Description
Location: Dubai
Contract Duration: 12-month initial contract - with extensions
Role Overview:
As an IT Business Analyst, you will work closely with stakeholders, technology teams, and external vendors to define requirements, improve processes, and deliver cutting-edge solutions in the wealth and investment management domain. You will play a critical role in shaping IT initiatives, ensuring regulatory compliance, and driving business efficiency. Candidates must have experience in projects within Wealth & Investments within the banks, such as Equities, Trading, Derivatives, Wealth, Crypto.
Key Responsibilities:
- Gather, analyze, and document business requirements for IT projects in banking, wealth, and investment management
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, project managers, developers, and QA teams to ensure project success
- Define functional specifications, workflows, and system integration requirements
- Work on core banking system enhancements; digital transformation initiatives; regulatory compliance projects
- Ensure IT solutions align with business goals; regulatory requirements (MiFID; Basel III; FCA); industry best practices
- Conduct gap analysis; process mapping; feasibility studies for new technology implementations
- Support UAT (User Acceptance Testing) and facilitate end-user training sessions
- Act as a liaison between business teams and IT to resolve issues and improve system functionality
What We're Looking For:
- 5+ years of IT Digital Business Analysis experience in banking; wealth or investment management
- Strong knowledge of wealth management platforms; investment products; trading systems
- Experience with business process re-engineering; system migrations; data analysis
- Familiarity with Agile (Scrum/Kanban) and Waterfall methodologies
- Hands-on experience with JIRA; Confluence; SQL; Visio ; other BA tools
Please apply to be contacted with further information.