Sr. Business Analyst (Vice President)

 SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

The anticipated salary range for this role is between $137,000.00 and $196,000.00. The specific salary offered to an applicant will be based on their individual qualifications, experiences, and an analysis of the current compensation paid in their geography and the market for similar roles at the time of hire. The role may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award. In addition to cash compensation, SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees.

Role Description

JRIA is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to focus on ACH payment processing and support of the Front and Back Office solutions as well as related Payment and Deposit application support. 

Role Objectives

• Work with Project sponsors/members, stakeholders, developers to understand, capture, document business needs. 
• Create functional and business requirements documents, draft project initiation documents. 
• Write functional specifications, manage a product backlog, provide production support, prioritize bugs and enhancements.
• Work with cross-functional teams to prioritize strategic requests, contract, and partner with external firms, execute changes in a high-quality fashion, and communicate progress to key stakeholders.
• Collaborate with and support wider PM/BA team.
• Collaborate with the Information security and architecture teams to implement secure banking systems that meet and exceed the Infosec control requirements.
• Write user stories, documentation, conduct training sessions on new functionality.
• Document SIT and UAT test plans, participate when needed, perform QA functions and execute, track test cases.
• Work with users to document testing efforts, assist in testing. Track defects and resolutions.
• Work with technology and business teams to document production implementation, validation plans.
• Chair or participate in working group meetings, author status reports, and provide timely updates to stakeholders.
• Archive all project documentation into company-wide repository.
• Participate in production support and BAU enhancements (in-house and vendor developed applications).
• Ensure banking product and technical decisions are aligned with Banks strategic goals and regulatory requirements.
• Communicate effectively with excellent verbal and written communication skills with a high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences -technical, as well as business.

Qualifications and Skills

• 7+ years of relevant experience in financial services industry. 
• Experience in writing a range of requirements and testing related artifacts; Use Cases, Business Requirements Document, Functional Requirements Document, Testing Scenarios, etc.
• Advanced SQL Query knowledge.
• Experience in payments processing such as CHIPS, Fedwire and SWIFT is preferred.
• Experience with ACH, electronic payments, NACHA Rules and regulations is strongly preferred.
• AAP/APRP certification is strongly preferred.
• PEP+ experience a plus.
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
• A solid understanding of project management and the associated business processes.
• Familiarity with project management approaches, tools, and phases of the project lifecycle.
• Ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences.
• Proven ability to manage multiple activities and build/develop working relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure to