HSBC

Senior Business Analyst

HSBC Kowloon City, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong S.A.R.

Financial Services · 10,001+ employees

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About the role

The Senior Business Analyst will own solution design for credit platform capabilities and lead the business analysis practice to ensure consistent standards. They will act as a bridge between business, risk, operations, and engineering teams to translate requirements into actionable deliverables.

What they look for

Credit domain Business analysis Solution design Agile Stakeholder management Requirements engineering Process modeling Data analysis SQL Jira Confluence API Risk management Wealth management System integration Project governance

Requirements

Candidates must have over 10 years of experience in IT change within banking or financial services, specifically in credit domain platforms. Strong proficiency in Agile delivery, enterprise architecture, and stakeholder management is required.

Full description

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a Senior Business Analyst.

In this role you will:

  • Own solution design for Credit platform capabilities across application, decisioning, simulation, and reporting.
  • Lead the Business Analysis practice within the Credit platform, embedding consistent standards, templates, and ways of working.
  • Partner with business and IT stakeholders across multiple countries to translate goals, priorities, and requirements into clear, actionable deliverables.
  • Act as the bridge between business, risk, operations, and engineering teams.
  • Represent Credit Technology in project working groups and governance forums, driving alignment, decisions, and timely delivery.
  • Create epics, user stories, business requirements, and functional specifications with clear acceptance criteria.
  • Produce functional designs for stories planned for development, including process flows, data mappings, business rules, and exception handling.
  • Support the Product Owner with backlog refinement, prioritisation, dependency management, and release planning.
  • Lead technical design reviews, architecture alignment, and delivery planning.
  • Drive integration with upstream and downstream systems, including trading, risk, finance, and data platforms.
  • Ensure quality through clear acceptance criteria, test strategy, QA support, and release governance.
  • Manage delivery risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communication.
  • Support regulatory, audit, and control requirements in solution design and rollout.

To be successful you will need:

  • Strong experience in credit domain platforms within banking or financial services.
  • Proven track record as a Tech Lead, BA Lead, or in a hybrid role within complex transformation programs.
  • 10+ years’ experience delivering IT change in Agile and/or hybrid delivery models.
  • Experience delivering projects in Wealth Management and/or Private Banking.
  • Strong domain knowledge across Credit, Wealth Financing, and Investments.
  • Hands-on understanding of enterprise architecture, APIs, event-driven integration, and data workflows.
  • Strong skills in requirements engineering, process modeling, stakeholder management, and impact assessment.
  • Experience delivering across the SDLC lifecycle in agile and controlled enterprise environments.
  • Fluent English communication skills, written and spoken.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
  • Proficient with delivery and documentation tools such as Jira and Confluence.
  • Data analysis capability, including SQL, defining data requirements, and supporting data quality and reconciliation.
  • Ability to define and validate non-functional requirements, including performance, resilience, availability, observability, and scalability.
  • Experience in collateral management, margin monitoring, and credit workflow modernization.
  • Familiarity with architecture governance and documentation standards in large financial institutions.
  • Exposure to risk simulation, stress testing, and credit reporting platforms.
  • Strong knowledge and understanding of global credit regulations and a risk-and-controls mindset.
  • Experience collaborating with engineers and testers to define test scenarios, support UAT, and triage defects.
  • Contribution to release and change activities, including cutover planning, operational readiness, and operational handover.
  • Strong understanding of end-to-end system flows, dependencies, and integration points, including API-based and event/messaging integrations.
  • Awareness of security and access control concepts, including authentication, authorisation, least privilege, and audit trails.

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