Asia Pacific Regulatory System Implementation Business Analyst - Associate

Job Description
Exciting Opportunity to join our Asia Pacific Regulatory Reporting Projects team as an Associate Business Analyst
As an Asia Pacific Regulatory System Implementation Business Analyst - Associate within the Asia Pacific Regulatory Reporting Projects team, you will be responsible for working on projects to implement regulatory reporting changes mandated by different Asia Pacific country regulators for local financial or BASEL reporting. In addition, you will be supporting demands for new business initiatives, SAP general ledger optimization, technology platforms modernization and global alignment in data sourcing and consumption.
Job responsibilities

• Partner closely with Finance users, Technology and external vendors to deliver strategic regulatory reporting solutions, including process re-engineering for our Finance function
• Write JIRA for business requirements and functional specifications. Perform Product Validation/Proof of Concept, System Integration testing in partnership with Finance users, Technology and external vendors, developing testing approach, scope and plan
• Follow the Agile methodology - Be a product owner, work closely with Technology-scrum master and teams, participate in design/build discussions
• Act as a subject matter expert in Asia Pacific Local Regulatory Reporting implementations space
• Learn and deploy business intelligence tools like Alteryx to build expected results and run regression or end to end tests, identify areas of improvement, best practices in processes, brainstorm and propose solutions to address project or test issues and concerns in timely manner
• Provide Project Management Office support for the projects including creating and delivering project communications to multiple stakeholders, chairing project governance calls, preparing and presenting project materials/decks for project working group and steerco meetings

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy, Finance, Information Systems or a related discipline
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in the banking industry as a Finance/Product Controller/Business Analyst/Product Owner/Auditor with regulatory reporting solution implementation experience
• Strong in data analysis with the ability to gather and validate facts, define gaps, perform impact analyses, draft business requirements, translate and streamline complex business requirements into functional specifications for technology builds
• Strong qualitative and quantitative analytical and problem-solving skills with strong interest to analyze large volume of data sets and present conclusions concisely
• Highly motivated self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, demonstrates excellent time management and planning skills, and possesses the ability to handle multiple assignments at the same time
• Positive attitude and easy to work with while delivering on high priority and time sensitive initiatives. Highly inquisitive, solution-focused, enthusiastic, diligent, and capable of challenging status-quo
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex issues clearly

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Knowledge and experience of industry leading regulatory reporting vendor application e.g., Adenza (Axiom), WKFS, Reveleus and ledger and system upgrade/implementation
• Ability to use Confluence/Jira/Tableau/Alteryx/UiPath/Excel macro or any digital accelerator tools to support project deliverables
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Ability to read Chinese and converse in Mandarin to read documents in Chinese and partner with teams and liaise with stakeholders from China

About Us
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
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About the Team
J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.