Business Analyst

Overview

On Site
70.18/hr - 75/hr
Full Time

Skills

Time management
Acceptance testing
Process Definition Documents
Software development
Finance
Mutual funds
Portfolio management
Multitasking
Test plans
Automated testing
End-user training
Virtual team
Analytical skill
Business requirements
Use cases
Business process
UI
Application development
Web applications
Web services
Cloud computing
User experience
Release notes
User stories
Operations
Communication
Presentations
Agile
Software development methodology
Facilitation
Interviewing
Specification
Wireframe
Data
AngularJS
React.js
JSON
XML
NoSQL
Database
Kubernetes
Prototyping
UPS
Planning
Management
Documentation

Job Details

Our client is looking for full-time Business Analyst. This role will be onsite in either San Francisco, CA or New York, NY.

Contract Duration: 8 Months

Required Skills & Experience
5- 7 years experience as Product Manager and/or Business Analyst on software development projects
Financial domain knowledge/experience preferably in the space of ETFs, mutual funds, portfolio management or trade operations
Strong interpersonal skills and verbal/written communication skills
Strong project and time management skills
Strong ability to build effective working relationships across various levels
Ability to set and maintain priorities in a multi-task environment
Ability to handle pressure and changes effectively
Experience executing test plans and coordinating automated testing
Experience in product demos, presentations and user training
Experience working in a globally, distributed team
Experience working in Agile SDLC
Excellent business judgment and strong analytical skills, with ability to identify issues and solutions

Required technical skills include:
Experience facilitating business discovery workshops and interviewing end-users
Demonstrated ability to write high-level business requirements
Demonstrated ability to write functional specifications: including use cases, business process diagrams, user interface wireframes and data dictionaries
Demonstrated ability to write and execute user-acceptance test plans and cases
Experience working on projects with modern application development (e.g. Web applications using Angular/React, Web Services, APIs, JSON/XML, NoSQL Databases, Kubernetes, Cloud Technology)
Experience with UI/UX design/prototyping is a distinct advantage

What You Will Be Doing
Daily Responsibilities
  • Analyze business processes/requirements and developing specifications for both near and longer-term solutions
  • Attending key Agile development rituals such as stand-ups, grooming, planning, demos and retrospectives
  • Coordinating with users and development teams to perform user acceptance tests
  • Conduct product demos, presentations and user training
  • Oversee the creation of key artifacts critical to the delivery of excellent software products:
    - Business requirements
    - Process definition documents
    - Functional specifications
    - Data definition documents
    - Product release notes
    - User journey maps
    - Use cases, user stories
    - User-acceptance test plans and cases

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