Trade Finance Functional Consultant

JOB DESCRIPTION

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Sensitivity: Internal & Restricted

Position : Trade Finance Functional Consultant

Location: Mumbai/Chennai

Key Areas of Responsibility

• To consult and evaluate the impact of the new software system on the current business structure.
• To makes recommendations for software that will improve the current business process
• To plan the implementation of the project from the scratch and to determine the configurations required for the implementation of the software
• To get these configurations approved by the leadership team
• To do the mapping analysis of every module of the software, and prepare the final goals of the project.
• To test the software module as they come online and train the employees regarding the usage of the software.
• After going live, assess that the software is behaving as expected.
• A functional consultant is expected to generate knowledge about the current business process, design current business flows, study current business processes and its complication - in all we can say that this is getting through with the current business setup. Flow diagrams and DFDs are prepared, all this forms the part of the AS IS document."
• Everything configured has to be documented according to their categories in the form of predefined templates; these then have to be approved by the team leads or the person the consultant is reporting to.

Essential Skills

• To handle tickets, and provide support to the users in matters related applications of the software.
• Should be able to analyze and solve the problem.
• Has to write functional specifications
• Has to prepare test data and test it
• Interact with clients or the end users
• Has to create process documents and update them

JOB DESCRIPTION

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Sensitivity: Internal & Restricted

Desired skills

• Having professional experience in Banking and Financial Services segment.
• Should have successfully implemented various Banking Systems in leading Banks.
• Should possess good domain expertise in Trade Finance
• Good Domain Knowledge in areas of Foreign Exchange viz. Foreign Remittances, SWIFT and International Banking Operations.
• Domain Knowledge on Trade Finance.
• Sound Knowledge in banking implementation and training in Trade finance application in various Banks.
• Good Communication skills and participate in the discussions and presentations with the customers and lead the interactions on banking aspects.
• Travel outside India
• Involves 6 to 7 months travel in a year and a minimum 6 weeks continuous out station stay per trip

Qualification and Experience

• MBA(Finance); B.Com; M.Com
• 2 - 6 years’ experience