Lead Business Analyst

Rockville, MD, US • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 8 hours ago
Contract W2
On-site
USD $75.00 - 78.00 per hour
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Skills

  • Capital Market
  • SQL
  • Scripting
  • Python
  • Analytical Skill
  • Data Processing
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Science
  • Project Management
  • Acceptance Testing
  • SEC
  • Reporting
  • Data Science
  • Market Analysis
  • Presentations
  • Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Data Analysis
  • Finance
  • Reverse Engineering
  • Documentation
  • Surveillance
  • Big Data
  • Management
  • Workflow
  • MEAN Stack
  • Customer Service
  • Training And Development
  • SAP BASIS

Summary

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Lead Business Analyst for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Regulatory clients in Rockville, MD.

Responsibilities :
  • Conduct moderate-to-high complexity analysis of automated surveillance systems that detect potential violations of regulatory rules.
  • Responsible for understanding, validating, enhancing, and supporting surveillance patterns across multiple asset classes and regulatory domains.
  • Serve as the bridge between regulatory requirements and the technical implementation of surveillance logic, ensuring patterns produce accurate, complete, and defensible results.
  • Actively leverage generative AI tools to accelerate analysis, documentation, and automation - serving as the domain expert who ensures regulatory accuracy and completeness of all outputs.
Required Skills :
  • Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in financial regulatory technology, surveillance systems, or capital markets data analysis
  • Proficiency in SQL for large-scale data analysis on distributed platforms
  • Proficiency in at least one scripting/programming language (Python) for data analysis, automation, and tool development
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to independently investigate data discrepancies and validate system outputs
  • Experience reading and interpreting complex data processing pipelines and business logic in source code
  • Advanced proficiency in spreadsheet tools for business and operational analysis
  • Excellent documentation skills - ability to translate complex technical implementations into clear business-facing knowledge documents and Business Requirement Documents (BRDs)
Preferred Skills :
  • Major in Business Administration, Finance, Computer Science, or related field; advanced degree preferred
  • Experience with project management and documentation tools and their APIs, and leading UAT efforts
  • Knowledge of SEC/FINRA regulatory rules and reporting requirements
  • Experience with data science efforts within financial market data (stocks, ETFs, options), and presenting findings to a wide audience
  • Experience leveraging generative AI tools (LLMs, AI coding assistants) and validating AI-generated output to accelerate data analysis, code comprehension, documentation, and automate production workflows
  • Strong interest in learning more about US financial market structure and evolving regulatory landscape
  • Experience reverse-engineering surveillance pattern source code to build comprehensive knowledge documentation
  • Familiarity with surveillance pattern architectures (exception generation, scoring, aggregation, reconciliation)
  • Experience with distributed query engines and big data platforms
  • Experience with source code management and release branch workflows
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 .

SGA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of Race, Color, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Religion, National Origin, Disability, Veteran Status, Age, Marital Status, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, or Other Legally Protected Status. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, and our services, programs, and activities. Please visit our company to request an accommodation or assistance regarding our policy.
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  • Dice Id: sgainc
  • Position Id: 26-01573
  • Posted 1 day ago

Company Info

About Software Guidance & Assistance

Founded in 1981, SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider with a national footprint and headquartered in the shadow of Wall Street. We’re a certified women-owned business. We provide contingent staffing, direct placement, and professional and managed services to transform businesses and evolve careers. We’re small enough to tailor our services to each client and big enough to deliver for some of the world’s largest employers. Our professionals are experts in areas such as IT, finance, accounting, risk, and clinical.

SGA provides contingent staffing, direct placement, and professional and managed services nationwide for Fortune 500 companies, mid-size businesses and select startups.

Our core skillsets include all areas of technology – business & data analysis, cyber & network security, database administration, development & architecture, infrastructure, program & project management, quality assurance & testing. We also deliver talent across professional business functions such as finance, accounting, risk, and clinical.

Our Professional & Managed Services team delivers IT projects through onshore, offshore and hybrid delivery models. We develop software products, modernize applications, add features, and integrate and maintain systems. Our scope covers, among others, complex application suites, data management and visualizations, machine learning and mobile applications.

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