AVP, Business Analyst Cover Letter

I would like to submit my application for the AVP, business analyst opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for support to Banking Products and Treasury Services on day end trade reconciliation, investment product term sheet / confirmation preparation and monitoring, monitoring of trigger events, internal and external limit monitoring and other post-trade processing.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Experience and understanding of a line Financial Accounting/Product Control role
• Experience in executions of events, projects end-to-end in his/her function
• Good knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Info graphics
• Tech-Savvy and well verse in multimedia tools
• Proactive in identifying & driving improvement initiatives
• Familiar with Avaloq and technical functionality system is Mandatory
• Prior experience in implementing similar integrated Workbench/workflow systems for CRMs and RMs is also strongly preferred
• In-depth knowledge of the trade lifecycle, front to back office flows in the Treasury & Markets space

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the AVP, business analyst position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for london point of contact for Foreign Exchange Product Control for Front Office, Operations, Technology, Market Risk, Finance management colleagues.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Experience of working in a PCB project environment (preferably Agile/SDLC)
• Strong understanding of banking terminology, products and operational processes would be advantageous
• Experience of some of the underpinning frameworks and tools for business analysis documentation UML / BPMN
• Experience of agile project methodology (BACL) and associated gates
• Co-ordinate with business users to understand & gather the requirements and document them into Business Requirements Documents (BRD), Functional Specifications (FS)
• Convert BRD, User requirements into technical specifications – namely Data dictionary (DD), Source to Target mappings, report specifications
• Hands on experience on SQL’s -Teradata SQL, performs data gap analysis and drives the data requirements clarification with source systems
• Relevant experience in supporting the User Acceptance test and able to perform the Root Cause Analysis and strong in issue re-solution techniques

I would like to submit my application for the AVP, business analyst opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for analytical support to the Canadian Banking Product Control area through the production of P&L and the monthly reporting of associated products.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• CBAP certification & experience in Agile delivery will be an advantage
• Experience of facilitating workshops/running large meetings
• Experience working in a risk environment
• Understanding relational databases, risk systems/architecture and risk concepts
• Understanding the change management lifecycle and related concepts
• Compiling presentations using PowerPoint, Visio and other project management tools
• Experience working with data management tools including Ab Initio, Colibra and Blueworks (desirable)
• Experience of using SAS (desirable)

I would like to submit my application for the AVP, business analyst opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for expertise to internal development team/product manager and other internal and external clients on commercial loan accounting particularly around US GAAP Requirements for Loan & Trade Receivables Held for Investment and Held for Sale for all Asset Classifications.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Expert-level MS Word skills
• Prior experience in the delivery of FSI change initiatives ideally in building new systems
• Understanding of Compliance, Anti Financial Crime or Risk Assessments within Banking
• Incident tracking tools (JIRA, QC, Clear Case, ) SQL
• Driving forward the Technical and Operational design, development and implementation of the end to end Payments Platform for every strategic country in scope for Programme Blue
• Defining strategic and re-usable FX, Reconciliation and Billing models across all countries to deliver a consistent, best in class European solution
• Managing relationships with multiple stakeholders in Technology and Operations, formulating and presenting recommendations to influence decisions and deliver strategic solutions
• Taking ownership for Scheme Memberships and relationships with external banks, including settlements, accounts and reconciliations

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the AVP, business analyst position.

Previously, I was responsible for market and industry intelligence support to Relationship Managers/Investment Banking to assist in the origination process.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Relevant experience to perform impact assessment, high level estimates and reference data management
• Expert knowledge of QA processes, tools test techniques and strategies, experience of data mapping on FSLDM is good to have
• Formulates and creates complex functional / non-functional specification documentations in close working with engineering teams following DB and Industry best practices
• Designs and conceptualizes new complex business solution options and articulates identified impacts and risks
• Works with engineers, to prioritize, trouble shoot and resolve reported bugs / issues / CRs (change requests) on applications
• Strong experience as a Project Manager/Business Analyst in an Investment Banking and/or Retail Finance environment
• Strong experience in OTC - Subject matter expertise in Rates and Credit Derivatives products
• Experience in OTC Clearing or Prime Brokerage