Vice President, Senior Business Analyst

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count? Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career. Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded. A leading financial institution in Malaysia is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to play a pivotal role in their core banking transformation journey. This opportunity offers you the chance to become a trusted subject matter expert, guiding regional and Head Office teams through complex migration and modernisation programmes. You will be at the heart of business analysis, process improvement, and solution delivery, supporting both conventional and Islamic banking growth initiatives. The organisation values collaboration, knowledge sharing, and inclusive teamwork, providing an environment where your expertise will be respected and your professional development supported. If you are passionate about driving change in banking technology, enjoy working with diverse stakeholders, and thrive in a supportive setting that encourages flexible working opportunities and ongoing training, this role is designed for you. • Become a key contributor to major core banking transformation projects, influencing future application regionalisation programmes and platform migrations across the region. • Work closely with business units, technology teams, and vendors to ensure requirements are accurately translated into effective solutions while supporting both conventional and Islamic banking initiatives. • Enjoy a collaborative workplace culture that prioritises professional growth, flexible working arrangements, and continuous learning opportunities for all team members. What you'll do: As a Senior Business Analyst – Core Banking Transformation based in Malaysia, you will be instrumental in shaping the future of banking technology within the organisation. Your day-to-day responsibilities will involve acting as a trusted advisor on core banking transformation projects—guiding teams through complex migrations while ensuring that business needs are met with precision. You will work collaboratively with various stakeholders including business units, technology teams, vendors, and regional offices to facilitate requirement gathering sessions and design reviews. Your analytical skills will be put to use as you assess current processes and operating models to identify improvement opportunities. You will also lead data migration activities by conducting thorough data analysis and mapping exercises. In addition to supporting conventional banking operations, you will contribute to Islamic Banking growth initiatives by participating in product assessments and system readiness activities. Integration analysis across multiple applications will form part of your remit as you help drive rationalisation efforts. Throughout project delivery cycles you will coordinate workshops, track deliverables, manage risks/issues, provide executive reporting updates—and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. Success in this role requires a blend of technical acumen, interpersonal sensitivity, collaborative spirit—and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for all stakeholders involved. • Act as the subject matter expert for core banking transformation initiatives by providing guidance on future application regionalisation programmes and supporting implementation activities. • Support regional and Head Office teams in deploying T24 and related core banking systems, ensuring seamless integration with existing platforms. • Analyse current business processes, operating models, and banking products to facilitate successful migration to new platforms while identifying areas for improvement. • Facilitate discussions between business units, regional teams, and external vendors to ensure business requirements are clearly understood and translated into actionable solution specifications. • Review functional specifications, business requirements documents, target operating models, and implementation strategies to ensure alignment with organisational goals. • Identify opportunities for process standardisation and improvement as part of ongoing transformation initiatives within the bank. • Provide subject matter expertise on banking products, customer journeys, operational processes, and support Islamic Banking growth initiatives through solution assessment and product implementation. • Lead data discovery efforts including data analysis, source-to-target mapping activities for migration projects, data profiling, quality assessment, reconciliation analysis, and defining transformation rules. • Collaborate with technical stakeholders to validate migration strategies, conversion approaches, reconciliation processes, system migration testing, data validation, and readiness activities. • Analyse system interfaces and integration requirements across application portfolios; review technical specifications such as API requirements and interface designs; support rationalisation and consolidation efforts. What you bring: The ideal candidate for the Senior Business Analyst – Core Banking Transformation position brings substantial experience from the financial services industry—particularly in roles focused on core banking system implementations or migrations. Your background should include hands-on involvement with platforms li