Business Analyst for Banking client (NatWest / RBS Bank) at Chennai (Remote for now).
• Interacting with business users, key stakeholders and the team to obtain and document functional and non-functional requirements
• Capturing, validating and documenting business and system requirements and making sure that they’re in line with key strategic principles. Need to have knowledge of JIRA to capture requirements, create User Stories, Grooming the requirements to the team. Keeping track of the progress until bringing to completion. Validating if the change satisfies the functional requirements given by the user. Supporting the user through the UAT cycle and getting approvals.
• Creating BRDs and providing the requirements to upstream or other dependant systems. Involving in testing or data validation for any upstream or dependant system changes.
• Need to understand the overall application, provide solutions to ad hoc queries from the business users.
• Prioritizing the requirements based upon feedback from the customers, key stakeholders and the team
• Additionally – Should have knowledge of Interest Rate Risk Management including Sources of Interest Rate Risk (Gap or Mismatch Risk, Basis Risk, Net Interest Position Risk, Embedded Option Risk, Price Risk, Reinvestment Risk & Yield Curve Risk)
• Good knowledge of Treasury products – Fixed Income Securities (T-Bills & Bonds), Interest Rate Swaps (IRS), FX.

Skills
• Good to hold an appropriate business analyst certification, An IIBA CBAP or equivalent certified candidate is a preference. Additionally, you’ll have an analytical mindset, with strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise your work.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment.
• Technical skills– Good knowledge of SQL  (ability to write complex SQL, understand the data model, database structure, store proc and interprets the logic etc.), Hands on experience of web application/UI design-TABLEAU. Good to have worked on Power BI, Axure and Visio.
• Should have understanding of the Bank’s Balance Sheet and the reconciliation process thereof. Good to know the hedging process – concept of hedging.
• A good understanding of Agile values, principles and methodologies with experience of working within an Agile environment
• Good communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to your peers and management