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We are seeking an experienced Senior Enterprise Transformation Analyst (Business Architecture) to join the leading banking organisation in Oman.

The successful candidate will be responsible for analysing and defining business models, organisational structures, business capabilities, value streams, and end-to-end processes. The role involves translating strategic priorities into actionable transformation initiatives, developing business cases, identifying operational improvement opportunities, and ensuring measurable business benefits are achieved.

The ideal candidate should have a strong background in business architecture, enterprise transformation, business analysis, and process optimisation, preferably within the banking or financial services industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Break down strategic business priorities into execution themes, initiatives, deliverables, and measurable outcomes.
• Conduct current-state, transition-state, and target-state analysis across business processes, capabilities, and organisational structures.
• Develop and maintain business capability maps and value-stream maps.
• Analyse business models and organisational structures, including roles, reporting lines, spans, and layers.
• Perform end-to-end process mapping, diagnostics, optimisation, and redesign.
• Apply BPMN, Lean methodologies, and process mining techniques to identify process improvement opportunities.
• Develop business cases, financial baselines, benefit calculations, and value contracts in collaboration with Finance and business stakeholders.
• Track and report benefits realisation, analyse variances, and recommend corrective actions.
• Identify opportunities for business growth, operational efficiency, automation, and capital release.
• Translate business architecture and target-state designs into clear business requirements for programme and delivery teams.
• Work closely with business owners, product owners, Finance, Technology, Enterprise Architecture, Risk, Compliance, HR, and Operations.
• Contribute to business architecture standards, documentation, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 6–8 years of relevant experience in Business Analysis, Business Architecture, Enterprise Transformation, Strategy, Process Improvement, or Management Consulting.
• Strong experience in business capability mapping and value-stream mapping.
• Hands-on experience in BPMN and end-to-end process modelling.
• Proven experience in current-state and target-state analysis.
• Experience in business case development, financial analysis, and benefits realisation.
• Knowledge of organisational design and operating model transformation.
• Strong stakeholder management, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Banking or financial services experience is highly preferred.
• Familiarity with conventional and Islamic banking products and operations is an advantage.

Preferred Professional Certifications

• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
• PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
• Certified Business Architect (CBA)
• TOGAF Business Architecture

Core Competencies

• Business Architecture & Operating Model Design
• Enterprise Transformation & Strategic Analysis
• Current-to-Target-State Assessment
• Business Process Modelling & Optimisation
• Organisational Design
• Financial Analysis & Business Case Development
• Benefits Tracking & Value Realisation
• Data Analysis (Excel, Power BI, SQL)
• Stakeholder Engagement & Workshop Facilitation
• Structured Problem Solving & Business Communication

Pay: From AED15,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person