FX and Commodity Hedging Solutions Business Analyst

About the Role
We are looking for a skilled FX and Commodity Hedging Solutions Business Analyst to join our Qatar operations. The ideal candidate will be responsible for gathering business requirements, solution design, product implementation, and change delivery within the realms of Treasury, Global Markets, FX, Commodity, and Capital Markets initiatives. This role requires a strong understanding of financial products, coupled with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills to navigate complex environments across different regions.

Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university, preferably in Finance, Banking, Economics, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Technology, Financial Engineering, or a related field.
• A master’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Financial Engineering, or a related discipline is preferred.
• Professional certifications in Business Analysis, Financial Markets, Risk Management, Treasury, or Project Management (e.g., CBAP, PMI-PBA, CFA, FRM, ACI, Agile) are advantageous.
• Minimum of 7 years relevant experience, preferably in a highly rated international bank, with exposure to Business Analysis, Product Management, or Banking Transformation.
• Experience supporting FX, Commodity, Treasury, Derivative, Structured Product, or Capital Markets initiatives preferred.
• Proficiency in business requirements gathering, process mapping, solution design, product implementation, testing, and change delivery.
• Familiarity with trading platforms, treasury systems, digital channels, and capital markets processes is advantageous.
• Experience with multi-market, legal entities, or business functions preferred.

Required Special Skills

• Exceptional oral and written communication skills in English; fluency in Arabic preferred.
• Strong interpersonal, facilitation, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Comprehensive understanding of FX, Commodity, Derivative, Structured Product, and corporate risk management solutions.
• Knowledge of the hedging lifecycle, trading processes, treasury operations, and front-to-back transaction workflows.
• Familiarity with laws, regulations, market practices, risk principles, and control requirements.
• Strong business analysis skills: requirements elicitation, documentation (BRD/BRS), validation, prioritization, and traceability.
• Proficiency in process mapping, gap analysis, operating-model design, user-story development, and acceptance-criteria definition.
• Experience in supporting product development, platform implementation, systems integration, user acceptance testing, and business readiness.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret product, client, transaction, revenue, and operational data.
• Capability to develop dashboards, management reports, business cases, and decision-support materials.
• Understanding of automation, digitization, data management, and process optimization principles.
• Proven decision-making skills and the ability to follow through with initiatives within delegated authority.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills, effectively collaborating across business, risk, operations, technology, and control functions.
• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of management.
• Flexibility to operate across Qatar, Turkey, and Egypt within diverse, cross-functional teams.
• Personal integrity, accountability, attention to detail, and effective self-management.
• Strong planning, organizing, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Results-oriented, capable of managing priorities, dependencies, risks, and deadlines.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and relevant business-analysis, process-mapping, reporting, and data-visualization tools.

Joining Time Frame
The ideal candidate will be able to join within a maximum time frame of 2 weeks to 1 month.