FX and Commodity Hedging Solutions Business Analyst

Role Overview

FX and Commodity Hedging Solutions Business Analyst at VAM Systems in Qatar.

Role Purpose

Support FX, Commodity, Treasury, Derivative, Structured Product, and Capital Markets initiatives through business analysis, solution design, and implementation delivery across multiple markets and legal entities.

Key Responsibilities

Business Analysis & Requirements

• Conduct business requirements gathering and elicit requirements from stakeholders across business, risk, operations, technology, and control functions.
• Develop and document business requirements documents (BRD) and business requirements specifications (BRS).
• Perform gap analysis and validate requirements against current state processes.
• Prioritize requirements and establish traceability.
• Develop user stories and define acceptance criteria.

Solution Design & Process Management

• Design solutions across FX, Commodity, Treasury, Derivative, Structured Product, and corporate risk management domains.
• Map current processes and design operating models.
• Support the full hedging lifecycle, trading processes, treasury operations, and front-to-back transaction workflows.
• Facilitate cross-functional process optimization and digitization initiatives.

Implementation & Delivery

• Support product development and platform implementation initiatives.
• Lead systems integration activities.
• Coordinate user acceptance testing and business readiness activities.
• Support change delivery and organizational transformation.
• Follow through with initiatives within delegated authority.

Analytics & Reporting

• Interpret product, client, transaction, revenue, and operational data.
• Develop dashboards, management reports, and decision-support materials.
• Prepare business cases and analytical support for stakeholder decision-making.

Stakeholder Management

• Partner effectively with business, risk, operations, technology, and control functions.
• Facilitate negotiations and present recommendations to all levels of management.
• Communicate verbally and in writing across culturally diverse, cross-functional teams operating in Qatar, Turkey, and Egypt.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree from a recognized university, preferably in Finance, Banking, Economics, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Technology, Financial Engineering, or a related field.
• Master's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Financial Engineering, or a related discipline is preferred.
• Professional certifications in Business Analysis, Financial Markets, Risk Management, Treasury, or Project Management (such as CBAP, PMI-PBA, CFA, FRM, ACI, Agile, or equivalent) are advantageous.
• At least 7 years of relevant experience, preferably within a highly rated international bank.
• Exposure to Treasury, Global Markets, Business Analysis, Product Management, or Banking Transformation.
• Experience supporting FX, Commodity, Treasury, Derivative, Structured Product, or Capital Markets initiatives is preferred.
• Experience in business requirements gathering, process mapping, solution design, product implementation, testing, and change delivery.
• Exposure to trading platforms, treasury systems, digital channels, and front-to-back capital markets processes is advantageous.
• Experience working across multiple markets, legal entities, or business functions is preferred.

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English, including report writing; fluency in Arabic is preferred.
• Strong interpersonal, facilitation, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Deep understanding of FX, Commodity, Derivative, Structured Product, and corporate risk management solutions.
• Knowledge of hedging lifecycle, trading processes, treasury operations, and front-to-back transaction workflows.
• Understanding of relevant laws, regulations, market practices, risk principles, and control requirements.
• Strong business analysis skills including requirements elicitation, documentation, validation, prioritization, and traceability.
• Proficiency in process mapping, gap analysis, operating-model design, user-story development, and acceptance-criteria definition.
• Experience supporting product development, platform implementation, systems integration, user acceptance testing, and business readiness.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret product, client, transaction, revenue, and operational data.
• Ability to develop clear dashboards, management reports, business cases, and decision-support materials.
• Understanding of automation, digitization, data management, and process optimization principles.
• Sound decision-making ability and follow-through within delegated authority.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills across business, risk, operations, technology, and control functions.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management.
• Effective operation across Qatar, Turkey, and Egypt within culturally diverse, cross-functional teams.
• Personal integrity, accountability, attention to detail, and effective self-management.
• Strong planning, organizing, problem-solving, and analytical abilities.
• Results-oriented approach with ability to manage priorities, dependencies, risks, and deadlines.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and relevant business-analysis, process-mapping, reporting, and data-visualization tools.

Additional Information

• Target joining timeframe: 2 weeks (maximum 1 month).