Senior Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst (Finance)

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Senior Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst (Finance ) for a contract assignment with one of our premier financial services clients in lower Manhattan, NYC. Hybrid schedule 3x weekly onsite

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on high visibility projects with multiple business lines, build experience within capital markets, and make an impact in process improvement. Opportunity to effect change that produces a more efficient and controlled reporting process.

Responsibilities :

• Prepare business requirements and functional specifications to support Finance regulatory reporting system change initiatives, specifically the FR-Y15 report. Ensure they are reasonably sufficient and adequate in content, structure, and logic to provide application developers the necessary technical information to design, build and configure Axiom, or related software.
• Understand data at its source and the corresponding general ledger and data warehouse relationships.
• Manage all phases of testing, and underlying reconciliation to source data.
• Develop and implement interim solutions to address regulatory reporting issues.
• Review regulatory reporting reports against risk reporting (inter-report reconciliation) to ensure completeness, accuracy, and timeliness among other factors.
• Review system data flows and be able to identify issues and offer solutions.
• Work closely with Data Group Office to identify, and document data quality issues and offer solutions.
• Identify, analyze, and prioritize internal control issues that result in reporting weakness; conduct analysis of Axiom related issues to assess risk and determine root cause.

Required Skills:

• 10+ years financial/regulatory and/or accounting experience required.
• Understanding of business risks and internal controls.
• Knowledge of objectives and content of U.S. regulatory reporting.
• 5+ years of Experience in assessing and escalating sensitive issues, preform root cause analysis, and develop tactical and strategic preventive measures.
• 3+ years' experience with capital markets products.
• Ability to develop strong relationships and to gain the confidence of stakeholders.
• Demonstrated results in unstructured situations.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to communicate objectives and document results.

Preferred Skills:

• Familiar with Axiom application development life cycle methodologies
• Familiar with FR-Y15 reporting
  -CPA preferred

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .

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