Application Analyst (Banking)

Application Analyst

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage and support a portfolio of business and regulatory applications, ensuring system availability, stability, and compliance with service level agreements (SLAs).
• Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, technology teams, and vendors to support application-related initiatives and issue resolution.
• Coordinate application onboarding, upgrades, enhancements, and change implementations, including planning, resource allocation, testing, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Monitor and govern application performance, operational risks, policies, and compliance requirements.
• Manage incidents, service requests, and production support activities, ensuring timely resolution and minimal business disruption.
• Coordinate resources across multiple regions and time zones to support daily operations and project deliverables.
• Prepare management reports, operational metrics, status updates, and governance documentation for senior stakeholders.
• Provide application support to regional users across Asia-Pacific markets.
• Maintain application inventories, asset records, and lifecycle management documentation.
• Support procurement activities, vendor coordination, and equipment lifecycle management processes.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• Experience in application analysis and support, production support, application management within a banking or financial services environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to work across business and technology teams.
• Experience in incident management, change management, UAT coordination, and service delivery processes.
• Knowledge of IT governance, SLA management, risk controls, and operational support frameworks.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and work effectively across different time zones.
• Proficient in reporting, documentation, and Microsoft Office applications.