Job Description
At Avanade X, we believe in the power of people to make what matters.
With data, creativity and engineering working together, we’re here to help clients imagine what’s possible, put technology to work for people and create a greater enduring impact in the world.
Come join us.
Our Digital Business Analysis team collects and analyzes requirements and solves client problems using solutions.
It serves as a liaison between Avanade clients and consultants, particularly during initial project phases.
Together we do what matters.
What you’ll do
The primary purpose of this role is to enable change in an organizational context, by supporting better decision making, through defining needs and business requirements, supporting the delivery, user acceptance testing (UAT) and change management, working independently on fast paced projects and / or enhancements across a range of project portfolios.
Stakeholder Relationship Management
* Build strategic relationships and alliances with stakeholders to achieve common goals.
* Drive the organization’s technology alignment with business needs.
* Inspire stakeholders to pursue the organization’s technology vision.
* Manage critical internal and external stakeholders’ changes in needs and priorities.
Capabilities and Requirements Analysis and Definition
* Based on input from the business target operation model, to work with project managers, functional business analysts, technology teams, and domain architects to map out the delivery roadmap, capabilities, and architecture view.
* Collaborate with business stakeholders from across Group (Singapore and Regional) to elicit and review business requirements, focusing on delivering enterprise-wide capabilities AML investigation workflow delivery.
* Lead the analysis and documentation of the to be business and operations processes based on the agreed requirements and/or function points.
Perform impact assessments.
* Support the analysis and definition of detailed functional and non-functional requirements based on business requirements, including the transition of these requirements to technology teams for solution design and delivery.
* Support funding requests for projects within the programme of work, ensuring that requests align with strategy, roadmap and target capability/architecture views.
* Monitor and manage risks/issues related to requirements and scope.
* Collaborate with business stakeholders and technology teams to develop and deliver deployments plans.
* Collaborate with Group Information Security, where needed, to ensure non-functional requirements effectively incorporate security requirements.
Testing & Scope Management
* Work with the Testing Domain Lead and Test Managers to translate business requirements into a test strategy and testing approach, including the use of automated testing tools and methodology.
* Support the project teams with the clarification of escalated test findings, especially where findings result in business requirement or design changes.
* Review and assess change requests to determine cost and timeline impacts.
* Ensure all changes are approved in-line with programme governance.
* Partner with stakeholders in ensuring System Development Methodology framework, governance and process is followed to deliver technology-led change projects.
Post Go-Live
* Ensure that up-to-date knowledge and subject matter expertise in retained within the team via train the trainer sessions and documentation.
Skills & Experiences
* Tertiary level qualifications in Engineering/Technology/Business/Finance or equivalent
* Over 10 years of relevant banking experience.
* Deep understanding of Anti Money Laundering (AML) investigation and Know Your Client (KYC) principles.
Experience in AML/ CFT, Sanctions, Anti-Bribery & Corruption and Fraud in banking, insurance and/or asset management.
* Knowledge of the global regulatory environment and a strong understanding of expectations of regulators, especially developments in KYC is helpful.
* Familiar with change management process and project management fundamentals
* Experience in scoping and evaluation - defining overall considerations, including scalability, maintainability, cost, operations and technology principal risk to provide a recommendation
* Workflow Platform experience highly preferred.
Compliance Technology platform experience with Actimize, Detica or Quantexa is a bonus.
* Strong quantitative, analytical, problem solving and process design skills that can translate analysis into actions that meet business objectives
* Understanding of technology and operational processes across functions / departments in the bank/market
* Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
* Manage organizational ambiguity and differing stakeholder views
* Strong understanding of business strategies and ability to translate them into concrete achievable action plans
* Ability to collaborate, drive motivation across diverse team members and manage difficult conversations
* Creates and environment of learning and development through each other’s success and failures.
Understands and channels team members to their personal and professional growth via challenging and stretch assignments.
* Strategic forward-thinking approach to challenges with outstanding influencing, negotiating and persuasion skills
* Passionate, diligent individual with ability to thrive in ambiguity
* Resourceful team player
About you:
Characteristics that can spell success for this role
* Embrace challenges with a keen intellect and a thirst for knowledge.
* Collaborate seamlessly, fostering open and effective communication.
* Embrace creativity and explore groundbreaking solutions.
* Stay ahead of the curve, anticipating what lies ahead and adapting to the latest advancements.
Enjoy your career
Some of the best things about working at Avanade
* Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year (14 years in a row), with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)
* Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally
* Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth
* Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you
Find out more about some of our benefits [1] here.
A great place to work
As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you’ll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return.
As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities.
You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise.
You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live.
It’s all here, so take a closer look!
We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees.
Visit our [2] Inclusion & Diversity page.
Create a future for our people that focuses on
• Expanding your thinking • Experimenting courageously • Learning and pivoting
Inspire greatness in our people by
• Empowering every voice • Encouraging boldness • Celebrating progress
Accelerate the impact of our people by
• Amazing the client • Prioritizing what matters • Acting as one
Learn more
To learn more about the types of projects our Back-End Development team works on check out these case studies:
* [3] Content management with Adobe Franklin | Techs & Specs Blog (avanade.com)
* [4] ChatGPT and AEM integration | Techs & Specs Blog (avanade.com)
Interested in knowing what’s going on inside Avanade?
Check out our blogs:
* [5] Avanade Insights - exchange ideas that drive tomorrow’s innovation
* [6] Inside Avanade - explore what life is like working at Avanade
References
Visible links
1.
https://www.avanade.com/en-gb/career/benefits
2.
https://www.avanade.com/en-us/about-avanade/inclusion-and-diversity
3.
https://www.avanade.com/en/blogs/techs-and-specs/software-development/adobe-franklin
4.
https://www.avanade.com/en/blogs/techs-and-specs/software-development/chatgpt-aem-integration
5.
https://www.avanade.com/en/blogs/avanade-insights
6.
https://www.avanade.com/en/blogs/inside-avanade
We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees.
Avanade believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunities, and we do not discriminate against our employees, applicants, or job seekers because of their race, color, gender, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or any other protect group status as defined by law.