Business Analyst

Reference 24000RHW

Responsibilities

You will be part of a dynamic regional feature team supporting the local regulatory reporting functions in the bank, owned by Finance. Key stakeholders you will be interacting with include Finance, Operations, and other IT feature teams. All on a local, regional, and global level.

As a business analyst / project manager, your major responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Business and impact analysis for the local regulatory reporting functional domain, and some light development in our regional reporting solution, AxiomSL.
• Collect, analyze, and prepare user requirements. Conduct gap analysis, and provide detailed functional specifications and align these with all our stakeholders.
• Project manage / stream lead initiatives that impact our functional domain.
• Monitor & provide reporting to highlight project progress and risks to management and project governance.
• Coordinate and handle preliminary user acceptance tests and effectively communicate findings to users for their final validation.
• Connect the dots between multiple stakeholders, locations, impacts and drive the change to be delivered within agreed timeframes and budget.
• Identify operational inefficiencies within our domain and provide ideas for resolution, whether based on IT solutions, process changes, or both.
• Coordinate actions with Regional and Global teams to leverage other entities’ knowledge/experience and ensure global process consistency.
• Enforce the spirit of agile and continuous delivery in our value-driven deliverables.
  
  

Required Profile

• Business analysis skills: Strong analytical mindset, attention to detail, critical thinking, solution-oriented.
• Project management skills: Ability to see the global picture and think strategically, identify dependencies and risks, stakeholder management & communication, ability to structure ideas into concrete actions, familiar with the agile methodology.
• Comfortable with analyzing an abundance of data to resolve problems beyond the surface and potentially identify trends.
• Soft skills: Adaptable, organized, clear communication, interpersonal, independent yet team-oriented, change mindset.
• Experience in the investment banking industry across a wide range of domains with a focus on regulatory reporting and finance.
• Extensive years of experience in the banking industry.
• Excellent academic record including a degree in Engineering or Accounting and Finance.
• Previous experience with regulatory reporting solutions is a huge plus, particularly AxiomSL.
  
  

Behavioral Skills

• Responsibility - Accountability: I make decisions within my scope of responsibilities.
• Client - Client focus: I put long-term relationships with our clients at the center of my actions.
• Team Spirit - Open mindset: I listen and share my views and expertise openly.
• Innovation - Simplification: I make things and ideas simple.
• Commitment - Sustainability: I strive to develop my skills and knowledge.
• Commitment - Inspiration: I support the vision and strategy.
  
  

Business Insight

Our Culture:

At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit, and innovation. We are engaged and demonstrate consideration for others. We act ethically and with courage. We focus our talent and energy on collective success. We experiment and propose new ideas. This way, we maximize our ability to serve client needs and anticipate market changes. Societe Generale is committed to strengthening bonds with colleagues, communities, and the world in which we live, because relationships are at the heart of how we operate.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I):

Our mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that is united in our efforts to enhance our competitive position and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.

Our vision:

• Engaged workforce that is demographically diverse in a way that reflects the communities in which we operate.
• Inclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talents.
• Engage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clients.
  
  

Department Description

The GCOO/CFT (Corporate Functions Technology) department leads IT transformations and provides IT solutions to Finance. The team is a regional team with 9 members based in Hong Kong and Bangalore, covering the Asia Pacific region (Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, India, and Australia).

The open position is within the RRR (Regulatory & Risk Reporting) sub-department and will be supporting the local regulatory reporting domain.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are an equal opportunities employer and we are proud to make diversity a strength for our company. Societe Generale is committed to recognizing and promoting all talents, regardless of their beliefs, age, disability, parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, membership of a political, religious, trade union or minority organization, or any other characteristic that could be subject to discrimination.