Key Responsibilities

As a Business Analyst Consultant in Trade Finance, your duties will include:

• Requirements Gathering: Work closely with stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document comprehensive user and system requirements, ensuring alignment with business and operational goals.
• Gap Analysis & Process Optimization: Conduct detailed “As-Is” vs. “To-Be” analysis to identify gaps in processes, and recommend practical and innovative solutions that improve operational efficiency.
• Domain Expertise: Leverage your expertise in Trade Finance operations (e.g., Letters of Credit, Export/Import Bills, Commodity Trades) to provide tailored insights and solutions to clients.
• Solution Design & Implementation: Collaborate with business stakeholders to design functional solutions, define user workflows, and document functional specifications. Ensure the solutions are scalable and aligned with IT architecture, security standards, and operational procedures.
• Stakeholder Communication: Serve as a liaison between clients, project teams, and other stakeholders, facilitating discussions, securing sign-offs, and ensuring transparency in all stages of the project lifecycle.
• Testing & Quality Assurance: Define and execute the testing strategy, including SIT/UAT/NRT phases, ensuring robust testing practices, and guiding teams to create test scenarios. Oversee user testing efforts and provide training to end-users for solution readiness.
• Documentation & Knowledge Transfer: Produce comprehensive documentation on ETL processes, testing procedures, and system designs to ensure smooth knowledge transfer and collaboration among teams.
• Release & Transition Management: Coordinate release planning for both local and international deployments, ensuring alignment with operational and integration requirements. Provide ongoing support during the transition to the operations teams.
• Compliance & Best Practices: Ensure all activities are conducted in compliance with Braindge’s policies, industry standards, and best practices.

Basic Requirements

To be considered for this role, you should meet the following qualifications and skills:

• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in business analysis, requirements gathering, and technical design, ideally within the banking or financial services industry (trade finance experience is highly desirable).
• Domain Knowledge: Strong understanding of Trade Finance operations (Letters of Credit, Export/Import Bills, Commodity Trades, etc.) and a proven ability to translate business needs into actionable solutions.
• Technical Skills: Strong working knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile methodologies, and systems integration.
• System Expertise: Experience working with banking systems or transaction-based platforms is a strong advantage.
• Documentation & Testing: Excellent ability to create comprehensive technical documentation, including functional specifications, testing strategies, and user guides.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on creating conceptual solutions that address complex business challenges.
• Communication: Proficiency in both Korean and English (written and spoken) is essential. Knowledge of Japanese is a plus. Strong interpersonal skills to effectively engage with multinational teams and stakeholders.
• Education: A degree in IT, Computer Science, or a related field is advantageous.
• Personal Attributes:
  • Attention to Detail: Ability to produce accurate, high-quality work while managing multiple priorities.
  • Client-Facing Skills: Strong client relationship management skills, with the ability to handle impromptu requests and challenges with professionalism.
  • Proactive & Solution-Oriented: A positive, can-do attitude, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively under tight deadlines.
• Multicultural Sensitivity: Ability to work with diverse internal and external stakeholders from different cultural backgrounds.

Key Area of Responsibilities (KAR):

• Conduct detailed business requirement gathering and use case analysis.
• Create comprehensive Business Requirement Documents (BRD) and Functional Requirement Documents (FRD).
• Map and optimize business processes, assessing feasibility and benefits of proposed solutions.
• Plan and promote user tasks in UAT.
  • Monitor task progress, manage risks and issues, and provide resolution support.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure alignment and success of project goals.
  • Test schedule planning, test scenario creation, test environment preparation, data preparation, etc.
  • UAT issue management (managing tickets) and tracking till solving them
  • UAT progress monitoring and reviewing the results
  • Regular reporting to Cross Functional PMO and Area PM
• Plan and promote user task in MIGRATION.
  • Planning of migration schedule and control of migration related tasks such as data mapping, data cleansing, etc.
  • Conduct a migration rehearsal and list up issues and consider how to handle them
  • Monitor the progress of migration and manage issues, working closely with IT and business user members.
  • Regular reporting to Cross Functional PMO and Area PM
• Plan and promote user tasks for EUC/RPA/Tools.
  • Planning and Leading User owned EUC/RPA/Tools as an User Task PMO
  • Planning of whole schedule such as Pre-Study/Design/CD/UT/IT/ST/UAT both of existing and new development EUC/RPA/Tools.
  • Monitor the progress of the user task and manage issues, working closely with IT and business user members.
  • Lead development team such as giving instruction, resource management, issue solving.
  • Regular reporting to Cross Functional PMO and Area PM
• Plan and promote user tasks in USER SUPPORT.
  • Developing plan of assigned user tasks in the following areas: UAT, Training, Business Rehearsal, Migration, Customer Relation, BCP Creation, Regulation/Procedure Revision
  • Progress management of assigned user tasks
  • Issue management of assigned user tasks (including other roles (e.g. manage issues raised by developers))
  • Regular reporting to Cross Functional PMO and Area PM
• Any other duties related to this role.

