Senior Business Analyst

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Your career opportunity

• Global Risk Analytics (GRA) is a part of HSBC’s Global Risk Function which provides solutions using analytics, tools, and models to identify, measure and manage key risks. GRA currently covers Wholesale Credit and Market Risk, Financial Crime Risk, Regulatory Compliance and Operational Risk.  
• Financial Engineering drives definition and adoption of the modelling solutions within GRA and beyond on the Risk infrastructure. The projects within this team are related to regulatory, digital, policy or system level changes.
• VP Financial Engineering (Senior Business Analyst) will support the Global Risk Analytics in the delivery of strategic vision for the Financial Engineering infrastructure and related changes in response to the regulatory and business requests. 

The role will focus on the improvement of model development and implementation processes, including gathering business requirements, analysis of data, definition of solution designs with related operational changes, and leading the implementation support activities. The role requires strong collaboration skills and involves interaction with various business and IT stakeholders to address business needs within the organization's policies, standards and goals.

What you’ll do

⦁ Develop understanding of the current and target states for the Financial Engineering Infrastructure and modelling processes.

⦁ Work with the key stakeholder teams to produce business requirements and specifications for the modelling infrastructure tooling, innovation solutions and other changes.

⦁ Support agile delivery and take a lead in agile ceremonies (e.g. as a Scrum Master).

⦁ Lead knowledge sharing with the modelling teams in adoption of the Financial Engineering coding excellence standards, support user trainings.

⦁ Define the business/functional architecture for the model execution and monitoring.

⦁ Work closely with Financial Engineering Developers on various stages of the model deployment to facilitate implementation of new models.

⦁ Plan and carry out functional testing for the changes.

⦁ Support analysis and resolution of the production issues and users’ model queries.

⦁ May need to lead a small team of the other Business Analysts.

What you need to have to succeed in this role

⦁ Degree in a quantitative subject and a minimum of 7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in banking.

⦁ Knowledge in Credit risk modelling for EAD, LGD, PD model types, preferably under the AIRB (Advanced Internal Risk Based Models) framework.

⦁ Strong background in business analysis within change delivery and proficiency with producing artefacts such as business requirements, worked examples, functional architecture, data specifications, test plans etc.

⦁ Proven experience with data analysis involving data manipulation, definition of controls and lineage.

⦁ Strong experience with Agile ways of working.

⦁ At least intermediate proficiency in SQL, Python.

⦁ Proficiency in JIRA.

⦁ Strong written and verbal communication skills including high proficiency in Microsoft office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and diagram-drawing tools (such Visio).

⦁ Strong interpersonal skills: ability to handle conflict and manage expectations, self-starter attitude with a can-do mind set, excellent problem-solving skills. 

⦁ Experience in working with global teams across different geographies, culture and time-zones.

Nice to have

⦁ The following certifications: CBAP / FRM / PRM.

What we offer

⦁ Competitive salary

⦁ Annual performance-based bonus

⦁ Additional bonuses for recognition awards

⦁ Multisport card

⦁ Private medical care

⦁ Life insurance

⦁ One-time reimbursement of home office set-up (up to 800 PLN).

⦁ Corporate parties & events

⦁ CSR initiatives

⦁ Nursery discounts

⦁ Financial support with trainings and education

⦁ Social fund

⦁ Flexible working hours 

⦁ Free parking

If your CV meets our criteria, you should expect the following steps in the recruitment process:

⦁ Online behavioural test 

⦁ Telephone screen 

⦁ Zoom interview with the hiring manager 

We are looking to hire as soon as possible so don’t wait and apply now!

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