Wholesale Business Analyst

Nair Systems is currently looking for Wholesale Business Analyst for our Qatar operations

Education & Experience Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree from a recognized university preferably in Banking, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related discipline.

- At least 7 years of relevant experience, preferably within a highly rated international or regional bank.

- Experience in Business Analysis, Trade Finance, Cash Management, Transaction Banking Operations, or Digital Transformation initiatives.

- Proven experience in requirements gathering, process mapping, business requirements documentation (BRDs), and solution implementation.

- Exposure to corporate or wholesale banking environments, preferably within Qatar or the GCC market.

- Experience supporting digital banking, process automation, system implementation, or transaction banking transformation projects.

Required Special Skills:

- Excellent oral and written communication skills (including report writing) in English.

- Good interpersonal and presentation skills.

- Understanding of the relevant laws, regulations, and practices.

- Ability to make decisions and follow through with initiatives.

- Personal integrity and self-management.

- Planning, organising, and analytical ability.

- Results oriented.

- Strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate both verbally and in writing with all levels of management.

- Strong business analysis capabilities including requirements gathering (BRS/BRD), user stories, process mapping, gap analysis, and solution documentation.

- Good understanding of Cash Management, Trade Finance, Supply Chain Finance, Virtual Accounts, and transaction banking operating models.

- Experience with digital transformation, process automation, data analytics, UAT, and implementation of transaction banking platforms and solutions.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities by Dimensions

A. Shareholder & Financial:

- Support revenue growth initiatives through analysis of transaction banking performance, client behaviour, fee income trends, and product utilization.

- Identify revenue leakage, operational inefficiencies, and opportunities to improve fee realization through process optimization and digitization initiatives.

- Deliver business insights, management reporting, and performance dashboards to support strategic decision-making and transaction banking growth objectives.

- Implements KPI’s and best practices for the Business Analyst role.

- Promote cost consciousness and efficiency and enhance productivity, to minimise cost, avoid waste, and optimise benefits for the bank.

- Act within the limits of the powers delegated to the incumbent.

- Demonstrate a clear understanding of the key operational, financial, and performance drivers impacting transaction banking revenue and business outcomes.

B. Customer (Internal & External):

- Support business teams and clients by analysing transaction banking requirements and assisting in the design and implementation of cash management and trade finance solutions.

- Facilitate effective communication between clients, business units, operations, product teams, and technology functions to ensure successful delivery of solutions and process improvements.

- Assist in enhancing customer experience by identifying process inefficiencies, supporting digital initiatives, and ensuring smooth onboarding and adoption of transaction banking platforms.

- To assist customers in all their queries on Bank’s products and seek solutions to their requests.

- Maintain activities in accordance with Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with internal departments/units to achieve improvements in turn-around time.

- Build and maintain strong/effective relationships with related departments/units to achieve the Group’s objectives.

- Provide timely/accurate data to external/internal Auditors, Compliance, Financial Control and Risk when required.

C. Internal (Processes, Products, Regulatory):

- Analyse, document, and optimize end-to-end Cash Management, Trade Finance, and Supply Chain Finance processes to improve operational efficiency, client experience, and fee realization.

- Ensure business requirements, process designs, and solution specifications comply with applicable regulatory requirements, internal policies, operational controls, and risk management standards.

- Support implementation of digital trade and cash management initiatives through process mapping, requirements management, system testing, issue resolution, and stakeholder coordination.

- Identify opportunities for automation, process re-engineering, and workflow simplification to enhance transaction banking effectiveness and reduce manual intervention.

- Continuously improve business analysis methodologies, process documentation standards, and solution delivery practices to support business objectives.

- Set examples by leading improvement initiatives through cross-functional teams ensuring successes.

- Identify and encourage people to adopt practices better than the industry standard.

- Continuously encourage and recognise the importance of thinking out-of-the-box within the team.

- Encourage, solicit and reward innovative ideas even in day-to-day issues.

Joining time frame: 2 weeks (maximum 1 month)

Should you be interested in this opportunity, please send your latest resume in MS Word format at the earliest at