Business Analyst - ADAC Decommissioning Project # 120248

Job description

As part of Shared Services, the Finance, Operations and IT division actively supports Credit Suisse in its ambitious plans. The CFO Division aspires to be the best in the industry and we are recognized as a core driver of the bank's ambition. To achieve this, we embody the highest standards of integrity, control and quality, and use our knowledge to challenge the business to maximize value for our shareholders.

At Finance Change, we work across the entire CFO division to ensure that we execute the strategic design and implementation of any major changes to our processes and systems.

In partnership with our key partners, we work to create cutting-edge business solutions using our deep functional expertise.

We aim to deliver strategic initiatives using leading project management and business analysis as we pursue our goal of protecting and enhancing shareholder value through optimizing the use of our financial resources.

ADAC decommissioning project is part of Core Finance System program with a key objective of replacing the in house built ADAC application which supports the core close management and monthly financial close activities. The project also aims to identify the solution for performing financial disclosure reporting and enable legal entity controllers to perform their month end closing and reporting efficiently.

We offer

· To work as a Business Analyst within the project reporting into the Workstream Lead
· Extensive interactions with Business and IT would be required to ensure business requirements are understood and design approaches are agreed with consensus.
· Extensive analytical work will also be required to support the business requirements and provide a pragmatic and scalable resolution to the problem / opportunity.
· Responsible for the gathering of business requirements, documentation of the business requirements including putting forward recommendations for solutions, where required.
· Preparation of functional specifications and use cases for the delivery of the business requirements.
· Preparation of test plans, test cases, co-ordinating with users and IT during the testing phase
· Execution of specific test cases
· Liaison with business users for executing the “User Acceptance Test” and securing sign-off
· Preparation of the documentation and steps for deployment, including user training where required.

Desired profile

Qualifications :

You Offer

·  Basic Degree in Business / Finance / Accounting / IT
·  Experience in accounting, or has a good understanding of financial/regulatory requirements and has worked extensively with users in these areas
·  Strong business analytical skills
·  Full cycle project implementation experience
·  Experience of working with onshore/offshore model
·  Experience of working closely with IT and Support Teams
·  Familiarity with project management approaches, tools and phases of a project lifecycle
·  Good knowledge of MS Office suite
·  Prior experience working with some / all of the below will be of additional advantage
·  Reporting tools (e.g. Axiom)
·  Financial Close Management
·  Business Process Documentation
·  Superb communication skills –both written and spoken
·  Good interpersonal skills
·  Active listening skills
·  Ability to articulate messages to a broad range of audiences
·  Ability to maintain strong relationships
·  Ability to work well under pressure
·  Flexibility and ability to adapt to changing priorities in ambiguous situations
·  You are a team-player and able to work multi-functionally with and through others
·  Is dedicated, and demonstrates initiative to get things done
·  Ability to improve relations with internal clients to understand and address their needs.
·  Ability to plan and organise the work so that it is efficient and effective and allows service to be delivered promptly and reliably.
·  Dedicated. Ability to find opportunities and develop new ideas that will lead to improvements. Ability to adapt/change behaviour or plans to better achieve the target/objective.
·  Ability to analyse a complex problem and identify potential solutions by exploring and analysing diverse alternatives, including, where applicable, risks and potential business impact. Ability to make the right decisions based on the necessary information and to take measures accordingly.
·  Ability to understand and anticipate the consequences of your decisions for other departments/people in short/ long terms. Shows awareness of, and commitment to, improving the effect on the Firm's cost base/profits.
·  To set high targets/objectives for self and department. Is influential in reaching targets. Prefers to take the initiative than to stay passive if events happen. Committed to improving productivity. Unwilling to accept average performance.
·  Tries to be above the requested performance.
·  Has a clear appreciation of strengths and limitations. Seeks guidance and advice when appropriate to accomplish tasks and perform the role in an effective and efficient way.
·  Plays a constructive role as member of the team.
·  Takes appropriate action and shows good judgement in critical and high-pressure situations.
·  Consistently demonstrates integrity, fairness and professional conduct.
·  Is attentive to controls and addresses risk. High level of attention to detail in every aspect of work.