Senior Business Analyst - Cash Management

About the role

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is looking for a Senior Business Analyst to act as a Cash Management Subject Matter Expert within its Information Technology Department, under the Asian Systems Office. The role sits in a growing regional team responsible for Transaction Banking applications, with a focus on cash management for corporate customers.

Key responsibilities

• Work with business stakeholders to standardize requirements to application functions and minimize customizations.
• Understand cross-border payments and application capabilities to design end-to-end payment flows.
• Help the business define to-be processes that promote digitization and standardization of the product offering.
• Provide global/regional solutions based on knowledge of the cash management domain and the bank's application landscape.
• Keep up to date with application features and processes through subject-matter expertise.
• Guide the business on how an application meets requirements without customization, and advise on articulating needs.
• Brief systems analysts, developers and testers on business requirements and validate solutions.
• Guide the Testing CoE on test scenarios and manage issues raised during testing, qualifying defects or changes and assigning severity.

Required profile

• Minimum 10 years of experience as a business analyst specializing in implementing cash management solutions in APAC for transaction banking.
• Regional/global system implementation experience in cash management for other international banks, covering the full lifecycle from conception to post-production support.
• Experience with payments and collections products (cross-border and domestic) and virtual accounts in corporate banking.
• Ability to advise business users on to-be processes and requirements, and to explain how applications meet those needs.
• Experience working with systems analysts, developers and testers, and guiding the testing team on test scenarios.

Required skills

• Excellent knowledge of the ISO20022 payment standard and SWIFT messages.
• Experience with the Global PayPlus product from FINASTRA is an advantage.
• Familiarity with APAC payment regulations is essential.
• Knowledge of the domestic payments landscape in APAC and of application configurations across the region.
• Software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodology exposure.
• Analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, strong communication and negotiation skills, and self-motivation.