Job Description: Senior Finance SPR Business Analyst

Client: Deutsche Bank
Position: Senior Finance SPR Business Analyst
Location: Taguig, Philippines
Work Setup: Hybrid – 2 days onsite per week
Shift: Mid Shift (3:00 PM – 12:00 AM)
Maximum Budget: PHP 120,000 package
Experience Required: 8–12 years overall
Availability: Within 30 days
Headcount: 2

Job Overview

Deutsche Bank is seeking experienced Senior Finance SPR Business Analysts with strong business analysis and target operating model expertise within banking, investment banking, or regulated financial services.

The ideal candidates will have a solid understanding of investment banking products, front-to-back banking processes, finance operations, accounting, reporting, and control frameworks. They should be capable of translating complex business requirements into clear functional specifications while supporting large-scale transformation, data migration, regulatory change, UAT, and implementation readiness initiatives.

This role requires close collaboration with business stakeholders, architects, engineers, product owners, and subject-matter experts to support the implementation of global target operating models and finance transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess and document current-state system flows, data requirements, accounting and reporting processes, challenges, and improvement opportunities.

• Analyse process variations across products, desks, legal entities, and regions, identifying which variations are mandatory and which can be standardised.

• Apply global Target Operating Model (TOM) principles and identify implementation gaps and necessary local variations.

• Lead gap analysis and solution assessments, develop practical recommendations, and facilitate timely business decisions.

• Translate business requirements into clear, complete, and testable user stories, process maps, and functional specifications.

• Facilitate business workshops and collaborate with architects, engineers, product owners, and subject-matter experts.

• Define and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), requirement validation, walkthroughs, demonstrations, and testing activities.

• Manage risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies (RAID), escalating significant gaps when required.

• Maintain end-to-end requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle.

• Prepare operating procedures, go-live designs, training materials, and implementation-readiness documentation.

• Support finance transformation, data migration, and regulatory change initiatives.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• 8–12 years of overall professional experience, including substantial business analysis or operating model experience.

• Mandatory banking domain experience, preferably in investment banking or regulated financial services.

• Strong experience in business analysis and Target Operating Model (TOM) initiatives.

• Good understanding of investment banking products and end-to-end transaction lifecycles.

• Knowledge of finance processes, accounting, financial reporting, and control frameworks.

• Experience in large-scale transformation, data migration, or regulatory change projects.

• Strong requirements documentation skills, including user stories, process maps, and functional specifications.

• Good understanding of SQL and practical knowledge of Python.

• Experience with UAT planning and execution, requirements traceability, RAID management, and business readiness.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Exposure to legal-entity, desk, product, or regional rollouts.

• Experience supporting global finance transformation programmes.

• Knowledge of implementation readiness and operating model standardisation.

• Experience working with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.

Key Technical Skills

• Business Analysis

• Target Operating Model (TOM)

• Front-to-Back Banking Processes

• Investment Banking Products

• Transaction Lifecycle Management

• Finance Processes and Accounting

• Financial Reporting and Control Frameworks

• Data and Finance Requirements

• SQL

• Python

• Requirements Gathering and Documentation

• User Stories and Functional Specifications

• Process Mapping and Gap Analysis

• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

• Data Migration and Transformation

• Regulatory Change Management

• RAID Management

• Business Readiness and Implementation Support

Pre-Screening Questions

1. What is your highest educational attainment?

2. How many years of total professional experience do you have?

3. How many years of relevant experience do you have in Business Analysis or Operating Model roles within banking, investment banking, or regulated financial services?

4. On a scale of 1–10, how would you rate your knowledge of investment banking products and the end-to-end transaction lifecycle?

5. Do you have hands-on experience with large-scale transformation, data migration, or regulatory change projects? Please briefly describe.

6. Are you amenable to working on a hybrid setup (2 days onsite per week) in Taguig with a 3:00 PM–12:00 AM shift?

7. What is your current/last drawn salary and expected salary?

8. Do you have your Transcript of Records (TOR) and Diploma available?

9. What is your current notice period, and can you join within 30 days?

Important Hiring Information

• Client: Deutsche Bank

• Headcount: 2

• Maximum Budget: PHP 120,000 package

• Work Arrangement: Hybrid, 2 days onsite per week in Taguig

• Shift: 3:00 PM – 12:00 AM

• Availability: Candidates who can join within 30 days are preferred.

• Candidate Priority: Prioritize candidates with strong banking domain experience, investment banking product knowledge, business analysis/operating model expertise, and hands-on transformation exposure.