Lead Business Analyst

About BNP Paribas India Solutions

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

About BNP Paribas Group

BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialised businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.

About Business Line/Function

OFS NEO

OFS is a general ledger accounting platform. The main objective of the project is to develop new user interfaces and related APIs for OFS general ledger. This application is the main general ledger for BNPP and global rollout of this application is now initiated.

Job Title

Lead Business Analyst

Date

20-May-2025

Department

FRESH

Location:

Mumbai

Business Line / Function

ECS OFS NEO

Reports To

(Direct)

Delivery Manager

Grade

(if applicable)

(Functional)

Number Of Direct Reports

9

Directorship / Registration

NA

Position Purpose

The candidate will need to perform business analysis and requirement gathering for accounting application. Candidate who has worked on general ledger system with proven experience and good working knowledge of core investment banking businesses and financial systems would be a good fit. This role involves team management and project/activity management.

Project follows agile scrum methodology; BA and developers form the scrum.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Analysing user requirements and business processes,
• Liaising with users and internal counterparts from Finance and IT
• Collaborating with Paris central team on project planning.
• Management reporting
• Liaising with end-users for requirements gathering, UAT and migration testing up to successful delivery of the expected solution
• Developing functional specifications for delivery to IT
• Ensuring IT developments are in line with the functional specifications,
• Performing integration testing and User Acceptance Testing,
• Ensuring on-time quality delivery of all activities assigned
• Responsible for local line management of a team of business analysts and software developers
• Responsible for tracking and managing the ISPL BA team and deliverables of ISPL BAs
• Responsible for local oversight of developers, working with onshore development managers/leads who retain responsibility for allocation and monitoring of technical deliveries”
  
  

Contributing Responsibilities

• Providing users with Subject Matter expertise for finance systems
  
  

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Technical

• Good knowledge of accounting concepts, general ledger and capital market. Good understanding of the products used by an Investment Bank Foreign, Interest Rates derivatives, securities, Repos, Credit derivatives
• Comfortable with basic office tools (MS Word, Outlook, Teams)
• Excellent knowledge and use of Microsoft skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Team and activities management
• Good know-how of agile scrum
  
  

Behavioral

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven organizational skills with excellent multi-tasking and prioritization skills
• Good systems skills, good understanding of IT databases (although programming skills are not required)
• Good documentation skills
• Ability to work independently
• Commitment to project deadlines, sense of drive and urgency
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to communicate and relate easily with IT, Finance and back-office users
  
  

Specific Qualifications (if Required)

• MBA in Finance, Bachelor of Commerce, master’s in commerce, Bachelor in Science
  
  

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving

Ability to deliver / Results driven

Communication skills - oral & written

Adaptability

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Analytical Ability

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Ability To Develop Others & Improve Their Skills

Ability to inspire others & generate people's commitment

Ability to develop and leverage networks

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 10 years