Hello,
I hope you are doing well,
I'm Shikha Dixit, a Lead Recruiter at Siri Info Solutions. I have an Urgent position as a "Business Analyst" with our client, Boston, MA (5-day onsite).
Role: Business Analyst
Duration: 6-month contract
Location: Boston, MA (5-day onsite)
Domain knowledge of OCIO \ Privates Alts \ Hedge Fund business.
Hands-on experience with Databricks or snowflake or AI tooling is preferred.
System Exposure around State Street Systems \ ADP \ MCH \ RKS \ TruView \ FactSet \ S&P EDM \ Jacobi \ CRM Systems \ is an advantage.
PM/ BA Certification is a must-have.
Job Description:
Position Overview: A highly skilled & motivated Investments Technology Analyst with a strong background in investment management, technology, data and supporting large technology implementation projects. The role requires analysis of end-user facing data, and integration related ask for a strategic initiative of moving the client's investment business to a Global Target Operating Model (TOM) by implementing a set of vended and internally built solutions. The domain touches client, portfolio management, operations, compliance, and data solutions \ Trading \ Compliance and has a global focus.
Responsibilities:
- Perform analysis by collaborating with global stakeholders (say, Business, Global peers, vendors, technology stakeholders) to understand end user & integration needs and design the global solution with minimum regional specific solution asks.
- Write the business specifications around an application or specific function.
- Translate business requirements into technical specifications.
- Assist in solution designing that brings together the solutions of vendor partners, aligning with business requirements for internal development.
- Lead user group meetings and stakeholders' collaboration to prioritize the backlog.
- Consults with the development team on clear requirements resolve queries or issues.
- Support the testing team as needed, participate in test plan creation & execution and signing off on functionality before production releases.
- Assist in the estimation of features, products, projects and in resource budgeting.
- Prepares training materials and answers user's questions.
- Ensure compliance with relevant policies, procedures, & regulatory requirements.
- Act as a liaison to development teams operating in the region and analysts located on Mercer's regional offices as required.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, say Computer Science, Finance, or Data Analytics. Professional certifications in relevant areas (e.g., CFA) are a plus
- Strong Investment domain knowledge & experience around investment products, asset classes, & investment strategies. OCIO business knowledge is a strong plus.
- Experience working as an analyst on a large global solution initiative span across regions with multiple internal builds alongside vended interface solutions.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong attention to detail, working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with the ability to adapt to priority changes and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Strong knowledge around software development methodologies, Agile development, tools, SDLC, and technologies.
- Broad domain experience with portfolio and order management systems (e.g., Factset, CRD/State Street Alpha), Investment data warehouse solutions (e.g., Eagle), modern cloud-based data warehouses/lakes technology, BI tools, investor client reporting systems and client-facing systems.
- Experience with technologies like, cloud-based data warehouse/lake platforms, such as AWS data technologies, Databricks, and Snowflake platforms, is a plus.
- Knowledge of BI tools (e.g., Qlik) a strong plus and designing data solutions for ease of use by BI platforms to enable data self-service is a strong plus.
- Proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases
- Experience in projects that involved the use AI is plus.
- Lean process analysis skills are a plus.
- Experience in PowerPoint, Visio, Excel, Word.
Best Regards,
Shikha Dixit| Email: or
Lead Recruiter
Siri InfoSolutions Inc, 3 Ethel Rd, Suite # 302, Edison NJ 08817.