We are looking for Lead Business Analyst – Lending Products is responsible for driving business analysis for client lending transformation initiatives by gathering, analysing, and documenting business requirements for lending products. The role requires deep expertise in corporate lending products (term loans, working capital, and basic trade finance), ensuring business requirements accurately reflect product functionality and business needs. The incumbent collaborates with business, IT, and project teams to support solution design, validate functional specifications and test cases, maintain high-quality business analysis standards, and lead the successful delivery of lending initiatives, including the End-to-End Credit Decisioning program.Key Roles & Responsibilities Lead requirement gathering, analysis, and preparation of Business Requirements Documents (BRDs) for lending initiatives. Conduct stakeholder workshops, interviews, process walkthroughs, and document analysis to capture business needs. Prepare high-quality BRDs covering business objectives, process flows, business rules, data requirements, and non-functional requirements. Develop clear, testable, and traceable business requirements with defined acceptance criteria. Define business scenarios, exceptions, validations, and error-handling requirements. Create use cases, user stories, and acceptance criteria to support project delivery. Validate requirements with business stakeholders, resolve conflicts, and obtain formal approvals. Manage BRD version control, change requests, and requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle. Perform gap analysis of existing processes and recommend business process improvements. Ensure complete alignment between business objectives, solution design, and testing activities.Requirements 8+ years in banking or banking technology, of which at least 6 years authoring Business Requirements Documents for complex processes in a business analysis role. Demonstrable product expertise in term loans and working capital across the MSME, Mid Corporate and Large Corporate segments – the candidate must have worked with these products in depth, not only used or sold them.Working knowledge of trade finance products and their interaction with limits, approval and trade operations.Experience as a lead or senior business analyst, including setting documentation standards and peer-reviewing the requirements produced by others.Experience on at least two lending, loan origination or credit decisioning initiatives taken from requirements through to Go-Live. Experience providing requirements and product inputs to functional specifications authored by IT or implementation partner teams, and answering the queries raised against them.Experience providing input to test planning and reviewing test cases against approved requirements.Some exposure to Temenos T24 or a comparable core banking system as a user or functional stakeholder. Configuration or integration experience is not required.UAE or wider GCC banking experience is strongly preferred.Demonstrated experience working in Agile, hybrid and vendor-led delivery models.Arabic language ability is advantageous.
We are looking for Lead Business Analyst – Lending Products is responsible for driving business analysis for client lending transformation initiatives by gathering, analysing, and documenting business requirements for lending products. The role requires deep expertise in corporate lending products (term loans, working capital, and basic trade finance), ensuring business requirements accurately reflect product functionality and business needs. The incumbent collaborates with business, IT, and project teams to support solution design, validate functional specifications and test cases, maintain high-quality business analysis standards, and lead the successful delivery of lending initiatives, including the End-to-End Credit Decisioning program.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
- Lead requirement gathering, analysis, and preparation of Business Requirements Documents (BRDs) for lending initiatives.
- Conduct stakeholder workshops, interviews, process walkthroughs, and document analysis to capture business needs.
- Prepare high-quality BRDs covering business objectives, process flows, business rules, data requirements, and non-functional requirements.
- Develop clear, testable, and traceable business requirements with defined acceptance criteria.
- Define business scenarios, exceptions, validations, and error-handling requirements.
- Create use cases, user stories, and acceptance criteria to support project delivery.
- Validate requirements with business stakeholders, resolve conflicts, and obtain formal approvals.
- Manage BRD version control, change requests, and requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
- Perform gap analysis of existing processes and recommend business process improvements.
- Ensure complete alignment between business objectives, solution design, and testing activities.
Requirements
- 8+ years in banking or banking technology, of which at least 6 years authoring Business Requirements Documents for complex processes in a business analysis role.
- Demonstrable product expertise in term loans and working capital across the MSME, Mid Corporate and Large Corporate segments – the candidate must have worked with these products in depth, not only used or sold them.
- Working knowledge of trade finance products and their interaction with limits, approval and trade operations.
- Experience as a lead or senior business analyst, including setting documentation standards and peer-reviewing the requirements produced by others.
- Experience on at least two lending, loan origination or credit decisioning initiatives taken from requirements through to Go-Live.
- Experience providing requirements and product inputs to functional specifications authored by IT or implementation partner teams, and answering the queries raised against them.
- Experience providing input to test planning and reviewing test cases against approved requirements.
- Some exposure to Temenos T24 or a comparable core banking system as a user or functional stakeholder. Configuration or integration experience is not required.
- UAE or wider GCC banking experience is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience working in Agile, hybrid and vendor-led delivery models.
- Arabic language ability is advantageous.
Unison Consulting was launched in Singapore on September 2012, the hub of the financial industry, with innovative visions in the technocratic arena. We are a boutique next-generation Technology Company with strong business-interests in Liquidity risk, Market Risk, Credit Risk and Regulatory Compliance.
Unison provides technology consulting and services to implement Risk Management and Risk Analytics System for Financial Institutions. Our services suite comprises of Techno-Functional consulting, systems integration, Business Intelligence, information management, and custom development of IT solutions, plus project management expertise for financial institutions.
We have expertise in latest cutting edge technology to achieve better total cost of ownership. Through our qualified professionals, we assist you drive your unique risk management strategies, whether that means efficient monitoring, improving risk appetite of the financial institutions, complying with regulations, or capturing growth opportunities through innovation, this is what maximizes your decision taking potential. At Unison Consulting, we view clients as partners, and our success is only measured by the success of our partners. So we put it all on the table in order to exceed expectations.
Our staff consists of young, energetic and innovative consultants who are never afraid to challenge the conventions and push the boundaries in an effort to help our clients. For every project, no matter how large or how small, we strive to not only meet your needs, but deliver a showcase in your field.
Unison Consulting was launched in Singapore on September 2012, the hub of the financial industry, with innovative visions in the technocratic arena. We are a boutique next-generation Technology Company with strong business-interests in Liquidity risk, Market Risk, Credit Risk and Regulatory Compliance.
Unison provides technology consulting and services to implement Risk Management and Risk Analytics System for Financial Institutions.
Our services suite comprises of Techno-Functional consulting, systems integration, Business Intelligence, information management, and custom development of IT solutions, plus project management expertise for financial institutions.
We have expertise in latest cutting edge technology to achieve better total cost of ownership. Through our qualified professionals, we assist you drive your unique risk management strategies, whether that means efficient monitoring, improving risk appetite of the financial institutions, complying with regulations, or capturing growth opportunities through innovation, this is what maximizes your decision taking potential.
At Unison Consulting, we view clients as partners, and our success is only measured by the success of our partners. So we put it all on the table in order to exceed expectations.
Our staff consists of young, energetic and innovative consultants who are never afraid to challenge the conventions and push the boundaries in an effort to help our clients. For every project, no matter how large or how small, we strive to not only meet your needs, but deliver a showcase in your field.
