Functional Design Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Arab Emirates (UAE).

📋 Description

• Collect, analyze, and document business requirements.

• Convert business requirements into precise and effective functional designs for banking solutions.

• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, product teams, technical teams, development, testing, and project management throughout the entire project lifecycle.

• Create comprehensive Functional Requirement Documents (FRD/FSD), which include business rules, validations, exception scenarios, data requirements, and functional workflows.

• Conduct fit-gap analysis between business requirements and current or proposed banking systems.

• Establish functional requirements for integrations involving core banking, digital channels, middleware, and third-party systems.

• Develop data mappings, interface requirements, field-level validations, and functional integration scenarios.

• Ensure requirements traceability from business needs through functional design, development, System Integration Testing (SIT), and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

• Specify acceptance criteria and assist in preparing and reviewing functional test scenarios.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Over 5 years of experience in functional consulting, business analysis, functional design, or a similar role.

• Extensive experience in preparing Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Functional Requirement Documents (FRDs/FSDs), process flows, use cases, user stories, business rules, and acceptance criteria.

• Proficient in performing fit-gap analysis and transforming business requirements into actionable functional solutions.

• Experience in defining functional requirements for system integrations, APIs, interfaces, and data mappings.

• Solid understanding of banking system architectures and the interactions between core banking, channels, middleware, and third-party systems.

• Background in supporting System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) while managing requirements throughout the full implementation lifecycle.

• Excellent stakeholder management, analytical, documentation, and communication skills.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

• Flexible working arrangements and work-life balance initiatives.