Business Analyst - Risk

Responsibilities:

• Gather and document business and regulatory requirements from stakeholders.
• Perform data analysis, impact assessment, and reconciliation for risk & regulatory reporting initiatives.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications for technology teams.
• Support solution design and regulatory reporting implementation.
• Coordinate with Risk, Finance, Operations, and Technology teams.
• Execute functional testing, support UAT, and investigate reporting variances.
• Challenge existing processes and identify improvement opportunities.
• Prepare BRDs, impact assessments, presentations, and governance materials.

Requirements:

• 6+ years of business analysis experience in banking, risk, or regulatory reporting.
• Good understanding of regulatory frameworks and upcoming regulatory changes.
• Experience with the regulatory reporting platform.
• Strong knowledge of corporate banking products, including loans, deposits, FX, and derivatives.
• Understanding of SDLC and experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Hands-on experience with SQL, relational databases, and data analysis.
• Proven experience in requirements gathering, BRD/FSD preparation, and functional specifications.
• Strong analytical skills, including data reconciliation, trend analysis, data controls, and Excel-based modelling.
• Understanding of Basel III, Capital Adequacy, RWA, ECL, VaR, FRTB, SA-CCR, IMA, Liquidity Ratios, Market Risk, and Counterparty Risk is preferred.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with experience working across global teams.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills; advanced Excel proficiency is mandatory.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
• Understanding of software engineering and database concepts.

Desired Skills:

• Risk certification, including FRM or others.
• Prior experience in regulatory reporting.