MEA Business Analyst - Senior BA

About BNP Paribas India Solutions Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

About BNP Paribas Group BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialised businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 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.

About Business Line/Function Job Title: Business Analyst

Date Department: Banking Platformat IT Location: Mumbai

Business Line / Function PCM

Reports To (Direct)

Grade (if applicable) (Functional)

Number Of Direct Reports Directorship / Registration: NA Position Purpose Provide a brief description of the overall purpose of the position, why this position exists and how it will contribute in achieving the team’s goal.

Responsibilities Direct Responsibilities

• Understand what the business does and how it does it
• To collect, understand, and transmit the business or functional support requirements for the project/request/incident, and to translate these into functional specifications and detailed test plans.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify bsuiness requirements related to banking applications within the organizations.
• To analyse and document business processes and to involve end users in all the project/request/incident resolution phases.
• To design the business cases hand by hand with users and required central teams covering the complete cycle of operations and IT processes.
• To document workflows and results of business analysis and obtain sign-off from client on the specifications.
• To document the systems and functional processes making it easy for the new comers to understand the system.
• To collect, understand, and transmit the business or functions support requirements for the project, and to translate these into functional specifications and detailed test plans.
• To closely liaise with PCM architecture teams to design the solution and explain it to all stakeholders
• Ensure a smooth integration and implementation of new standards petals (systems) following the standard methodologies.
• To support the functionalities of all the banking production modules related to all business activities
• Provide both functional and technical support to users in the region
• To support the functional operations of all standard and non-standard application systems according to the business needs of the organization.
• To plan, execute, monitor, control and manage IT projects Contributing Responsibilities

Technical & Behavioral Competencies Mandatory

• The candidate should have strong functional and excellent communication skills.
• Good understanding of Payments Domain.
• Knowledge of Domestic payments of MEA region would be a plus.
• Knowledge of ISO 20022 XML formats for payment processing.
• Experience with SQL, Oracle RDBMS.
• Ability to collaborate closely with technical teams to design both technical and procedural solutions. Good to Have Background in software development would be considered a plus.

Skills Referential Specific Qualifications (if required) Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills) Analytical Ability Ability to understand, explain and support change. Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution. Choose an item. Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills) Ability to collaborate / Teamwork. Decision Making Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving. Choose an item. Choose an item.

Education Level Bachelor’s degree or equivalent Experience Level Choose an item.