Business Architect

Job Description

Project Role : Business Architect Project Role Description : Define opportunities to create tangible business value for the client by leading current state assessments and identifying high level customer requirements, defining the business solutions and structures needed to realize these opportunities, and developing business case to achieve the vision. Must have skills : Finastra Fusion Trade Innovation (TI+) Good to have skills : Trade Finance, Business AnalysisMinimum 7.5 year(s) of experience is required Educational Qualification : 15 years full time education Summary :As a Business Architect, you will define opportunities to create tangible business value for the client by leading current state assessments, identifying high-level customer requirements, and developing business solutions and structures to achieve the vision. You will also develop a business case to realize these opportunities. Roles & Responsibilities:- Serve as the primary point of contact for all FBTI related inquiries, providing expert guidance to within the team, and towards other stakeholders (Business and Management actors).- Conduct training sessions and workshops for other team members and project contributors, enhancing their understanding of the product and its functionalities. Oversee and contribute to the rollout of major upgrades and releases of FBTI.- Coordinate with Finastra support team to review CACIB cases raised for defects and enhancement requests.- Ensure consistency of functional and non-functional needs, and challenge business requirements.- Design the functional solution / prepare user stories (or equivalent documents). Write the acceptance criteria (following BDD approach).- Synchronize with all stakeholders for interface design and specification.- Explain to development team the requirements / user stories.- Make sure user stories progress and status is up to date (related to BAs activities).- Prepare list of test scenarios (functional, integration), test data preparation.- Execute functional testing / user stories testing and integration testing to check that developments are compliant with the needs, contributes to E2E / UAT testing.- Demo preparation (functional part).- Preparation of functional documentation for application.- Support during INT / E2E / UAT.- Perform level three support of applications in production.- Analyze and evaluate the bugs as raised by first and second level support.- Coordination with support team and technical team to investigate the bugs and propose workarounds as far as possible.- Specify acceptance criteria for bug fixes. Professional & Technical Skills: - Domain knowledge:Expertise in FBTI configuration, customization and support. Data Analysis:proficiency in tools like SQL, Excel, data visualization software (e.g. PowerBI) for extracting insights from large datasets.- Requirement management:expertise in documenting, analyzing, and refining project design requirements, including functional and non-functional specifications.- Process modeling:Proficiency in business process modeling and workflow design, using tools such as MS Visio, BPMN.- Advanced communication skills:ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders, present findings, and write functional/technical documentation.- Stakeholders management:ability to identify, analyze, and manage the expectations and requirements of stakeholders. Establish and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders to ensure their support and cooperation.- Testing organization and execution:Proficiency in designing, executing test cases, both manually, and using automated tools, to verify that the software behaves as expected by users.- Agile methodologies:understanding of agile frameworks like Scrum or Kanban and related project management tools (JIRA).- Behavior Driven Development (BDD):Hands-on experience of frameworks and practices, with experience using Cucumber/Gherkin, and X-ray tools.- Parameter-driven applications:familiarity with enterprise systems like Finastra FBTI using message injection such as XML. Critical and analytical thinking:capability to analyze complex business problems, prioritize requirements, and propose innovative solutions. Additional Information:- The candidate should have a minimum of 7.5 years of experience in Finastra Fusion Trade Innovation (TI+).- This position is based at our Mumbai office.- A 15 years full-time education is required. Qualification 15 years full time education