Head of Business Analysis – Commerical Bank of Dubai , UAE

Job Purpose:
Has the overall responsibility to serve as the strategic interface with IT for the purpose of business technology strategy development, solution discovery, service management, risk management and relationship management. The role serves as the business relationship link between business units and IT at the executive level.
Manages a team of Business Analysts ensuring their continuous development and optimal utilization
Liaises with business owners/managers and translate Business Requirements to IT initiatives
Authors Business Requirement Document (BRD), Functional Specification Document (FSD) and Process flows.
Attends internal client meetings, understand their requirements and act as a bridge between business and IT to deliver end to

Principal Accountabilities:
Record detailed Business requirements encompassing the functional, non-functional, ‘as is’ and ‘to be’ processes of the project / change request.
Creation of documents, Conduct Walkthrough sessions, and engage stakeholders from business units/ IT Units/ Vendors, where Responsible for seeking sign off from stakeholders.
Participate in client meetings, understand client requirements and resolve client queries.
Gain in-depth understanding of Bank’s applications and solutions
Closely align with IT, Business and other stakeholders.
Prepare data models where applicable
Help prepare/facilitate UAT test cases/ scenarios
Provide expertise and consulting to project managers in the process of project management and in the softer skills of team dynamics, team building and group motivation.
Monitors and reports performance of project delivery to IT Management
Monitors and reports performance of business analysts, team members
Conducts weekly/ monthly status review meeting with IT Management/ Business heads
Present oral and written reports defining plans, problems, and resolutions to appropriate levels of management.
Prepare project/ portfolio status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.

Qualifications:
Excellent understanding of Banking Domains (Retail & Corporate, Banking Network, Product Development, Transaction Banking)
Graduation degree or more.
Training or certification in Business analysis is preferred (e.g CBAP)
Hands on experience in Business Analysis and Project management.

Experience:
More than 15 years’ experience proving exposure to Banking Business and IT
More than 8 years’ experience in Business analysis, Managing Projects and teams.

Skills:
Good command of English
Planning and organizing skills
Communications skills
Problem solving skills
Team management skills
Excellent Interpersonal relations skills
Stakeholder Management

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