Summary: The Business analyst is a hands-on role to develop detailed business requirements, conduct stakeholder interviews to gather necessary requirements and collaborate with the development team to automate/migrate reporting capabilities and business intelligence. This data initiative project will enable the bank to streamline and reduce manual processes, and gain deeper insights into their business while meeting increasing regulatory and risk compliance requirements. The ideal candidate possesses fundamental understanding of Financial Services Industry (FSI) experience with in data and analytics domain. He/she should be a team player and should be able to able to engage stakeholders (business, IT) with minimal/no supervision. Proficiency in speaking and writing in Chinese/Mandarin is preferred for managing communications with the Head Office.

Responsibilities:

Develop business and functional requirements for report automation/migration and system implementation

Assist the team leads in eliciting business requirement from the business stakeholders, manage the planning and execution of requirements gathering workshop

Conduct stakeholder meetings independently, with minimal supervision, to gather necessary requirements, and develop detailed business requirements document

Design and maintain workflows based on requirements collected, able to provide solutions by analyzing requirements received from multiple teams and technical capability

Design and implement data lake ingestion and data warehouse construction

Develop SQL queries in the reporting platform to extract data from data lake and data warehouse to build automated reports

Collaborate with IT teams during SDLC cycle, not limited to, includes BRD discussion, data warehouse construction, coding troubleshooting, UAT testing, etc.

Lead the User Acceptance Testing, develop UAT plan and create test cases, report testing status/progress

Assist in addressing issue identified in day-to-day operations by collaborating with concerned stakeholders for effective issue resolution

Create and maintain user manuals and procedures related to reports automated, as needed

Manage all project management activities, including but not limited to, status updates, project plan updates/maintenance, socialization of deliverables with the stakeholders etc.

Proactively identify and mitigate risks before they become roadblocks

Education and Experience Requirements:

Bachelor/Master degree in finance or related field

Advanced degree in data analytics, business analysis, etc. is preferred

Skills and Knowledge:

4 year experience in data management and business analysis, preferably in the banking sector

Should have experience on data integration, data warehouse, data migration, report automation and process management tools

Should be able to read and write SQL

Should understand the architecture and concept of data lake and data warehouse related knowledge and design

Must have strong written and verbal communication skills and suitable in teamwork environment

Must be proactive and analytical to evaluate and solve problems independently

Must be able to work under pressure with the team and deliver results in a timely manner

Must be willing to learn, self-driven and responsible

Preferably, a bilingual – able to understand, speak, write and work in both English as well as Mandarin

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $85,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• SQL: 2 years (Required)
• Data warehouse: 1 year (Required)

Language:

• Chinese (Required)

Work Location: In person