AVP / Manager - Senior Business Analyst [T500-20470]

About Us:Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) is one of the world’s leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, MUFG has a global network with over 2,100 locations in more than 50 markets. The Group has over 160,000 employees and offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. The Group aims to “be the world’s most trusted financial group” through close collaboration among our operating companies and flexibly respond to all of the financial needs of our customers, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. MUFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York stock exchanges. MUFG Bank, Ltd. is Japan’s premier bank, with a global network spanning more than 50 markets. Outside of Japan, the bank offers an extensive scope of commercial and investment banking products and services to businesses, governments and individuals worldwide. In Asia, MUFG has a presence across 20 markets – Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. It has also formed strategic partnerships with some of the most prominent banks in Southeast Asia, further augmenting its unrivalled network across the region – VietinBank in Vietnam, Krungsri in Thailand, Security Bank in the Philippines and Bank Danamon in Indonesia.MUFG Enterprise Solutions India Private LimitedEstablished in 2020, MUFG Enterprise Solutions India Private Limited (MES India) is 100% subsidiary of MUFG Bank Ltd having offices in Bengaluru and Mumbai. MES India has been set up as a Global Capability Centre / Centre of Excellence to provide support services across various functions such as IT, KYC/ AML, Credit, Operations etc. to MUFG Bank offices globally. MES India has plans to significantly ramp-up its growth over the next 18-24 months while servicing MUFG’s global network across Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific”About the Role:Position Title: Senior Business Analyst, AVP-ManagerCorporate Title: Associate/Assistant Vice President, Global Project SolutionsLocation: MGS - Bengaluru Job Profile:Position details:The Senior Business Analyst provides strategic business analysis services to business partners. The focus of this position is to work closely with the business units to gain in-depth understanding of customer's business strategy, processes, services, roadmap and the context in which the business operates. This role will is key to understanding the documenting capabilities needed to address business challenges.The Business Analyst is responsible for reviewing assigned business processes from end-to-end to identify and address operational, financial and technological risks. Identify opportunities to improve efficiency. Responsibilities include a full range of activities from leading small to mid-size projects to assisting other project managers on larger more complex projects related to operational business functions that affect team members and providers at the market level.Roles and Responsibilities:Demonstrate up-to-date expertise in Information Systems and apply this to the development, execution and improvement of action plans by providing advice and guidance to others in the application of information and best practicesSupport and align efforts to meet customer and business needsManage customer relationships and expectations by developing a communication process to keep others up-to-date on project resultsStay current with customer needs and strategies; utilizing formal and informal written communication methods (for example, emails, newsletters, PowerPoint presentations, executive updates, task lists, updates) to communicate updates and findings; and facilitating project meetings and presentations to all types of diverse audiences (for example, senior management, Customers, technical staff)Lead or participate in multiple projects by completing and updating project documentation; managing project scope; adjusting schedules when necessary; determining daily priorities; ensuring efficient and on-time delivery of project tasks and milestones; following proper escalation paths; and managing customer and supplier relationshipsProvide leadership to team members and peers by collaborating with others; articulating ideas and viewpoints to senior management, peers and others; identifying and initiating projects; managing resources; driving the resolution of issues; and holding self and team accountable for resultsIdentify, create and facilitate process design changes by conducting business and systems process analysis and design at a complex level; focusing on quality improvement and data management; ensuring data is reliable and valid; developing process improvements or re-engineering and recommending elimination; integrating new systems and processes with existing ones; and partnering with internal and external customers to ensure systems provided meet the long-term business strategiesProvide and support the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders; identifying business needs; determining and carrying out necessary processes and practices; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; and adapting to competing demands, organizational changes and new responsibilitiesProvide project level analysis – producing required project analysis documentation (business requirements, scope matrix, use cases, sequence diagrams, future state proposals, UAT plan)Collaborate closely with developers to implement the requirements, provide necessary guidance to testers during QA processIdentify improvement opportunities (proactive and reactive)Elicit and clearly document business and systems requirementsAssess business process and system inefficienciesIdentify ways to increase adoption and customer satisfaction Demonstrated fluency in business processes and process differentiationAbility to analyze and synthesize business requirements, including recognizing patterns and conceptualizing processesUnderstand and negotiate needs and expectations of multiple stakeholdersServe as a liaison between Operations and IT to assist or gather business requirements needed for system modifications, enhancement and implementationsAssist with and test implementation for all payer and vendor relationships to ensure data transfer collection, quality and reporting relationships are working appropriately down to the market level to ensure market team member and provider experience is appropriateCreate and maintain issue logs, meeting minutes, meeting schedules, project summaries and updates.Create and maintain project schedules by developing project plans and specifications, estimating time and resources, monitoring milestone completion, tracking all phases of the project lifecycle, providing timely reporting of issues that impact project progress, coordinating actions and resolving conflictsMeet with project team regularly to review project deliverables and deadlinesDevelop and execute test plansSupport system conversions, upgrades, enhancementsJob Requirements:A Bachelor’s degree. 3-10 years experience with Trade Finance, Operations, Supply Chain Finance or strong Business Analyst backgroundsExperience working within Financial ServicesExceptional Project Management skillsets; understanding of waterfall and agile principlesProject Management software; JIRA, Microsoft Project, Ariba, Tableau, considered a plusFluency in English; fluency in additional languages considered a plusExcellent interpersonal skills, effective communicator, with ability to influence and negotiateMicrosoft Office; intermediate to advanced