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Main Role (Overall Accountability)
- Manage all the business analysis end-to-end for all change requests.
- Analyze, define, detail and ensure that documentation of business requirements has enough details to be developed as software.
- Serve as a liaison between business and IT teams by facilitating communication and determining software objectives that align with stated and unstated business needs.
Principal Accountabilities
Complete understanding of business requirements and bank's processes / systems.Prioritize initiatives based on business needs and requirements.Ability to translate the business requirements into coherent, usable technology requirements and effectively document the same.Elicit business requirements using requirements workshop, document analysis, surveys, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios and workflow analysis.Evaluate business processes, anticipate requirements, uncover areas for improvement, and develop and implement solutions.Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts and decomposeHigh-level information into detailed business requirement document.Analysis of the feasibility and impact of various change requests received from departments in the modules / changes managed.Acts as a liaison between business users and technical analysts / developers in the analysis, design, configuration, testing and support of systems to ensure optimal operational performance. Coordinate with the Scrum Master to align user story grooming tasks into sprint plans.Be the liaison between the Business units, operations team, technology teams and support teams.Coordinate and ensure implementation of detailed requirements from the business stakeholders on : -o Details of change
o Impact analysis
o expected process improvements
Ensure effective change management and coordinate with the business and IT teams on various sprint planning activities.Conduct meetings and presentations to share ideas and findings.Identify the customization requirements wherever applicable and develop detailed user stories following best practices, ensuring to capture specifications and functional design.Responsibility to complete all BA related documentation and ensure solutions meet business needs and requirements.Prepare testing strategy document, including test cases / scenarios for any relevant testing such as UAT, sanity, regression, pilot and others.Support the timely and effective implementation of agile initiatives.Use expert judgment to identify and mitigate risks arising out of existing and proposed digital initiatives to ensure that development and enhancement of changes comply with Information Security, Internal Controls, Compliance and Legal.Identify and document any gaps found during various agile delivery phases and coordinate with the stakeholders to develop the most appropriate approaches to address them.Coordinate the testing activities (UAT) with the business users ensuring status updates are sent in accordance to the approved strategy and timely execution of the cases / scenarios.Support the preparation and development of training materials. coordinate with the training department to ensure effective end user training for all projects / changes done.Assist operations, branch, parameters & other business team for the functional queries in the product.Gather critical information from various stakeholders and publish useful MIS to business head.Final sign off, documentation process and migration to the production environment.Other tasks and Duties
To adhere to the bank policies and procedures.To be responsible for personal learning and development.To administrate and organize own work to ensure that it is accurate and meets quality targets, reasonable deadlines and reporting requirements.To undertake any other tasks, duties assigned by the direct superior.Skills and Competencies
Excellent networking capabilities to ensure that relationships are utilized positively to get the work done without delaysExcellent analytical skills and knowledge of IT implementationExcellent oral and written communication skillsExcellent interpersonal, problem-solving and project management skillsMust be tactful, mature, and flexible with empathetic approachStrong communication and presentation skillsExcellent negotiation skillExperience with agile planning and development tools (Atlassian-Jira, Confluence, Zephyr)Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writingTo have a good understanding of bank's implemented retail IBPS processes and a strong ability to understand the business needs and translate them into user journeys / storiesAble to upskill bank's in-house business analystsQualifications
Deep knowledge of agile practices, frameworks, and techniques5-7 years of experience with business analysis in bankingBackground in Newgen's BPM product for branch process automationBilingual - Fluent English and ArabicOverall knowledge of banking businessBachelor's degree (or equivalent years of experience)Agile or scrum certification preferred (e.g. CSM, CSP, CSPO, PSPO)Overall IELTS score of 7.0 and above (with minimum score of 6.5 for each individual band), or its equivalent in TOEFL; overall score of 94 and above (with minimum score of 20 for each individual section)