Basic Requirements:

• User Task (UAT)
  • Experience in planning UAT such as creating UAT plans, developing UAT schedule, bridging communication among multiple stakeholders, etc.
  • Experience in executing UAT such as monitoring progress, UAT issue solving, test result validation, etc.
  • Experience in core banking system projects including accounting system from user side
  • Business knowledge in Trade area
  • Willingness to undertake travel within the APAC region
  • Mindset to not fear challenge / undertake risk
• User Task (Migration)
  • Hands-on experience of migration such as migration planning and implementation. (i.e. Transaction information, Fee Charge table applied to each customer)
  • Experience in core banking system projects including accounting system from user side
  • Business knowledge in Trade area
  • A person who can manage complicated, multiple data without overlooking
  • A person who can judge integrity of several plans
  • Willingness to undertake travel within the APAC region
  • Mindset to not fear challenge / undertake risk
    
    
• User Task (EUC/RPA/Tools)
  • Hands-on experience of RPA (UiPath), MS Access, Excel macro development.
  • Business knowledge in Trade area
  • System implementation experience of CGI
  • Willingness to undertake travel within the APAC region
    
    
• User Task (User Support)
  • Planning and control experience in user tasks as follows: Training, Business Rehearsal, Customer Relation, BCP Creation, Regulation/Procedure Revision
  • Experience in supporting big projects like core banking projects or bank industry projects
  • Experience in core banking system projects including accounting system from user side
  • Business knowledge in Trade area
  • Willingness to undertake travel within the APAC region
• Diploma / Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate in a team environment.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.

Additional Strengths (optional)

• Certification in business analysis (e.g., CBAP, PMI-PBA) is advantageous.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage with stakeholders effectively.
• Willingness to travel within the APAC region as required.

Key Area of Responsibilities (KAR):

• Project scheduling and resource planning, considering dependencies.
• Management of project issues and document creation for management reporting.
• Setting evaluation criteria (e.g., Critical Points) and coordinating with related departments (e.g., IT, Compliance).
• Responding to regulatory requirements and supporting administrative tasks.
• Regularly reporting on progress, challenges, and solutions to leadership.
• Planning
  • Project scheduling and resource planning for projects overall considering dependency of each of them
• Control & Planning PMO
  • Management of project issues
  • Document creation and related adjustment in management reporting
  • Setting CP or other criteria for evaluation
  • Coordination with related departments and managements throughout the Bank (Front Office, Transaction banking, Compliance, IT, etc.)
  • Responding to the authority’s requirements changes and updates.
  • Support for other administrative tasks.
• Cross Functional PMO
  • PMO across all corporate banking business areas.
  • Commit to advancement of project, by confirming and following up the progress of entire business areas, sharing issues and actions towards them with other business areas, etc.
  • Consolidation of status reported by each business area’s PMO, and reporting to Overall Control & Planning.
  • Cost and Resource Coordination across business area, working closely with Overall Control & Planning.
  • Coordination with stakeholders, including Business and IT, to ensure meeting their needs and expectations.
• Any other duties related to this role.

Basic Requirements:

• Extensive PMO experience in core banking projects.
• Proven ability to lead PMO tasks independently.
• Experiences in bank industry as a bank employee (will be added advantage), or experiences of service provision to bank industry as a consultant.
• Familiarity with package system implementation.
• Excellent communication skills to engage with diverse stakeholders.
• Attention to detail, proactive problem-solving abilities and strong analytical skills.
• PMO experiences in big projects such as core banking projects
• Experience of leading all of the PMO tasks described in the “Responsibilities” by oneself
• Experiences of user task PMO in big projects such as core banking projects.
• Experiences of planning and promotion of issue management in Cross-Area/ Subsystem /Module (Remittance, Trade Finance, Corporate Lending, Markets, Security, etc..)
• Diploma / Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate in a team environment.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.

