Project Analyst - Banking

Job description / Role

A growing bank in Dubai are looking to add to their Project Management Office with a bright and enthusiastic project analyst responsible for ensuring the smooth delivery of IT projects for the business.

The successful project analyst will be responsible for managing small parts of projects as well as auctioning change requests and coordinating with different departments as well as external vendors.

Responsibilities:
- Analyze business requirements, elaborate and document the same.
- Ensure Projects / Change request delivered meet stake holders expectation.
- Challenge business on benefits of the change request and identify opportunities for enhanced efficiency
- Prepare project documents including Project approvals with details on costs, timelines and deliverables.
- Participate and drive technical requirement gathering sessions to closure.
- Support business units with technological guidance on system design/implementation & support in the allocated domain.
- Coordinate with quality assurance and business teams to test the functionality and ensure closure of the same.
- Identify Project Risks during the project life cycle and escalate non manageable risk.
- Coordinate the release process including updates to operation procedure notes, training, parameterization and access control.
- Adhere to and ensure adoption of banks Project Management process.
- Ensure knowledge transfer to Support for hand holding the application

Requirements

Candidates will need relevant experience of working within the banking domain and should hold a relevant degree.

Furthermore they should have sound knowledge of the project life-cycle and an appreciation of IT systems and applications. Given the nature of the role, excellent analytical and communication skills are mandatory.

Candidates should be proficient in written and verbal Arabic to be considered.

About the Company

Allegis Group retired the "Talent2" name and re-branded its specialist recruitment professionals brand to Aston Carter.

Aston Carter is a distinguished global provider of recruitment services to companies requiring highly specialised business professionals. We have an unrivalled commitment to delivering first class service to our clients and candidates across professional disciplines, including Information Technology, Finance, Sales, Risk, Credit, Compliance, Operations, Marketing, Audit, HR and Engineering. Although we are retiring theTalent2 brand, our continued alignment with your company's business objectives will remain unchanged. As part of Aston Carter, our global presence gives us access to additional high-level talent, solutions and industry trends to better grow with our customers.

With more than 60 offices across Europe, Asia Pacific and North America, Aston Carter provides local, regional and global expertise to drive value and meet our customers' unique needs. Aston Carter is an operating company of Allegis Group, a global talent solutions provider and the world's largest privately owned recruitment firm.