Business Analyst

Title: Technical Business Analyst

Location: NY(Onsite)

Duration: Long Term

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities:

Analyze business requirements to understand the business needs and determine system/application design to best meet those needs
Combine knowledge of what the business wants with knowledge of current-state system design to groom technical stories/specifications for the target-state
Serve as the primary liaison between the Business, Architecture, Development and Testing teams throughout the project life cycle
Strategize with the business for the optimization of system processes; identify efficiencies and ways to improve BAU design and system flow
Identify, assess, and document business requirements and functional/technical specifications; recommending business priorities, and advising business on options, risks, and costs
Schedule and lead requirements review & design sessions with stakeholders; gather testable system requirements and translate them into user stories
Analyze impact of proposed solution across the business and develop use cases to demonstrate the business requirements to the technology teams

Qualifications:

Minimum 4 years of hands-on experience as Business Analyst, Business Systems Analyst, System Analyst or Technical Analyst, with emphasis on technology and end-to-end implementation
Prior experience in financial / banking institutions (preferably Wealth Management) with strong markets and trading system knowledge
Excellent verbal and written skills are critical since this job primarily entails communicating information to both technical and non-technical audiences
Experience working with software or web technology teams; with experience developing specifications for Web Service and Database layers
Experience with software development methodologies and practices (SDLC, Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, etc.
Strong interpersonal skills to manage relationships with a variety of partners and stakeholders
Application development/programming experience
Business domain knowledge of investment products & experience with analyzing and implementing digital wealth management solutions
Knowledge of JIRA and Confluence (or similar tools) is a plus