- Company Name
- Crédit Agricole CIB
- Job Title
- Business Analyst - Risque de Contrepartie & CVA H/F
- Job Description
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**Job Title**
Business Analyst – Counterparty Risk & CVA
**Role Summary**
Business analyst within the Capital Markets IT (CMI) department of Global IT, supporting the Counterparty Risk division. Responsible for gathering and analyzing business requirements, drafting functional specifications, designing test strategies, supporting developers, executing BA‑level tests, assisting User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and producing documentation to enable knowledge transfer for QA and other stakeholders.
**Expectations**
- Participate in scoping of new features, including effort estimation, impact analysis, and planning.
- Produce clear, detailed functional and technical specifications.
- Design and maintain comprehensive test strategies and test plans.
- Collaborate closely with development teams to ensure correct implementation.
- Conduct Business Analyst testing, support UAT, and enrich non‑regulatory test campaigns.
- Create concise documentation to facilitate QA onboarding and ongoing maintenance.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Define and document business requirements for counterparty risk and CVA applications.
- Perform cost/benefit analysis and impact assessments for proposed changes.
- Write and validate detailed functional specifications and user stories.
- Develop test cases, test data, and execution scripts for system and regression testing.
- Coordinate with developers, QA, and risk users to resolve issues and validate solutions.
- Support UAT activities, including test execution, defect tracking, and sign‑off.
- Maintain and update knowledge‑base documents, user guides, and release notes.
- Contribute to large‑scale system modernization projects and platform enhancements.
**Required Skills**
- Strong business analysis and requirements‑gathering skills.
- Good understanding of counterparty risk, XVA, CVA, and related financial concepts.
- Experience with test design, execution, and documentation (e.g., test plans, scripts).
- Ability to communicate complex technical information to non‑technical stakeholders.
- Proficiency in SQL or data‑query tools and familiarity with risk‑management systems.
- Agile/Scrum methodology experience preferred.
- Fluency in English (written and spoken); French is a plus.
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Professional certification such as CBAP, PMI‑PBA, CFA, FRM, or equivalent is advantageous but not mandatory.