Business Analyst - Banking & Financial Services

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has a client that is seeking a Business Analyst - Banking & Financial Services in New York, NY.

Summary:
We are seeking a Business Analyst to support strategic initiatives across customer onboarding, account origination, and servicing functions. This individual will work closely with business stakeholders, product owners, and technology teams to gather requirements, create user stories, and provide support throughout design, development, testing, and implementation activities. The ideal candidate will possess strong business analysis experience within financial services or other complex business environments and have expertise translating business needs into actionable requirements in an Agile setting.

Responsibilities:
* Facilitate requirements gathering sessions with business and technical stakeholders
* Document business processes, functional requirements, and user stories
* Develop acceptance criteria and support backlog management activities
* Partner with product, operations, and development teams to clarify requirements
* Support process design, solution development, testing, and implementation efforts
* Participate in user acceptance testing (UAT), defect resolution, and production readiness activities
* Analyze current-state and future-state processes and identify opportunities for improvement
* Ensure solutions align with business objectives and operational requirements

REQUIREMENTS:
* 5+ years of Business Analyst experience
* Strong experience gathering and documenting business and functional requirements
* Experience supporting software development lifecycle (SDLC) projects
* Experience supporting testing, UAT, and implementation activities
* Strong process mapping and business process improvement skills
* Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
* Proven ability to create user stories and acceptance criteria in Agile environments
* Banking, financial services, or enterprise operations experience preferred

Preferred Qualifications:
* Experience supporting customer onboarding, account origination, or servicing functions
* Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps
* Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
* Ability to work effectively across business, operations, and technology teams

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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