JC James Chen

Lead Business Analyst · 10+ years · Fortune 500

Complex asks in. Working systems out.

Ten years across Fortune 500 financial services and public-sector delivery — HSBC, IBM, Infosys, Capgemini, and most recently Wärtsilä Canada delivering for the Panama Canal Authority (ACP). I run the discovery, model the process and the data, write the stories engineers accept, then stay through UAT and steering-committee sign-off until it ships.

10+
years
delivering
$100M+
revenue
generated
1,500+
user stories
delivered
95%
faster
processing

Experience

Senior Business Analyst / Project Manager

Aug 2025 — Mar 2026

Wärtsilä Canada

  • BA / PM / Product Lead hybrid on a $2M digital product for the Panama Canal Authority (ACP); produced the governance backbone — project charter, delivery Gantt, master data templates and data dictionary.
  • Worked directly with ACP government stakeholders across departments; ran a week-long on-site workshop overseas as trusted advisor and chaired Steering Committee meetings.
  • Contributed to data model design, API mapping and system architecture discussions, holding the line between business intent and engineering constraints.
  • Coordinated engineering, UX, data science and legal; ran UAT with QA and real users on every release.

IT Business Analyst

Oct 2023 — Jul 2025

Synic Software

  • Ran requirement discovery with clients to define business needs and expected outcomes.
  • Delivered product walkthroughs pre-sales and post-development; prioritised requirements with the tech lead and development team.
  • Delivered business systems work at 100% customer satisfaction.

Lead Digital Analyst

Dec 2019 — Sep 2023

HSBC

  • Led lending value-stream programs generating $10M in revenue, cutting processing time 95% on mobile and web across UK and Singapore.
  • Translated business requirements into 500+ Jira user stories with BDD acceptance criteria; owned prioritisation through Agile ceremonies.
  • Worked shoulder-to-shoulder with designers on Design Thinking to ship UX-led financial products; contributed to architecture decisions and API feasibility.
  • Produced the SOW and secured sign-off from all parties; mentored junior analysts.

Technology Product Lead

Apr 2017 — Oct 2019

Infosys

  • Enhanced HSBC's stock trading platform against shifting business needs and market changes.
  • Data analysis in MDX and SQL; contributed to data model design.

Application Consultant

Dec 2015 — Mar 2017

IBM

  • Requirements analysis for Suncorp's insurance systems, working directly with developers on clarification and solution advice. Project recognised as Agile Star.

Tech Support Analyst

Jul 2012 — Nov 2015

Capgemini

  • Global technical support for Nomura, Deutsche Bank and HSBC; Unix, SQL and IT service management inside a financial-services environment.

Key Engagements

Lending Transformation

Led value-stream programs across UK and Singapore: credit card and lending processes rebuilt for mobile and web, with full requirement traceability.

RequirementsBDDSAFe
$10M revenue · 95% faster

Panama Canal Authority (ACP)

Governance from zero for a government client: charter, Gantt, master data templates, data dictionary — plus a week-long on-site workshop with ACP stakeholders overseas.

DiscoveryData modelUAT
$2M program

Stock Trading Platform

Enhanced HSBC's trading platform against business and market change; MDX and SQL analysis feeding data model decisions.

Data analysisMDXSQL
HSBC · 5+ years

Insurance Systems

Requirements analysis for Suncorp's insurance systems at IBM, working hand-in-hand with developers through to solution advice.

InsuranceAgile
Agile Star award

Background

Education

Bachelor's, Business Administration
Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics · 2010–2012

College Diploma, Business
Zhejiang Business College · 2007–2010

French
L'Alliance Française · 2020–2023

Where I'm strongest

Discovery in rooms where departments disagree · requirements engineers accept without a second meeting · steering-committee updates that need no translation · keeping scope honest when dates tighten.