Business Analyst Specialist

The successful candidate will have a results-oriented ad curious mindset with strong technical skills, will work closely with cross functional teams, including developers, solutions architects, and business teams globally to develop and implement solutions that are scalable; and will deliver excellence and value to our business partners and customers. The successful candidate contributes to the overall success of the Payroll, Time, Attendance & Compensation/Global HR team, ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team's business strategies and objectives.

Accountabilities

• Independently resolve complex, multi-faceted problems to meet the business needs, by applying their HR and technological knowledge to the design of methodologies, models, and/or systems solutions. This

may involve rapid prototyping, with requirements and solutions developed on an iterative basis that provides interim deliverables until a final production solution is created. This includes conducting research and analysis, accurately and clearly defining user requirements and processes, participating in the reengineering of the HR business process workflows, and liaising with the users.

• Manage multiple small HR technology projects and/or manage specific sections of large projects to implement technology solutions to HR business problems. This involves planning and scheduling resources, developing detailed project plans, monitoring progress against planned objectives and securing consensus and co-operation from users and senior management. Ensure each project delivers quality products/functions in a timely manner which meets HR business requirements and provides an enhanced employee experience.

• Participate in the review of Quality Assurance (QA) test strategies for assigned projects/initiatives to ensure the planned testing is comprehensive and consistent with the business requirements.

• Participate in the systems implementation process by defining business/technical requirements and processes, developing test strategies and test cases, performing testing, defining user procedures and workflows, developing conversion and implementation strategies, verifying conversion, providing user documentation, providing user training, and providing post-implementation support.

• Ensures all activities conducted follow governing regulations, internal policies, and procedures.

• The incumbent is responsible for ensuring that management is kept informed, and that problems and issues are escalated appropriately.

Education / Experience / Skills

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, business, information technology, computer science or a related discipline, along with 4-6 years of practical experience is required.
• Proficiency with SQL, MS Excel, and PowerPoint
• Excellent communication skills required.
• Preferred or Comparable, 2+ years of experience on SAP SuccessFactors and/or SAP Payroll on premise and/or ECP
• The systems developed are on-line real time, mission critical applications to support the trading and risk management operations where the consequence of implementing functionally based on inaccurate requirements could expose the Bank to significant losses or undue risk.
• Well-developed verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate and articulate the underlying message effectively with different audiences, e.g. branch staff, senior management in Information Technology Solutions, internal business clients, and external vendors.
• Working knowledge of project planning and project management, with the expectation of developing a thorough knowledge within the first 12 months on the post including Waterfall and Agile Methodologies; Working knowledge of process methodology / mapping (modelling and charting workflows).
• The incumbent must also possess a very good understanding of current Electronic Data Processing practices, systems development techniques, including requirements specification and testing methodologies, real-time analytical and formal modelling tools, HR systems/processes and keep current with rapidly changing technology.
• Knowledge of Human Resource practices are required. Knowledge of processes and systems used within Human Resources Information Systems.