BCBS239 Business Analyst

Here at SMBC Group, we want to help you find the next step in your career so read on to discover if this opportunity is the one for you. We like to recognise potential in our people, so we welcome your application even when your experience doesn't perfectly align with the job description. Whilst we'll always strive to be better, we’re proud of our inclusive culture, and encourage our applicants and colleagues to be their authentic, unique selves.

United by a sense of purpose towards our customers - to be a trusted partner for the long-term - and our universal banking platform in EMEA, SMBC Group has an international growth agenda and award-winning products, meaning we provide exciting opportunities to work on a diverse range of projects and initiatives. We deliver a full suite of corporate finance products and solutions to our customers as well as investment banking and advisory services, and a range of innovative solutions in global capital markets.

The BCBS239 Business Analyst will play an essential role on a major global compliance programme, advising on capturing clear requirements for global design initiatives, supporting product owners and delivery teams, and helping to produce high quality documentation that will be used as the basis for global rollout. BCBS239 is a set of principles for risk data aggregation and risk reporting, which has become the de facto standard for high quality data management and reporting.

As part of our Data Management Global Coordination Team (GCT), EMEA are leading a programme of work to secure and maintain compliance with BCBS239 globally and this role will form part of a core Global team that will deliver global initiatives, while also helping regional teams (in EMEA, Americas, APAC, East Asia and our Tokyo HQ) to deliver against their compliance obligations.

We are looking for someone who is an experienced SME in BCBS239 who also has strong data management, data governance, and data & analytics subject matter knowledge. You will have experienced business analysis skills as the role will require an ability to break down problems and regulatory concepts into understandable, implementable designs and solutions.

You will be required to develop a good understanding of the Bank’s business processes and interface with our Global stakeholders and across our regions and be sensitive to different cultural approaches. Data Management and Governance is a key priority for SMBC globally and this is an exciting time to join the bank as we continue to drive change across our data environment.

If you want to be a key part of our journey to be a leader in innovation and data driven capabilities, we would be keen to speak to you.

Position Description

• Facilitating and leading meetings, workshops, and discovery sessions with business owners, SMEs, and stakeholders at all levels of the organisation to elicit, clarify, translate, and document business requirements (functional and non-functional)
• Managing and coordinating designs through governance and approval processes
• Managing and coordinating change requirements through governance and approval processes
• Providing BCBS239 SME knowledge, guidance, and insights to ensure regulatory considerations incorporated in designs and outcomes
• Define problems statements, scope, objectives, and success criteria aligned to initiative strategy and outcomes
• Management of a solution plan including requirements, prioritisation, progress, actions, status, and outcomes
• Working closely with stakeholders to develop designs and processes through to closure
• Ensuring designs align to BCBS239 regulatory requirements
• Produce clear, version controlled, high quality documentation
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and Bank requirements
• Preparation of design governance papers to lead reviews and secure approval through programme and BAU governance committees
• Collaborating with the wider data family, including analysts, engineers, and product managers
• Establish and maintain productive cross-functional relationships with a network of business stakeholders, technical delivery teams and external suppliers

Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Qualifications

Essential:

• Experience of working on a BCBS239 regulatory programmes
• Extensive experience of working in the financial services industry
• Knowledge of BCBS239 principles and requirements; able to translate them into designs and solutions including policies, controls, target operating models
• BCBS239 aligned understanding of data aggregation, reporting, data governance, data quality management, and IT & Data Architecture
• Experience across a range of data & analytics disciplines (e.g. data governance & management, data quality, business intelligence, data engineering, data analytics)
• Advanced stakeholder management and ability to negotiate / resolve challenges; navigate ambiguity and align diverse stakeholders
• Experience of managing the business analysis process end to end; information gathering through to design approval and benefits realisation
• Experience of managing and coordinating design and change governance and approvals
• Experience of working in a data team and collaborating cross-functionally to identify, scope and develop solutions
• Documentation excellence; ability to produce high quality, version controlled artefacts (e.g. BRD, user stories, TOM)
• Demonstrable experience as a Technical Business Analyst, System Analyst, Business Analyst, or similar role
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills: (i) comfortable presenting to, and facilitating group sessions, of business users at all levels, (ii) ability to describe technical solutions to non-technical colleagues
• Ability to operate independently, plan, define, and manage work and deliverables to meet challenging deadlines
• Demonstrable experience using of the tools, principles, and best practices techniques appropriate to requirements gathering, analysis and documentation.
• Proficiency in standard tooling; JIRA, Confluence, Visio, MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PPT, MSP)

Desirable:

• Use of industry standards and frameworks (e.g. DAMA, DCAM)
• Data management tooling experience or proficiency (metadata/lineage, DQ platforms, reporting solutions)
• Knowledge and experience of adjacent regulations (e.g. IFRS9, Basel iii & iv)
• Experience of working across multiple jurisdictions and cultures
• Solid understanding of the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) as relevant to analytics and ability to support the full project lifecycle for projects you work on including but not limited to: requirements gathering, design approvals, development, testing and release

Competencies

• Customer Focus
• Driving Change
• Driving Results
• Embraces Diversity
• Enterprise Leadership
• Judgement and Decision Making
• Risk Management
• Strategic and Visionary
• Trust and Integrity

We recognise our role as a bank to support social change and welcome all applications, including those from groups often under-represented in financial services. We value the uniqueness of professional and personal backgrounds and perspectives as they play a vital role in continuing the sustainable growth of our organisation. We'll ensure reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process are offered due to a disability or long-term condition whenever requested.