Transformation Migration Analyst

About The Role This position requires the successful candidate to work on a W2 directly with FDM. We cannot accept C2C, 1099 or employment sponsorship (e.g. H1-B) for this position. FDM is a global business and technology consultancy delivering client and industry driven solutions through our 5 core specialist Practices; Software Engineering, Data & Analytics, IT Operations, Change & Transformation, and Risk, Regulation & Compliance. FDM is seeking a Transformation Migration Analyst located in Whippany, NJ OR Wilmington, DE to support a project in the financial sector. Involvement in this project is anticipated to last initially 1 year but may be extended. This role will be hybrid with requirements to be in office 2 days per week. The role holder will work with the technology teams, business stakeholders, operations users, controls team, Migration Technology Team, UAT test manager and all other stakeholders to plan, manage & execute the system/process changes including business analysis, current vs future gap analysis, requirements documentation, process/procedure updates and test scripts creation and execution for Wholesale Lending migration to Loan IQ platform. Key Accountabilities • The role holder will run a Migration Pod and drive execution on data migration, risk & control, training and business process alignment for both short term (interim) changes and for long term (strategic) changes. The role holder will need to work in tandem with the Wholesale Lending Servicing and Facility Capture teams, along with the technology teams, to ensure the data in the current lending platform (ACBS) is compatible and ready to migrate to the future Lending platform (Loan IQ.) They will need to take the lead on all test migrations, dry run activities, and migration go live. • The role holder will manage the recognition of pre and post migration data and identify the resolution for discrepancies. Proactively use the reconciliation to improve the data quality for future migrations. • The role holder will liaise with all stakeholders including tech/ops partners and drive the data clean-up activities as well as process optimization/automation opportunities. The role holder will ensure proper review and sign off of project artefacts are completed, signed off and stored. • The role holder will liaise with Stakeholders and be an integral part of the go to team for systems, process & automation change in Wholesale Lending Operations, facilitating & giving recommendations on migration execution, sign off from stakeholders on various future state design decisions and Go/No Go decisions. • The role holder will support systems implementation and execution into BAU and be on site in the business area to provide support, guidance & issues escalation – liaising with Technology & Business areas involved. • Liaising with Stakeholders and being an integral part of the go to team for strategic change in Wholesale Lending Operations • The role holder would ensure continuous improvement is central to the delivery of Operational Readiness taking feedback from workstream leads and stakeholders and applying this to delivery plans. • The role holder will communicate professionally, clearly and confidently to a global audience and support the creation of presentation materials in Transformation team and Project meetings. • The role holder will be able to extract and interpret data and turn into a presentable format for their own presentations and as part of the deliveries of other key stakeholders • The role holder will co-manage the migration deliverables for the offshore team • The role holder will have strong organizational skills and be able to manage and prioritize their workloads to be able to meet deadlines. • The role holder will undertake other duties that may reasonably be required in order to meet the objectives of Wholesale Lending Operations. Stakeholder Management and Leadership • The role holder will lead a migration pod ensuring that the scope is effectively managed and lead on the dry-run and actual migrations. The role holder will also act as a contributor within other migration workstreams. • The role holder will work with various stakeholders and tech partners to ensure change is implemented smoothly e.g. work with other Migration leads to gain buy-in to migration testing requirements, timelines, and testing delivery plans. • The role holder will update key stakeholders across the Business • The role holder will maintain awareness of business process change throughout the project execution phase. • The role holder will provide regular updates to enable the tracking & reporting progress on/understanding the impact of systems & automation changes, migration testing requirements on those processes and areas of the Business affected by that change, e.g. agreeing with Business Owners any additional training or workarounds identified during migration testing. Decision-making and Problem Solving • The role holder will work with other Pod leads and contributors to identify and communicate resolution for discrepancies identified in the migration • Prepare with full engagement of stakeholders bespoke testing scenarios, scripts, frameworks, procedures, management Information & present –including as appropriate project documentation. To inform testing and process design strategy on key Projects & automation & ensure all deliverables are fully tested to appropriate level of business risk. • Understand the impact of planned initiatives, deployment schedules & time lines on those processes and the business areas that use them – ensure all business scenarios are then integrated into all project documentation, procedures and testing scripts and User test / Live proved accordingly, securing Business, Controls & stakeholder Go/No Go sign off. • Ensure that the business understands the impact of the change, the required testing regime, is able to accommodate and will derive the intended benefit of, planned changes. Risk and Control Objective • Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards. About You The ideal candidate will have previous experience of rolling out strategic and tactical change across a large organization, understand of testing framework delivery & have a good knowledge of Corporate and IB loan products and their attributes and should be familiar with key IT/ systems. They will be enthusiastic, have excellent communication, technology and organizational skills and the ability to adapt their approach to the needs of the audience as needed. The ideal candidate will have an understanding of the migration framework delivery & have a knowledge of Corporate and IB loan products and their attributes and should be familiar with key IT/ systems. Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications: • Minimum 4-7 years of Hands on experience of the ACBS application within Corporate and IB Lending Operations team. • Minimum 4 - 7 Hands on experience with Finastra Fusion Loan IQ either from an operational capacity or through an implementation/upgrade project capacity in one or more of the following areas: Loan IQ configuration, business analysis, operations processes, loan servicing, syndicated lending • Proven knowledge of Corporate and IB Lending processes and procedures • Proven ability to quickly learn, understand and adapt to new systems and processes • Experience at dealing with stakeholders at all levels • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Excellent presentation skills Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications: • Project Management / Delivery experience • An understanding of the key phases of Agile and Waterfall project methodologies • Knowledge of JIRA, Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, Excel • Experience at dealing with stakeholders at all levels • Lending /Servicing knowledge across all debt products • Prior experience in loan operational support, including term loans, revolver, delayed draw term loans • Experience of using Agile project management would be preferred • Knowledge & experience working closely with IT, Transformation & Change area. About Us About FDM FDM is an award-winning global business and technology consultancy powering the people behind tech and innovation for over 30 years. We collaborate with world-leading companies to identify the expertise they need, exactly when they need it. We have helped successfully launch nearly 25,000 careers globally to date and are a trusted partner to over 300 companies worldwide. FDM has 2500+ employees worldwide, with over 80 nationalities working together as a team. From our origins in Brighton, UK, FDM now has 19 centers located across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific and is now on the FTSE4Good Index.