appropriately

Skills Required:

• Main experience in the banking software/financial services with strong technical and business knowledge in Core Banking, Digital Banking, Payments, Cards solutions
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience supporting multiple software projects in various IT roles, experience in business and/or system analysis
• Must have in-depth knowledge of software development lifecycles including Agile development and testing
• Excellent analytical and conceptual thinking skills as well as creative problem-solving skills
• Possesses the ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions
• Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills. Able to exercise independent judgment and act on it
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks while under pressure
• Ability to explain difficult concepts to non-technical users

Nice to have:

• Experience in investment banking
• Experience working with both onshore and offshore teams
• Experience with Atlassian products
• Knowledge of diagrams and systems’ architecture

We offer you:

• Working in a highly experienced and dedicated team
• Competitive salary and extra benefit package that can be tailored to your personal needs (private medical coverage, sport & recreation package, lunch subsidy, life insurance, etc.)
• Permanent or B2B contract
• On-line training and certifications fit for career path
• Free on-line foreign languages lessons
• Regular social events 
• Access to e-learning platform
• Ergonomic and functional working space with 2 monitors (you can also borrow monitors for your home office)