Posted: 30 January
Offer description
Job Overview
Corporate Lending Strategist
This role spearheads business analysis for core banking and credit initiatives, providing strategic guidance and oversight to ensure successful delivery of business outcomes.
The Corporate Lending Strategist will lead a team of business analysts, act as a key liaison between business and technology teams, and bring expertise in loan origination and servicing domains.
Key responsibilities include:
* Leading a team of business analysts, providing direction, coaching, and quality oversight of deliverables.
* Driving business requirements strategy, ensuring clarity, completeness, and alignment with organizational goals.
* Conducting and facilitating workshops, walkthroughs, and stakeholder discussions to ensure effective collaboration and decision-making.
* Bringing deep functional expertise in corporate lending from LOS, LMS, and integration of these systems with surrounding systems.
* Reviewing and approving Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Functional Specifications, and User Stories produced by the team.
* Collaborating closely with design and development teams to ensure business requirements are accurately translated into technical solutions.
* Participating in defining solution options, performing impact assessments, and supporting architectural decisions.
* Providing oversight and input into test planning and execution— including SIT and UAT phases—ensuring requirements coverage and validation.
* Mentoring BA, developers, and QA teams and building a knowledge-sharing culture within the team.
* Partnering with clients to identify emerging needs and proposing innovative, scalable solutions that enhance customer experience and operational efficiency.
* Planning quarterly deliverables and defining milestones in collaboration with project managers and stakeholders to ensure timely, quality outcomes.
Requirements:
* 10+ years of experience in banking and financial services, with at least 6+ years focused on corporate or commercial lending within a core banking and LOS environment.
* Strong communication skills to manage discussions with stakeholders and other team members like BA, tech team, QA team.
* Hands-on experience with loan management systems and loan origination systems and a deep understanding of integrations of LOS and LMS with surrounding systems.
* Experience leading end-to-end business analysis across multiple projects, ideally within both agile and waterfall environments.
* Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills—able to navigate complex organizational structures and drive consensus.
* Excellent documentation skills using JIRA, Confluence, and MS Office Suite.
* Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to mentor and develop team members.
* Analytical mindset with a focus on problem-solving, innovation, and continuous improvement.
* Proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a multi-cultural, multi-national environment.
