Senior Finance SPR Business Analyst

Job Title: Senior Finance SPR Business Analyst

Desired Experience Range: 8–12 years overall experience, including substantial business analysis / operating model experience in banking or regulated financial services

Required Technical Skill Set:

Business Analysis; Target Operating Model; Front-to-Back Banking Processes; Data & Finance Requirements; UAT and Business Readiness

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Strong business-analysis or operating-model experience in banking / financial services.

- Must have domain banking experience.

- Investment banking products and transaction lifecycle knowledge.

- Finance processes, accounting, reporting and control frameworks.

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

- Proven requirements documentation skills covering user stories, process maps and functional specifications.

- Must have good SQL understanding, BFSI domain experience and Python knowledge as well.

GOOD TO HAVE:

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

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

- UAT planning/execution, traceability, RAID management and implementation readiness.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF / EXPECTATIONS FROM THE ROLE:

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

- Analyse variations across products, desks, legal entities and regions, distinguishing mandatory variations from those that can be standardised.

- Apply the global target operating model and identify implementation gaps and required local variations.

- Drive gap and solution analysis, develop practical proposals and enable timely decisions.

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

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

- Define and support UAT, requirement validation, walkthroughs, demonstrations and testing activities.

- Manage risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies, escalating material gaps appropriately.

- Maintain end-to-end traceability and prepare operating procedures, go-live designs, training and readiness documentation.