Senior Business Analyst - Core Banking Transformation

About the role

A leading financial institution in Malaysia is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to play a key role in its core banking transformation. The role acts as a subject matter expert, guiding regional and Head Office teams through complex migration and modernisation programmes, and supports both conventional and Islamic banking growth initiatives. It involves working with business units, technology teams and vendors to turn requirements into effective solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Support regional and Head Office teams in deploying T24 and related core banking systems, and guide application regionalisation programmes.
• Analyse current business processes, operating models and banking products to identify improvement opportunities.
• Facilitate discussions between business units, regional teams and vendors so requirements are translated into solution specifications.
• Review functional specifications, business requirements documents, target operating models and implementation strategies.
• Lead data discovery: data analysis, source-to-target mapping, data profiling, quality assessment, reconciliation analysis and transformation rule definition.
• Collaborate with technical stakeholders on migration strategy, testing, data validation and readiness.
• Analyse system interfaces and integration requirements, including API requirements and interface designs, and support rationalisation and consolidation.
• Contribute to Islamic Banking growth through product assessments and system readiness activities, and coordinate workshops, track deliverables, manage risks and issues and provide executive reporting.

Required profile

• Substantial experience in business analysis within financial services, especially large-scale core banking transformation or migration projects.
• Experience with core banking platforms such as T24, including technical integration and business process improvements.
• Proven track record leading data migration activities from discovery through mapping, profiling, quality assessment, reconciliation, testing, validation and readiness.
• Familiarity with conventional banking products and Islamic Banking solutions, including product launches and system readiness assessments.
• Strong stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, governance, risk management and compliance awareness.

Required skills

• T24 or similar core banking systems
• Data migration and data profiling
• Interface and integration analysis, including APIs
• Functional specifications and target operating models

What we offer

• Flexible working arrangements
• Structured training programmes and professional development
• Supportive mentorship and a collaborative, inclusive workplace
• Pension contributions