IDB2609 - Senior Associate, Fintech Analyst (ICD)

To develop ICD FinTech strategy and enhance ICD internal or external processes, by analyzing the business requirements/trends and translating it to technical team to deliver Fintech solution and aligned with the core business systems.

Technology and service setup:

• Produce and analyse business cases for ICD to adopt relevant financial technologies.
• Develop solution architecture designs for ongoing mobile and financial services projects.
• Design product and solution delivery roadmap.
• Conduct analyses and insights for top fintech areas including Regtech, blockchain platform to create forward-looking strategy and roadmap.
• Apply best IT Services Management practices as per globally recognized standards such as ITIL.

Operations and Partnership Management:

• Analyse business issues and propose suitable solutions using fintech technologies to resolve them.
• Develop partnerships with fintech start-ups and strengthen the relationship with existing clients.
• Gather clients’ FinTech requirements to form a complete Fintech solutions proposal.
• Implement Fintech projects/initiatives internally and externally according to the approved roadmap and budget.
• Implementation of Islamic core banking systems.
• Develop and implement Islamic finance products and services.
• Design, Perform and Maintain continual development model for all FinTech related projects while considering the Four Dimensions.
• Prepare, Design, and Evaluate Services Level Agreements (SLAs).

Knowledge Management:

• Develop and compile a roadmap for the adoption of future technologies for digital transformation capitalizing on fintech technologies such as blockchain, AI and machine learning.
•  Participate and support Fintech events and hackathons.
• Participate in conducting financial products research using Blockchain, Bigdata. AI and machine learning platforms.
• Coordinate training to clients on Fintech projects.

• At least 3 years of experience in Information Technology with focus on FinTech/with FinTech exposure.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT / Computer Science or any relevant discipline is a must.
• Internationally recognized professional certification (Accredited Certificates) such as ITIL or PMP or any additional relevant qualification is a must.
• Proven experience in leading digital (mobile, web, smart apps, etc.) application development projects
• Involved or led emerging FinTech platforms and technologies such as distributed ledger technologies (i.e. blockchain), digital banking, mobile payments, tokenization, artificial intelligence (digital assistants and chatbots), etc.
• Previous experience in Application development and scripting knowledge would be an added advantage.