IT Project Manager/Business Analyst (Banking)

Overview

We are partnering with an established financial services organization to hire a Business Analyst / Project Manager for its Singapore-based technology team.

This is a hands-on delivery role covering both business analysis and project management. You will work across business and technology functions to improve systems supporting investment and financial-services operations, taking initiatives from initial discovery through testing and implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage users and key stakeholders to understand business challenges, workflows and technology needs.
• Convert business requirements into clear documentation and actionable deliverables for technology teams.
• Review existing processes, identify gaps and recommend practical system or workflow improvements.
• Work closely with engineering, architecture, quality assurance and business teams throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Coordinate project plans, priorities, milestones, resources, dependencies and implementation activities.
• Track delivery risks and issues, recommend mitigation actions and provide updates to senior stakeholders.
• Plan and coordinate business testing, including test scenarios, issue tracking and readiness for implementation.
• Support solution discussions by assessing functional requirements, system behaviour and integration considerations.
• Coordinate external service providers where relevant and monitor agreed deliverables.
• Produce supporting documentation and assist users during the transition to new or enhanced systems.
• Manage several initiatives concurrently in a fast-paced and regulated environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field.
• At least five years of relevant experience in technology delivery, business analysis or project management.
• Experience supporting technology initiatives within banking, investments, capital markets or a related financial-services environment.
• Understanding of investment products and the operational processes that support their transaction lifecycle.
• Strong experience in requirement analysis, business-process review, functional documentation and user testing.
• Proven ability to coordinate technology projects from planning through implementation.
• Strong communication, presentation and stakeholder-management skills.
• Comfortable working with both business users and technical teams.
• Strong analytical ability, sound judgement and a structured approach to problem-solving.
• Previous software-development experience, particularly within a Java-based environment, would be advantageous.