Business Analyst

About BNP Paribas India Solutions

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

About BNP Paribas Group

BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialised businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.

About Business Line/Function

Securities services department of CIB

Job Title

Business Analyst

Date

Department:

Securities Services

Location:

Chennai

Business Line / Function

Banking Services

Reports To

(Direct)

Grade

(if applicable)

(Functional)

Number Of Direct Reports

Directorship / Registration:

NA

Position Purpose

As a Business Analyst, be an SME for Tax and Custody business and contribute to:

• Learn the existing application and business functionality
• Understand the business need and to convert that into Epics and User stories
• Propose IT solution for the projects in Tax perimeter
• To work closely with Dev and POs to drive the delivery in agile mode
• Handling the functional testing and delivery of the new features
  
  

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

The IT BA Will Have Following Responsibilities

• - Convert the project requirements into Functional IT solutions.
• - Define the functional architecture of the new feature/module
• - Understand the user/business needs and propose functional solutions in the form of EPIC/User Stories.
• - Understand existing business functions, manage the changing requirements with efficient solutions on the product
• - To represent IT viewpoint with Business/operational teams
• - Product ownership
• - Transfer functional knowledge to Dev teams as and when required
• - Own the enhancement request, help the Dev for any clarifications, track the progress of release
• - Write the functional test cases for the Change requests
• - Enhance the regression test cases periodically, monitor the ANRT executions
• - Communicating and coordinating with all the stakeholders across Product/business teams, Ops and Tech teams
• - Ensure the quality of the product delivered, and also of adherence to standard processes of SDLC in the bank.
• - Drive the best practices, new tools and techniques to strive for improving the quality continuously
• - Identify any possible risks in the project delivery, and escalate the issues when required for management attention
• - To interact with other application teams across business functions to reach the global objectives of a project.
• - To be the Tax SME for the custody platform.
  
  

Contributing Responsibilities

• To drive the regression testing tools in Tax perimeter
• To build training material as a SME
• To review other BA’s tasks and help them as and when needed
• To present Tax at department and 2S level.
• Help the APS team for BAU issues from production, for any critical and regulatory needs.
• Track the L3 issue progress with Dev team, be the bridge between Dev and APS team.
  
  

Functional & Behavioral Competencies

• Must have Strong domain expertise in Securities Services, specifically Tax and Custody
• Must have Deep understanding in CA Processing in European markets
• Must have Strong analytical skills and communication to drive the project delivery
• Must have Experience in end-to-end SDLC in various methodologies.
• Must have experience in Agile methodology
• Must have ability to understand business needs and provide functional solutions efficiently
• Good to have Experience in interface/cross application solution development
• Good to have experience in Tax domain, particularly DTT matters.
• Good to have working knowledge on Tax, Custody products like Xceptor and BaNCS.
• Good to have exposure to Data modeling and Oracle SQL, PL/SQL
• Good to have experience in J2EE applications
  
  

Skills Referential

Specific Qualifications (if required)

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

Decision Making

Ability to deliver / Results driven

Ability to share / pass on knowledge

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution

Analytical Ability

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Ability to develop and adapt a process

Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training…

Education Level

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 12 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if Required)

12 to 18 years of experience as a Business Analyst in Tax and Custody Domain