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UOB · 2 months ago

VP, Lead Functional Business Analyst (Data and Analytics), Group Technology & Ops

Central Region (City Area)

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

15+ years exp

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of over 500 branches. The VP, Lead Functional Business Analyst will be responsible for managing stakeholder relationships, analyzing business requirements, and leading a team of functional business analysts to align technology with business needs.

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Responsibilities

Stakeholder Relationship Management

Build strategic relationships and alliances with stakeholders to achieve common goals

Drive the organization’s technology alignment with business needs

Inspire stakeholders to pursue the organization’s technology vision

Manage critical internal and external stakeholders’ changes in needs and priorities

Capabilities and Requirements Analysis and Definition

Based on input from the business target operation model, to work with project managers, functional business analysts, technology teams, and domain architects to map out the delivery roadmap, capabilities, and architecture view

Collaborate with business stakeholders from across Group (Singapore and Regional) to elicit and review business requirements, focusing on delivering enterprise-wide capabilities for KYC customer lifecycle management, KYC workflow, and AML workflow delivery

Lead the analysis and documentation of the 'to be' business and operations processes based on the agreed requirements and/or function points. Perform impact assessments

Support the analysis and definition of detailed functional and non-functional requirements based on business requirements, including the transition of these requirements to technology teams for solution design and delivery

Support funding requests for projects within the programme of work, ensuring that requests align with strategy, roadmap and target capability/architecture views

Monitor and manage risks/issues related to requirements and scope

Collaborate with business stakeholders and technology teams to develop and deliver deployments plans

Collaborate with Group Information Security, where needed, to ensure non-functional requirements effectively incorporate security requirements

Testing & Scope Management

Work with the Testing Domain Lead and Test Managers to translate business requirements into a test strategy and testing approach, including the use of automated testing tools and methodology

Support the project teams with the clarification of escalated test findings, especially where findings result in business requirement or design changes

Review and assess change requests to determine cost and timeline impacts

Ensure all changes are approved in-line with programme governance

Partner with stakeholders in ensuring System Development Methodology framework, governance and process is followed to deliver technology-led change projects

Post Go-Live

Ensure that up-to-date knowledge and subject matter expertise in retained within the team via 'train the trainer' sessions and documentation

Lead and Develop Talent

Lead and coach a team of functional business analysts

Develop plans to build the functional business analysis capabilities of the team

Develop programmes aimed at upskilling the organization’s workforce in technology

Review outcomes from talent development initiatives

Qualification

ComplianceAML expertiseKYC principles knowledgeStakeholder managementChange management processCompliance Technology platformsQuantitativeAnalytical skillsProject management fundamentalsInfluencing skillsDevelopment focusOperational process understandingTeam leadershipCommunication skillsProblem-solving skillsStrategic thinkingNegotiation skills

Required

Over 15 years of the relevant banking experience. Equivalent experience and skills also considered

Deep understanding of Compliance and/or Anti Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Client (KYC) principles and AML/ CFT, Sanctions, Anti-Bribery & Corruption and Fraud experience in banking, insurance and/or asset management

Knowledge of the global regulatory environment and a strong understanding of expectations of regulators, especially developments in KYC is helpful

Familiar with change management process and project management fundamentals

Experience in scoping and evaluation - defining overall considerations, including scalability, maintainability, cost, operations and technology principal risk to provide a recommendation

Strong quantitative, analytical, problem solving and process design skills that can translate analysis into actions that meet business objectives

Understanding of technology and operational processes across functions / departments in the bank/market

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Manage organizational ambiguity and differing stakeholder views

Strong understanding of business strategies and ability to translate them into concrete achievable action plans

Ability to collaborate, drive motivation across diverse team members and manage difficult conversations

Creates and environment of learning and development through each other's success and failures. Understands and channels team members to their personal and professional growth via challenging and stretch assignments

Strategic forward-thinking approach to challenges with outstanding influencing, negotiating and persuasion skills

Degree in Engineering/Technology/Business/Finance or equivalent