Lending Transformation Functional Analyst
London/Hybrid
6 months contract
Day rate from £600 via Umbrella Company, dependent on experience
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My client is one of the largest financial institutions headquartered in Japan, with an established presence across all consumer and corporate banking businesses. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, they offer a diverse range of financial services, including commercial banking, leasing, securities, credit card, consumer finance and other services.
They are looking for a Lending Transformation Functional Analyst to join the team on an initial 6 months contract. You will be working Monday to Friday, standard office hours with the occasional out of hours requirement in line with business needs.
Purpose of Job
* Working on the SPD Portfolio Monitoring Model (SPMM) extension to Front Office project within the ITSD Business Applications Loans workstream of the Lending Team
* Lending Applications is a key contributor to the Lending Transformation Program and this role will require working closely with Business SMEs and Business Analyst as well as with IT partners and vendors.
* You will be responsible for documenting the business functional requirements per department to extend the existing SPMM application as a Portfolio Management platform
* The individual will assist the TDM in preparing the project governance to complete the Initiation phase and drive strategic decisions to move the project forward into Implementation phase
Accountabilities & Responsibilities
Business requirements gathering
* Oversee the documentation of Day 1 business requirements for impacted IT areas in line with the organisations guidelines.
* Work with business stakeholders to ensure that the requirements gathered are of sufficient detail to be translated into the functional requirements document
General
* Work closely with the Business users understand the business and transfer those into functional requirements
* Real Estate Finance
* Corporate Banking Dept – Non Japanese Corporate clients
* International and Structured Finance – Project Finance
* Attend periodic review meetings with a view to monitor progress against plan, highlighting any risks, issues, or dependencies along with mitigation plans, request for any support or escalation required etc
* Provide regular updates on progress made, risks etc at project meetings.
* Extensive experience interacting with senior stakeholders to ensure project alignment and successful outcomes.
Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Background
* Educated to degree level or relevant experience.
* Experience in conducting workshops with senior stakeholders.
* Must be able to work with Business Analysts and IT partners in a collaborative manner, demonstrating the business impact of any system changes.
* Able to successfully manage multiple tasks at any given point, strong relationship building skills & communication skills (both written and verbal).
Specialist technical skills
* Experience in transformation and change programmes in Lending, Credit or Portfolio Management.
* Good knowledge and understanding of project management, process mapping and business requirements gathering.
Candidates must show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered.
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