Job Summary

A business analyst is required to lead and execute analysis streams across the Custody & Clearing domain for SCB Securities Services Technology. The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate an excellent understanding of Securities & FX custody, clearing and settlement processes, and have a proven track record in leading and performing business analysis, especially in Corporate Actions domain. The candidate should also have a good understanding of related technology applications which service the domain in addition to operational processes. 

Key Responsibilities

Business
•    A business analyst is required to lead and execute analysis streams across the Custody & Clearing domain for SCB Securities Services Technology. The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate an excellent understanding of Securities & FX custody, clearing and settlement processes, and have a proven track record in leading and performing business analysis, especially in Corporate Actions domain. The candidate should also have a good understanding of related technology applications which service the domain in addition to operational processes.  

Processes
•    Undertake requirements solicitation from stakeholders/end users and turn into well-formed formal requirements
•    Perform AS-IS/TO-BE process mapping
•    Undertake data analysis as required in order to validate/challenge and refine requirements
•    Partner with the wider technology team to ensure solution definition meets requirements and is delivered with accuracy and quality
•    Stakeholder management across Sales, Product Management, Technology and Operations
•    Adherence to standards mandated by SCB for project analysis and delivery
•    Introduce industry best practices, tools, techniques, processes and methodologies which bring clear benefit
•    Manage keys risks and issues as they arise with timely escalation when required

People & Talent 
•    Ensure to perform as a team player; also groom juniors as the role matures 

Risk Management
•    Ensure the BA adheres to the risk management practices for the unit and bank.
Governance 
•    Adhere to the Governance structure expected by the unit and bank 

Regulatory & Business Conduct 
•    Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct. 
•    Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
•    Lead the FSS Tech team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles 
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders
•    Business, Operations and Technology teams 

Skills and Experience

•    Excellent knowledge of custody, settlements and clearing processes, both technology applications and operational processes
•    Minimum 5 years BA experience in similar domain/environment, ideally with experience of agile/scrum
•    Working knowledge of TCS BaNCS Custody product is desirable, across Settlements & Corporate Actions. (Corporate Actions experience would be given importance)
•    Experience of strategic change, working with business and technology stakeholders to define and execute operational strategy
•    Requirements Analysis
•    Consistently captures requirements that are complete & unambiguous.
•    Accurately translates business requirements into functionality.
•    Consistently identifies future states that address business problems.
•    Analytical Thinking
•    Thinks ahead to anticipate potential obstacles and plans a way round them.
•    Evaluates how changes in one area will influence other areas.
•    Connects ideas together that are not obviously related; looks at things from different angles and adds new insights.
•    Analyses complex data to understand the underlying causes and to prioritize actions.
•    SQL Knowledge with hands-on experience is desirable 

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.