Additional Strengths (optional)

• Hands-on experience interacting with users to gather and refine requirements.
• Strong focus on creating user-friendly and efficient automation tools. Add in your pointers here.

Key Area of Responsibilities (KAR):

• Project scheduling and resource planning, considering dependencies.
• Management of project issues and document creation for management reporting.
• Setting evaluation criteria (e.g., Critical Points) and coordinating with related departments (e.g., IT, Compliance).
• Responding to regulatory requirements and supporting administrative tasks.
• Regularly reporting on progress, challenges, and solutions to leadership.
• Planning
  • Project scheduling and resource planning for projects overall considering dependency of each of them
• Trade Finance PMO
  • Responsibilities for Trade Finance PMO for PM Support
  • Support provision for Trade Finance business area PM’s project leading & managing activities.
  • Develop standardized rules and processes of project management, such as constructing reporting structures, determine reporting contents, etc.
  • Cost and Resource Coordination across Trade Finance business area, working closely with Cross Functional PMO and Trade Finance Business Area PM.
  • Progress and issue management of BA, User Task members and Developers in the Trade Finance business area.
  • Consolidate status report within Trade Finance business area in charge, and reporting to Cross Functional PMO and Management.
  • Coordination with stakeholders inside and outside of the Trade Finance business area, including Business and IT, to ensure meeting their needs and expectations.
  • Negotiation with stakeholders among Business (Transaction Banking Section / Operation Section / Front Office and so on) and IT in case making decision (i.e. complete negotiation of giving up some requirement to meet deadline)
• Corporate Lending PMO
  • Responsibilities for Corporate Lending PMO for PM Support
  • Support provision for Corporate Lending business area PM’s project leading & managing activities.
  • Develop standardized rules and processes of project management, such as constructing reporting structures, determine reporting contents, etc.
  • Cost and Resource Coordination across business area, working closely with Cross Functional PMO and Corporate Lending Business Area PM.
  • Progress and issue management of BA, User Task members and Developers in the Corporate Lending Business in charge.
  • Consolidate status report within Corporate Lending business area in charge, and reporting to Cross Functional PMO and Management.
  • Coordination with stakeholders inside and outside of the Corporate Lending business area, including Business and IT, to ensure meeting their needs and expectations.
• Any other duties related to this role.

Basic Requirements:

• Extensive PMO experience in core banking projects, trade finance projects or corporate lending projects.
• Proven ability to lead PMO tasks independently.
• Experiences in bank industry as a bank employee (will be added advantage), or experiences of service provision to bank industry as a consultant.
• Familiarity with package system implementation.
• Excellent communication skills to engage with diverse stakeholders.
• Attention to detail and proactive problem-solving abilities.
• Mindset to not fear challenge / undertake risk
• Trade Finance PMO (MUST)
  • Strong expertise in Trade Finance.
  • It’s preferable to have experience in package system implementation, e.g CGITrade360.
• Corporate Lending PMO (MUST)
  • Strong expertise in Loan Area
  • It’s preferable to have experience in package system implementation, e.g ACBS implementation.
• Diploma / Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate in a team environment.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.

Additional Strengths (optional)

• Hands-on experience interacting with users to gather and refine requirements.
• Strong focus on creating user-friendly and efficient automation tools. Add in your pointers here.

Key Area of Responsibilities (KAR):

• Work closely with end users to identify pain points and propose suitable automation solutions.
• Develop tools for migration and operational processes.
  • Clarify which tools need to be developed / revised based on the gap of the As-Is / To-Be system and business operation processes
  • Development of migration tools (Migration data creation using Access, etc.), any other new tools in order to adapt with new operation processes
  • Modify existing systems and implement new functionalities as required.
• Reporting
  • Report issues related to the development and progress of daily activities to User owned EUC/RPA/Tools PIC
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure developed solutions align with business needs.
• Any other duties related to this role.

Basic Requirements:

• Proficiency in MS Access, Excel macros, and RPA tools.
• System implementation and automation tool development experience in banking projects (trade-related preferred).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to bridge user needs and technical solutions.
• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Hands-on experience of using Access and Excel macro, UIPath (RPA)
• Business knowledge in Trade area
• Willingness to undertake travel within the APAC region
• Diploma / Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate in a team environment.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.

Additional Strengths (optional)

• Hands-on experience interacting with users to gather and refine requirements.
• Strong focus on creating user-friendly and efficient automation tools. Add in your pointers here.