Risk Business Analyst - Payments
Payments Liquidity / Movement of Funds Program
A Leading Financial Services Business are looking to hire a Risk orientated BA, ideally with experience across Payments or producing procedural reports and controls from a risk perspective.
- £750 - £900 a day (Inside IR35 - Umbrella)
- 12 month contract (scope to roll into a couple of years)
- Based in London (Hybrid working - 2 or 3 days a week in London)
- Start Date - ASAP
Responsibilities:
- Risk BA support for global payments & movement of funds related projects, focusing on identification & documentation of regional payments/ movement of funds activities.
- Identify in scope applications for payment/ movement of funds activities, evaluate control environment & determine risk based prioritisation for any ensuing uplift requirements / opportunities.
- Determine impact and updates required in relation to SOX and MCA (Manager Control Assessment) activities.
- Perform root cause analysis of payment related Operational Risk Events and how these will be resolved through identified solutions, identifying any gaps requiring further solutioning.
- Support Ops SME's in determining key business requirements for identification of payments/ movement of funds flows. Identifying and documenting key data elements within processing systems to enable rules based controls to be set for management of large and anomalous payments.
- Day-to-day management of individual project responsibilities including milestone setting, task and actions management, co-ordination, and execution of plan within required timelines and to stakeholder quality expectations.
- Support and manage business ad-hoc queries and requirements.
- Foster and maintain relationships with business and technology stakeholders and support engagement in working groups, steercos, and workshops where required.
- Identify key project risks, whether stated or not, and manage to resolution or escalate accordingly.
- Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy and can operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
- Requires attention to detail when making judgements and recommendations based on the analysis of factual information.
- Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgement regarding personal behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
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Qualifications/ Skills:
- 6-10 years' experience (or more)
- Track record as a Risk focused Business Analyst/ Program manager within the Financial Services/Investment Banking industry.
- Knowledge of Markets Operations businesses/ functions is required. Knowledge & understanding of payments/ movement of funds workflows and controls beneficial.
- Ability to work independently, multi-task, have great attention to detail and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiative.
- Able to lead conference calls and produce meeting agendas, materials, and minutes.
- Must be extremely organized, motivated and a self-starter.
- Ability to prioritize and multi-task is key.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to clearly document findings and put together proposals for solutions.
- Excellent Excel, Powerpoint and process mapping skillsets required.
- Ability to work in fast paced environment under tight contractual deadlines.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate to a range of audiences and facilitate discussions.
