Associate - Business Analyst - Project Management - BFSI

Business Analyst - Associate - Project Manager

Position Specifications:

Corporate Title : Associate

Functional Title : Project Manager

Experience : 8-12 years

Qualification : Graduate/Post Graduate in any discipline, MBA (desirable)

Role & Responsibilities :

- Project Management of medium to high level complexity projects. Adhere to project governance standards and delivered within stated time, cost and risk framework

- Business Analysis of medium to high level complexity projects

- Ensure stakeholder engagement and understand their needs

- Elicit requirements using various analysis techniques

- Research, analyse and draw conclusions - Formally kick-off project with a charter/PIDs & ensure ongoing communication

- Create project plan, manage & coordinate all activities of the project team and assign skilled & committed resources to the project

- Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately - Constantly identify, review and address risks & issues

- Actively review project progress adherence to schedule, resource utilization & report progress against objective to senior management

- Manage user acceptance testing and obtain UAT sign-off.

- Formal Project closure, handover and lessons learnt

- Stakeholder Engagement: Ensure timely programme reviews with stakeholders Build good relationships with stakeholders & conduct stakeholder surveys to obtain feedback. Review feedback and design plan of action

- Ensure constant sharing of best practices across the team

Key Skills : Domain

Mandatory :

- Investment Banking

- Financial Products

- OTC derivatives

- Equity

- FX

- Bonds

- Credit risk

- Interest rates

Desired :

- Awareness & alignment with the business

Key Skills : Technical

Mandatory :

- Project plan and delivering technology solutions

Desired :

- Planning, organizing & reviewing skills. Decision Making & Influencing Skills

Qualification, Experience & Skills:

- Flexibility (Openness to Change) - Adapts effectively to changing plans and priorities Is open and flexible when faced with changing circumstances

- Deals comfortably with ambiguity - Stays on target to complete goals regardless of obstacles or adverse circumstances

- Rigorous follow ups through on all commitments to achieve results

- High Awareness & alignment with the business

- Planning, Organizing and reviewing skills. Strong planning, organizing & reviewing skills. Decision Making & Influencing Skills

- Interpersonal Skills - Ability to work with a varied set of individuals across all levels - Initiates and develops business relationships in positive ways

- People management & development skills - Persuades others in a positive manner - Effectively impacts others- actions - Lead a team of business analysts for effective and timely project delivery