Senior Finance SPR Business Analyst

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Finance SPR Business Analyst with strong business analysis and operating model expertise in banking, investment banking, or regulated financial services. The role involves analysing front-to-back banking processes, documenting finance and data requirements, supporting target operating model implementation, and driving business readiness for transformation initiatives.

The ideal candidate should have strong investment banking domain knowledge, requirements documentation skills, SQL understanding, and Python knowledge.

• Assess and document current-state system flows, data requirements, accounting and reporting processes, challenges, and opportunities.

• Analyse process variations across products, desks, legal entities, and regions, identifying mandatory differences and opportunities for standardization.

• Apply the global Target Operating Model (TOM), identify implementation gaps, and determine required local variations.

• Drive gap analysis and solution analysis, develop practical recommendations, and support timely decision-making.

• Translate business needs into clear, complete, and testable requirements, user stories, process maps, and functional specifications.

• Facilitate business workshops and collaborate with architects, engineers, product owners, and subject-matter experts.

• Define and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), requirement validation, walkthroughs, demonstrations, and testing activities.

• Manage risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies, escalating significant gaps when required.

• Maintain end-to-end requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle.

• Prepare operating procedures, go-live designs, training materials, and business-readiness documentation.

• Support large-scale transformation, data migration, and regulatory change initiatives.

• 8–12 years of overall professional experience, including substantial business analysis or operating model experience.

• Strong banking or regulated financial services domain experience.

• Knowledge of investment banking products and transaction lifecycles.

• Understanding of finance processes, accounting, reporting, and control frameworks.

• Proven requirements documentation experience, including user stories, process maps, and functional specifications.

• Good understanding of SQL and working knowledge of Python.

• Experience in business analysis, gap analysis, solution design, and stakeholder management.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.

• Experience with large-scale transformation, data migration, or regulatory change.

• Exposure to legal-entity, desk, product, or regional rollouts.

• Experience with UAT planning and execution, requirements traceability, RAID management, and implementation readiness.

• Location: Taguig, Philippines

• Work Setup: Hybrid, 2 days a week in the office

• Shift: 3:00 PM – 12:00 AM

• Availability: Candidates who can join within 30 days are preferred.

Candidates should be prepared to provide their highest educational attainment, relevant experience details, salary information, notice period, and confirmation of availability of their Transcript of Records (TOR) and diploma.