Digital Program Specialist

Note: This position is based in Beijing, China.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank whose mission is Financing Infrastructure for Tomorrow in Asia and beyond—infrastructure with sustainability at its core. We began operations in Beijing in 2016 and have since grown to 110 approved members worldwide. We are capitalized at USD100 billion and AAA-rated by the major international credit rating agencies. Collaborating with partners, AIIB meets clients' needs by unlocking new capital and investing in infrastructure that is green, technology-enabled and promotes regional connectivity.

The Information Technology Department (ITD) provides technical services in the areas of information security, digital services, IT-related procurement, cybersecurity, IT risk and resilience, data management, digital learning, and digital transformation, ensuring their overall alignment with the Bank's needs and priorities. The team oversees the development and refinement of the IT strategy as well as the effective management of technology resources and the provision of technical support across Bank operations. These efforts are critical to fostering a digital and data-driven culture within the Bank aligned with its Corporate Strategy, promoting the innovation of digital infrastructures, and ensuring the smooth operation and security of daily banking functions.

The Digital Program Specialist – Business Analysis (Treasury Management), reporting to the lead of the IT Business Analysis Team, is responsible for building the business partnership between ITD and the Office of the Treasurer (TRE), by conducting IT business analysis activities to support the Bank's treasury management business, such as collaborating with business stakeholders to identify and optimize the business processes, digital capabilities, needs and technology gaps, identifying, implementing, and supporting appropriate business solutions for the treasury management business.

This role ensures that treasury management business requests are supported by ITD in a timely manner to meet the operational requirements and align with industry best practices. An essential part of the role is to provide guidance on emerging approaches and trends in the design and implementation of treasury management applications and deliver services that will contribute to the success of the Bank's treasury business operations.

Responsibilities:

• Liaise between ITD and TRE and work as subject matter expert for treasury business.
• Collaborate with various teams across the Bank to gain a deeper understanding of diverse perspectives and to identify opportunities for the further refinement of treasury applications and work processes.
• Optimize approaches and build consistency in the analysis of demands, prioritization of requirements, evaluation of solutions and delivery of treasury management solutions, ensuring outputs are delivered to meet the specific demands of stakeholders while introducing adaptive measures to sustain responsiveness to evolving needs.
• Support Project Managers in business analysis activities to develop systems and solutions for all treasury management applications, customizing parameters, functionalities, and features to meet project requirements and specific operational contexts, thus ensuring effectiveness, adaptability, and usability.
• Lead the exercise for gathering and prioritization of business requirements related to treasury, business process modelling, impact analysis, and feasibility studies and propose solutions for treasury business units. Support solution design and full project cycle delivery.
• Provide guidance and trainings to management and staff on the adaptation of treasury management applications, taking into account various operational needs and contexts to sustain efficient operations.
• Work closely with various IT teams - such as infrastructure, data management, IT security, and risk management - to ensure full coverage of IT requirements when rolling-out new products and services to business users and maintain a highly secure system through proper configuration and system access monitoring.
• Ensure that processes comply with IT governance processes and procedures, and AIIB's audit and control requirements.

Requirements:

• Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline. An additional 2 years of relevant working experience may be considered in lieu of Master's degree.
• Minimum 5-8 years of experience in a bank's treasury function, such as asset liability management, front/middle/back-office treasury management
• Demonstrated capacity gained through education and experience in the treasury management business, reflecting conceptual understanding across operational settings.
• Understand the treasury business and the integration of different elements into the treasury management portfolio.
• Familiar with financial products, such as term deposits, bonds, FX, derivatives, structured products, bond issuance etc.
• Demonstrated expertise in gathering and defining requirements, as well as creating detailed specifications, managing process flows, and developing business use case scenarios.
• Good understanding of process modelling, agile and waterfall IT system rollout methodologies.
• Fluency in English essential to communicate in writing and speaking.
• Strong business and technology acumen.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated skills gained through exposure/experience in relationship management.
• Engage stakeholders proactively to define expectations/needs and build an informed framework for service delivery.
• Demonstrated achievement in the consistent delivery of programs/services through adaptation.
• Meet consistently the program delivery standards on timing and the deployment of resources.
• Meet consistently program delivery standards in terms of quality/relevance.

AIIB is committed to diversity, transparency and inclusion. We believe our strength comes from having a team with the right diverse skills, experiences and abilities selected through a merit-based competitive process. We actively encourage applications from people from both within and outside AIIB members, regardless of nationality, religion, gender, race, disability or sexual orientation.

Previous experience and qualifications will determine the grade and job title at which successful applicants will enter AIIB.

Join us and help create a prosperous and sustainable Asia while growing your career in a diverse and innovative environment.