Murat Bizhanov
@muratbizhanov
Lead/Senior Business & System Analysis experienced in fintech, banking, and telecom
What I'm looking for
I’m a Head/Lead/Senior Business and System Analysis professional with 17+ years overall experience and 7+ years in IT across fintech, banking, telecom, and product environments. I bring hands-on system analysis depth plus leadership that helps organizations build scalable analysis capabilities.
I’ve built and led Business/System Analysis competency centers in large transformation environments, managing teams of 20+, 30+, and 70+ specialists. I focus on improving collaboration between business and engineering through stronger requirement management, delivery alignment, and repeatable ways of working.
From retail loans and digital banking to payment products and telecom-fintech delivery, I lead cross-functional initiatives across business, product, engineering, and delivery. My strengths are shaping delivery processes, driving complex initiatives, and scaling analysis and engineering functions while mentoring teams and strengthening organizational scalability.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Head of business & system analysis
red_mad_robot Asia (Zaman Bank project)
Jun 2025 - Apr 2026 (10 months)
- Product development: retail loans, BNPL, payments and transfers, AML, collection and CRM
- Requirements modeling and coordination, design and coordination of architectural and integration solutions (BPMN, PlantUML sequence, C4, FR/NFR, Golang stack, SOAP, REST, gRPC, Kafka, Android & iOS native, Flutter)
- Managed a Fullstack BA/SA Competency Center of 30+ business and system analysts
Head of engineering
Sergek Group
Jul 2024 - Jul 2025 (1 year)
- Systems analysis in the Core team (NestJS, Golang, Web React stack)
- Managed all engineering IT competency centers with 70+ employees
- Managed the technical roadmap and hiring processes, OKRs, and cascading goals
- Implemented individual development methods and processes for department employees, conducted a team hard-skills assessment within 1.5 months
System Analysis Course Instructor
Sergek Academy
Jul 2024 - Mar 2025 (8 months)
Created and conducted a System Analyst course. Supported participants through mentoring and competency-focused instruction.
Head of business and system analysis
red_mad_robot CA
Aug 2022 - Jun 2024 (1 year 10 months)
- Outsource turnkey product development: Homecredit Business SME Bank, GovTech for a top-5 SME bank in Kazakhstan , IT audit for a bank in Uzbekistan
- Product vision, collection, modeling of requirements and accounting models, design and coordination of technical solutions (BPMN, UML sequence/class, FR/NFR, C4, SOAP, REST, gRPC, Java stack, Flutter for Android/iOS)
- Led a team of 30+ analysts
Chief system analyst
ООО «ТЕХНОС-К»
Apr 2022 - Jul 2022 (3 months)
- Worked as a System Analyst in the Alfa-Bank Russia delivery context through an outstaff model
- Participated in analysis and solution design within a banking team, focusing on system requirements and collaboration with delivery stakeholders
- Contributed hands-on system analysis expertise in a complex financial services environment
Product owner of B2C app payments
АО «First Heartland Jusan Bank»
Nov 2021 - Apr 2022 (5 months)
- Managed retail payment services (payments in the Jusan B2C app, white-label BaaS OGO Bank for Kcell, MVNO Jusan mobile)
- Worked at the intersection of business, product, and IT, developing payment services and related processes
Lead system analyst (financial services)
Kcell JSC
Apr 2019 - Nov 2021 (2 years 7 months)
- Went from junior to team lead of 3 analysts
- Launched OGO Bank (Card, Deposit, Credit), mVisa QR payments, Apple & Google DCB
- Transitioned the team to remote work with the onset of COVID-19, conducted training for 200+ employees
Product owner of Value-Added-Services
Tele2 Kazakhstan
Nov 2017 - Jun 2018 (7 months)
- Responsible for the portfolio and revenue of VAS products, working with business and IT
- Increased service revenue by 70% while optimizing the portfolio by 50%
Product owner of Value-Added-Services
Kcell АО
Jun 2014 - Nov 2017 (3 years 5 months)
- Worked at the intersection of business and technology
- Launched first in Kazakhstan Big Data mobile marketing platform
- Launched several new VAS services with a turnover of over 1 billion KZT per year
- Managed the quality and logistics departments
- Completed construction works at the Atyrau Oil Pumping Station (OPS) facility with the state commission
- Monitored and accepted works (SCS, telephony, OTN, DWDM, SCADA)
- Managed materials and documentation on the project
Senior Specialist
Kcell JSC
Mar 2008 - Jul 2013 (5 years 4 months)
Started as a technical support engineer (2008-2011), ended as a senior quality control specialist in sales logistics (2011-2013):
- Managed B2C products quality (SIM cards, phones, modems and routers, scratch cards)
- Worked on preventing product fraud
- Conducted business training for 70+ employees
- Provided L2 technical support for clients and L1/L2 technical support for dealers
Logist (Seasonal)
Sitka Sound Seafoods Inc.
Jun 2007 - Sep 2007 (3 months)
Served as a logistician for international product shipments. Performed seafood processing, packaging, and international logistics activities.
Responsibilities:
- Network maintenance (DSL, DSLAM, ISDN);
- Connection and customer support.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Almaty University of Power Engineering and Telecommunications
Engineer, Multichannel telecommunication systems
2003 - 2008
Learned the basics of telecommunications. At the same time worked at local carrier extending knowledges and practice. Graduated with average mark 4,4 of 5.
Gymnasium #3 of Pavlodar
Mathematics
2000 - 2003
Gymnasium for gifted children. Profound study of mathematics
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Google Tag Manager
Postman
OpenAPI
Insomnia REST Client
OpenAPI Specification
GitHub
GitLab
Flutter
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Node.js
Jira
React
JavaScript
HTML5
Java
PHP
JSON
XML
Grafana
Kibana
Ubuntu
Linux
iOS
macOS
Windows
Android OS
Fedora
Windows 10
Microsoft Office 365
Confluence
GraphQL
gRPC
OpenSSL
Protobuf
Windows Terminal
Git
Docker
SQL
SoapUI
OpenAI API
Android
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Salary expectations
Social media
Job categories
Skills
Interested in hiring Murat?
You can contact Murat and 90k+ other talented remote workers on Himalayas.
Message MuratGet matched with your dream remote job
Sign up now and join over 250,000+ remote workers who receive personalized job alerts, curated job matches, and more for free!
