Functional Consultant – Bilingual

Functional Consultant – Bilingual

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (relevant experience can alternatively be considered) in Computer Science, Finance, or related fields.
• 5-8 years of experience in Business Analysis or Functional consulting in the Banking industry
• Data analytical skills; ability to analyze and triage new configuration requests on the Zafin application
• Broad, enterprise-wide view of the business and varying degrees of appreciation for strategy, processes, and capabilities, enabling technologies, and governance within the banking and financial services domain
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to communicate appropriately at all levels of the organization; this includes written and verbal communications as well as visualizations
• Team player, able to collaborate and work effectively at all levels of the organization with the ability to influence others to move toward consensus
• Goal-oriented, getting the job done in a positive, reliable, and inspiring manner
• Strong situational analysis and decision-making abilities
• Strong negotiation skills bundled with the ability to explain details/recommendations to customers logically
• Proactive attitude, high willingness, and capability to pick up and slice complex requirements quickly while collaborating closely within a fast-paced environment
• Ability to act as liaison conveying information needs of the business accurately to both internal and external stakeholders
• Domain knowledge of banking and financial institutions and/or large enterprise IT environment
• Basic knowledge of cloud concepts (goal to work towards) and SaaS applications
• Fluent in English and French

Responsibilities

• Elicit, clarify, and document business requirements
• Strong ability to articulate key functional capabilities of SaaS solution suite
• Lead in fit-gap analysis exercise to assess business requirements and align them with out of the box capabilities and work closely with cross-functional teams to determine action plan to address gaps
• Establish user stories and backlog items, and prepare test specifications utilizing agile methodology
• Prepare key implementation deliverables business requirements documentation, functional specification document and test strategy document
• Organize and execute functional tests as well as integration tests within and across functional areas
• Articulate the solution as part of the enterprise from a business perspective

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.