Business Analyst - Custody Technology & SDLC (Hong Kong)
About the job
An exceptional opportunity for a Senior Associate Business Analyst with custody experience to join a growing financial institution in Hong Kong. You will bridge business and technology stakeholders, driving end-to-end solution delivery, requirements elicitation, and process design for strategic global custody, asset servicing, and core securities technology initiatives.
about the company.
Our client is a rapidly growing financial institution in Hong Kong with a strong footprint in custody services, asset servicing, and investment technology. They invest continuously in digital transformation, modernising their solution delivery frameworks and custody platforms to deliver compliant, scalable, and high-performance financial solutions across Asia-Pacific.
about the team.
You will join the Solution Delivery Department, reporting directly to Associate Directors and Directors of Solution Delivery. The team culture is collaborative, dynamic, and delivery-focused, offering excellent exposure across custody operations, asset servicing business units, external technology vendors, and quality assurance teams.
about the job.
Elicit, analyse, document, and validate detailed business requirements from custody and asset servicing stakeholders.
Translate high-level business objectives into functional and non-functional requirements, user stories, use cases, and process flows for custody platforms.
Support end-to-end solution design, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards, industry best practices, and corporate strategy.
Maintain accurate documentation of requirements, design decisions, and delivery artefacts within the project repository.
Collaborate with vendors, internal IT, testing teams, and project managers to ensure custody solutions are built according to specifications.
Partner with the Testing Team to ensure test cases and scenarios accurately reflect custody and asset servicing workflows.
Manage scope changes through formal change control processes, assessing impacts on project timelines, costs, and resources.
Provide clear status reporting, risk assessments, and issue management to key internal and external stakeholders.
skills & experience required.
Minimum 4 years of experience in Business Analysis or Solution Delivery within financial services or banking.
Proven experience and domain expertise in Global Custody and Asset Servicing operations or technology platforms.
Demonstrated background in managing end-to-end solution delivery lifecycles using Waterfall or hybrid SDLC methodologies.
Hands-on familiarity with project and requirements management tools such as Jira.
Strong understanding of structured business analysis techniques, custody clearing/settlement concepts, and third-party vendor management.
Experience reviewing technical specifications, system integration designs, and solution architectures.
Strong communication skills with fluency in Cantonese; English or Mandarin proficiency is beneficial.
