Why join us?

Fusion is the primary cost ledger for the group and the primary book of record for Service Companies (ServCos). It also provides reporting, planning and cost allocation capabilities to businesses, functions, and sites.

While the deployment of Fusion is complete for most sites, onboarding of new entities and sites is ongoing. In addition, the programme team is involved in several enhancement initiatives, including improvement to existing processes (straight-through processing) and reinforcement of controls and reporting capabilities. We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst to play a pivotal role in the implementation of upcoming projects. This is an opportunity to shape the future of finance processes for the group and be involved in diverse projects spanning multiple regions and requiring engagement with a range of stakeholders.

What you’ll do:

Engage with finance and business stakeholders to gather, analyse, and document detailed business requirements for new initiatives.Lead the review of requirements with impacted parties, ensuring that requirements are valid and opportunities to streamline processes are leveraged.Responsible for the mapping and design of finance processes, ensuring that new processes effectively address HSBC’s functional and business process needs while considering regional requirements, and local regulations.Collaborate with technical teams across the project lifecyle – including solution design, configuration support, test and validation of outputs, user training and post go-live support – so that solutions meet expected business outcomes and controls.Act as a liaison between finance teams, IT, and other project stakeholders, facilitating workshops, presentations, and walkthroughs to ensure alignment across involved parties.Provide clear, concise, and structured documentation for processes, use cases, training material and other project deliverables.Provide direction and SME expertise on the functional analysis, process and operational design, supporting the technical solution architects’ interpretation of requirements, piloting and full system deployment and change and implementation approach for impacted stakeholders.Contribute to project planning, timelines, and artefacts, ensuring projects are on time, on budget and per requirements. Manage junior resources in the Business Analyst team, including monitoring of work allocation, deliverables, and performance review.Work closely with the programme management team and project managers, providing visibility on projects progress, potential challenges and keeping alignment with programme priorities.

Why join us?

Fusion is the primary cost ledger for the group and the primary book of record for Service Companies (ServCos). It also provides reporting, planning and cost allocation capabilities to businesses, functions, and sites.

While the deployment of Fusion is complete for most sites, onboarding of new entities and sites is ongoing. In addition, the programme team is involved in several enhancement initiatives, including improvement to existing processes (straight-through processing) and reinforcement of controls and reporting capabilities. We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst to play a pivotal role in the implementation of upcoming projects. This is an opportunity to shape the future of finance processes for the group and be involved in diverse projects spanning multiple regions and requiring engagement with a range of stakeholders.

What you’ll do:

Engage with finance and business stakeholders to gather, analyse, and document detailed business requirements for new initiatives.Lead the review of requirements with impacted parties, ensuring that requirements are valid and opportunities to streamline processes are leveraged.Responsible for the mapping and design of finance processes, ensuring that new processes effectively address HSBC’s functional and business process needs while considering regional requirements, and local regulations.Collaborate with technical teams across the project lifecyle – including solution design, configuration support, test and validation of outputs, user training and post go-live support – so that solutions meet expected business outcomes and controls.Act as a liaison between finance teams, IT, and other project stakeholders, facilitating workshops, presentations, and walkthroughs to ensure alignment across involved parties.Provide clear, concise, and structured documentation for processes, use cases, training material and other project deliverables.Provide direction and SME expertise on the functional analysis, process and operational design, supporting the technical solution architects’ interpretation of requirements, piloting and full system deployment and change and implementation approach for impacted stakeholders.Contribute to project planning, timelines, and artefacts, ensuring projects are on time, on budget and per requirements. Manage junior resources in the Business Analyst team, including monitoring of work allocation, deliverables, and performance review.Work closely with the programme management team and project managers, providing visibility on projects progress, potential challenges and keeping alignment with programme priorities.

What you will need to succeed in the role:

Extensive experience in delivery of large Finance transformation projects, preferably with global or regional reach.Strong understanding of core finance processes and accounting principles.Experience of working in large, complex, multi-functional programmes.Effective planning and project management skills.Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage complexity and ambiguity.Proven ability to document clearly detailed business requirements, process flows, and use cases.Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.Creative approach to problem solving and outcome focused approach.Ability to work effectively under pressure with competing and rapidly changing priorities.Flexible worker who demonstrates adaptability.Ability to use Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

What additional skills will be good to have?

Experience of working in a Finance function or on a Finance-related projects is highly desirable.Experience using Finance applications, preferably Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), or similar platforms.Experience in the implementation of cloud-based solutions.Knowledge of tax concepts and processes, including compliance in a multi-region context.Certification in business analysis, agile project deployment or project management.Experience in Project Change Management tools (e.g. JIRA).A mindset that values inclusivity, collaboration, and cross-functional teamwork.Willingness to engage with diverse teams.Resilience, adaptability and a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

What you will need to succeed in the role:

Extensive experience in delivery of large Finance transformation projects, preferably with global or regional reach.Strong understanding of core finance processes and accounting principles.Experience of working in large, complex, multi-functional programmes.Effective planning and project management skills.Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage complexity and ambiguity.Proven ability to document clearly detailed business requirements, process flows, and use cases.Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.Creative approach to problem solving and outcome focused approach.Ability to work effectively under pressure with competing and rapidly changing priorities.Flexible worker who demonstrates adaptability.Ability to use Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

What additional skills will be good to have?

Experience of working in a Finance function or on a Finance-related projects is highly desirable.Experience using Finance applications, preferably Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), or similar platforms.Experience in the implementation of cloud-based solutions.Knowledge of tax concepts and processes, including compliance in a multi-region context.Certification in business analysis, agile project deployment or project management.Experience in Project Change Management tools (e.g. JIRA).A mindset that values inclusivity, collaboration, and cross-functional teamwork.Willingness to engage with diverse teams.Resilience, adaptability and a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.