We have got a contract opportunity for BUSINESS ANALYST (DATA) with one of our clients. Detailed job description is given below
Title: BUSINESS ANALYST (DATA)
Location: New York
Duration: 9+ months
Work Mode: Hybrid (3 days in office)
Visa: Due to nature of the job, we can consider only US citizen and Green Card
Experience: Should have more than 5+ years
Extensive experience in the Financial Services Industry.
JOB PURPOSE
· Gathering, analyzing, and writing requirements, data analysis, report creation, creating trade/system flow diagrams, PowerPoints, as well as assisting with project delivery of in-house/vendor application implementation.
· Work with cross-functional teams to understand the business to apply effective technical solutions for different work streams.
RESPONSIBILITIES
· Business and data analysis for strategic projects and enhancements across financial products and reporting.
· Work closely with business/users, other entities/departments, and vendors to identify, assess, and document requirements.
· Gather and analyse business requirements to transform and deliver client business needs into system solutions.
· Facilitate daily/weekly Developer scrums, sprint planning sessions, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
· Support agile activities, including user story creation, acceptance criteria definition, product backlog grooming, and identifying key dependencies and risks.
· Lead new projects from inception through go live, managing the project lifecycle across authoring Project Initiation Documents/Business Requirements Documents, Status Reports, leading Front to Back UAT across Users/Developers
KEY COMPETENCIES
· Extensive experience in the Financial Services Industry.
· Excellent attention to detail in project management and business/data analysis.
· Strong analytical skills to solve business problems using data.
· Excellent communication/writing skill, ability to present complex information and write functional/technical specifications and use cases.
· Ability to manage multiple tasks / projects and develop strong client relationships.
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
· Technical understanding of application design and SDLC life cycle.
· Strong communication skills and language bridging between development team and business stakeholders.
· Good understanding of finance and front/middle/back-office operations, and able to adapt quickly to business technology landscape.
· Experience presenting technical content to business users and cross-departmental audiences.
· Strong skills working with MS Excel, MS Project, MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Visio, MS Teams & SharePoint, Atlassian JIRA & Confluence