Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Reference Data Business Analyst for a contract assignment with one of our premier financial clients in New York, NY.
Responsibilities:  


* Meet with business partners to gather and rationalize business requirements

* Meet with technical infrastructure partners to gather and rationalize technical requirements

* Produce Business Requirements documents targeting Stakeholders and Sponsors

* Drive projects and issue resolution to completion

* Coordinate and communicate with multiple teams in technology and business units

* Track issues and risks

* Rationalize conflicting requirements and negotiate with various areas of the firm

* Analyze existing applications, processes, and work flows in order to identify improvements

* Produce Functional Specification targeting Development team, QA team, and infrastructure partners

Required Skills:  


* Experience in Business Process Management (BPM)

* Experience gathering requirements from a diverse group of business users and technical infrastructure partners

* Experience writing Business Requirements, Functional Specifications, and Training material

* Fluent with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), Microsoft Project, Visio, Outlook Email/Calendar, SharePoint

* At least 5-10 years of industry working experience

* Must understand the software development life cycle

* Highly motivated, self starter

* Analytical, strong trouble shooting/problem solving capabilities

* Structured, organized approach to projects; able to set and meet delivery dates

* Able to manage ambiguity and define approaches to bring issues to resolution

* Strong verbal and written communications skills across all levels of the firm

* Experience in a financial industry

Additional Skills:  


* Experience in maintaining a SharePoint collaboration site

* Understanding of the on-boarding/off-boarding and job transfers process

* Understanding of LDAP and Active Directory organizational unit structures

* Ability to understand a data model in order to write and execute SQL queries

* Previous experience as a technologist


SGA is a Certified Womans Business Enterprise (WBE) celebrating over thirty years of service to our national client base. We offer a variety of benefit options including but not limited to health & dental insurance, paid vacation, timely payment via direct deposit in addition to transferring H1B Visa sponsorship. Please inquire about our referral program if you would like to submit a candidate for any of our open or future job opportunities. To view all of our available job postings and/or to learn more about SGA please visit us online at www.sgainc.com.