The posting
Job Title: Functional Business Analyst (Private Banking) Experience: 6+ years of relevant banking experience
Requirements Analysis and Elicitation
- Work with private banking specialists to elicit and review business requirements.
- Analyse and document as-is and to-be business and operational processes, and assess the impact of proposed changes.
- Define detailed functional and non-functional requirements from business requirements.
- Identify and manage risks and issues related to requirements and scope creep.
- Understand the existing technology landscape to deliver seamless integration.
- Engage stakeholders to streamline systems and operational processes, and help operational teams establish new procedures.
- Maintain a requirements traceability matrix against the Business Requirements Document (BRD) and Functional Specifications Document (FSD).
- Review and confirm the list of capabilities against the BRD.
- Manage the change process during the analysis phase.
- Review and sign off functional specifications prepared by system analysts.
- Support product incident investigation and resolution.
Team Collaboration
- Hand over functional and non-functional requirements to system analysts and ensure they fully understand them.
- Work under the guidance of senior functional business analysts and solution architects to define the final solution.
- Work with the test manager to translate business requirements into test scenarios.
- Run "train the trainer" sessions on application enhancements.
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge base on application features and processes.
Testing and Scope Management
- Review test cases with SIT testers and support SIT and UAT.
- Clarify test findings escalated by the test manager, and classify each as a defect or change request.
- Assess impact and estimate effort for project change requests.
Requirements
- 6+ years of relevant banking experience.
- Private banking experience with investment product knowledge (mandatory).
- Knowledge of regulatory changes, especially in sales and advisory processes.
- Strong knowledge of investment products.
- Knowledge of best practices and service excellence in technology and operations management.
- Understanding of technology and operational processes across functions in a bank or financial market.
- Experience scoping and evaluating solutions, including scalability, maintainability, cost, operations, and technology risk, with clear recommendations.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Strong quantitative, analytical, problem-solving and process design skills.
- Able to turn analysis into actions that meet business objectives.
- Passionate and diligent, able to thrive in ambiguity, and a resourceful team player.
Key Domain and Technical Skills
- Requirements and process analysis: translating private banking needs into clear functional requirements and optimised processes.
- Solution and stakeholder management: bridging business, operations and technology to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions.
- Private banking expertise: deep knowledge of investment products, sales and advisory processes, and regulatory requirements.



