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Key Responsibilities:

• Understand Business Needs: Work closely with business units to grasp the Bank’s strategies, processes, and roadmaps. Gain deep knowledge of business and IT operations.

• Deliver Quality Products: Understand end-user needs, develop detailed requirements, and support technical designs and process improvements.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Elicit, analyze, and validate business/user requirements. Translate needs into functional specifications.

• Financial & Accounting Focus: Strong understanding of accounting and financial management concepts. Workday experience is a must.

• Documentation & Analysis:

  • Document current state, create future-state artifacts, and translate requirements into functional specs.

  • Write detailed specifications, data mappings, release notes, and user guides.

  • Perform complex business analysis via JAD sessions with stakeholders.

• System & Process Design:

  • Assist in designing mockups for new functionality.

  • Develop data mapping plans for conversions/migrations.

  • Suggest software and process improvements.

• Agile & Waterfall Delivery:

  • Write INVEST-compliant user stories.

  • Participate in daily standups, sprint planning, and backlog refinement.

• Tools & Systems:

  • Workday (core accounting, wire transfers, reconciliations, L&D).

  • Visio, Lucidchart, Azure DevOps (epics, features, stories).

  • Query writing for data analysis and reporting.

• SDLC & Project Management:

  • Experience with Waterfall and Scrum methodologies.

  • Familiarity with flowcharting, data modeling, and UI design tools.

• Collaboration & Troubleshooting:

  • Work closely with Product Owners, Architects, Developers, and Project Managers.

  • Identify and resolve business systems issues.

  • Provide guidance to less experienced team members.

• Compliance & Quality:

  • Adhere to Bank policies, standards, and IT best practices.

  • Ensure applications meet business requirements with a focus on quality.

Must-Have Skills:

1. Strong BSA Experience: 5+ years in financial services/banking, with expertise in requirements gathering, documentation, and functional specs.

2. Accounting & Financial Management: Deep understanding of core concepts (critical).

3. Workday Proficiency: Hands-on experience with Workday for accounting, reconciliations, and integrations.

4. Technical & Analytical Skills:

   • API interactions, system mappings, and integrations.

   • Ability to extract functional requirements and collaborate with architects.`