EMBARK - Business Analyst

Summary: Who We Are Looking For: - Elicit, clarify, and document business requirements. - Strong ability to articulate key functional capabilities of SaaS solution suite. - Lead in fit-gap analysis exercise to assess business requirements and align them with out of the box capabilities and work closely with cross-functional teams to determine action plan to address gaps. - Establish user stories and backlog items, and prepare test specifications utilizing agile methodology. - Prepare key implementation deliverables business requirements documentation, functional specification document and test strategy document. Organize and execute functional tests as well as integration tests within and across functional areas. - Articulate the solution as part of the enterprise from a business perspective. - Proven track record of delivering strategy and transformation engagements for global banking clients. - Deep expertise in Retail, Corporate, or Commercial Banking. - Experience in one or more of the following domains: 1. Product & Pricing Strategy Rates & Fees Management 2. Billing & Revenue Optimization 3. Deposits & Payments 4. Relationship Pricing 5. Core Banking Transformation 6. Banking Operating Model & Process Transformation Requirements: - Bachelors degree (relevant experience can alternatively be considered) in Computer Science, Finance, or related fields. - 3+ years of experience in Business Analysis or Functional consulting in the Banking industry. - Data analytical skills; ability to analyze and triage new configuration requests on the client's application. - Broad, enterprise-wide view of the business and varying degrees of appreciation for strategy, processes, and capabilities, enabling technologies, and governance within the banking and financial services domain. - Exceptional communication skills and the ability to communicate appropriately at all levels of the organization; this includes written and verbal communications as well as visualizations. - Team player, able to collaborate and work effectively at all levels of the organization with the ability to influence others to move toward consensus. - Goal-oriented, getting the job done in a positive, reliable, and inspiring manner. - Strong situational analysis and decision-making abilities. - Strong negotiation skills bundled with the ability to explain details/recommendations to customers logically. - Proactive attitude, high willingness, and capability to pick up and slice complex requirements quickly while collaborating closely within a fast-paced environment. - Ability to act as liaison conveying information needs of the business accurately to both internal and external stakeholders. Domain knowledge of banking and financial institutions and/or large enterprise IT environment. - Basic knowledge of cloud concepts (goal to work towards) and SaaS applications.