Business Analyst

Seeking a Business Analyst to work as an integral member of a lean and highly impactful 15-person team whose Head, a Managing Director, reports to the COO of a division of a large international financial institution. This front-office team is responsible for driving technology transformation in support of business growth strategy, and the BA with the right skills and drive will have an opportunity to play a critical role.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive delivery of key initiatives through disciplined and effective business analysis, data analysis, testing, and change management; projects that may include CRM, strategic data repository, data controls model and business intelligence tools
• Requirements analysis responsibilities include requirements gathering and documentation, process analysis and documentation (process flow diagrams), development of user stories and business requirements documents (BRDs), mock-ups of screens
• Perform analysis of business requirements and data elements in support regular and ad hoc management reporting
• Work with front office to define and document business requirements
• Data analysis responsibilities include business / financial analysis, reconciliations and monitoring as well as establishment of data processes and controls that promote data integrity
• Support various change management tasks including development of user documents, drafting of change communication memos, and user training
• Provide day-to-day support of business technologies to business users, by investigating and addressing questions that are routed to the support mailbox
• Perform ad hoc analysis based on management s request, including
• Analyze and identify opportunities for business process improvement and technology efficiencies
• Quality assurance responsibilities may include test planning, refinement of user stories to include clear exit criteria, test case documentation & execution, coordination of user acceptance testing (UAT), analysis of test results and summary of test results for team and management consumption

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS / EXPERIENCE
3-5 years experience in a hands-on BA capacity working on technology implementation and/or business transformation initiatives

• Extensive experience producing high-quality business requirements documents (BRDs) and working in tandem with development partners
• Highly analytical & strategic thinker who distills complex ideas & research down to what matters
• Strong business, analytical, quantitative, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Highly responsive, mature, and accountable in all aspects; a trusted partner to staff of all levels in both business and technology organizations
• Very strong skills with advance MS-Excel, SQL / VBA, PowerPoint, and tools to create mock-ups of screens / user designs
• Consistent accuracy and attention to details in work product
• Ability to plan, organize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously, with limited supervision
• Superior oral/written communication skills
• Strong drive and motivation to excel; keen to learn more and assume more responsibility
• Thrives in a diverse, multi-cultural environment
• Experience with waterfall and adaptive methodologies a plus
• BA or BS degree