Senior Financial Services Analyst

Job Title:- Sr. Financial Services Analyst

Duration: 12 Month Contract

Location: Washington, DC (hybrid 1 day per week in office)

Interview Process: Virtual

Job Description ::

Responsibilities and Duties Financial Process Analysis & Support

• Lead analysis and documentation of accounting, settlement, payments, trading lifecycle, and collateral workflows.
• Perform detailed analysis of financial data, system behavior, and operational processes to identify issues, trends, and improvement opportunities.
• Review and validate transaction bookings, data flows, and financial events across systems.
• Partner with Operations and Treasury teams to resolve settlement breaks, payment discrepancies, and trade exceptions.
• Support accounting and reporting teams by ensuring accurate GL flows, reconciliations, and financial data alignment.

Requirements Gathering & Solution Design

• Conduct end to end requirements gathering for system enhancements, integrations, and new financial capabilities.
• Translate business needs into functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead and facilitate working sessions, workshops, and cross functional discussions to drive alignment, clarify requirements, and support decision making.
• Develop and maintain process flow documentation, including current state and future state workflows, data mappings, and control points.
• Create test cases, test scripts, and validation scenarios to ensure system changes meet business and control requirements.
• Support testing efforts including test planning, test execution, and defect management. Data Integrity, Reporting & Controls
• Work with data teams to resolve gaps between trade capture systems, data warehouses, and reporting platforms.
• Investigate data inconsistencies related to static data, cashflows, pricing, and market data feeds.
• Support issues month end close activities including validation of rates, factors, schedules, and system configurations. Process Improvement, Systems Development & Audit Support Participate in system upgrades, new platform implementations, and process automation initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, enhance controls, and improve data quality.
• Collaborate with Internal Audit and Risk teams to support control testing and documentation.
• Assist with onboarding new financial products, legal entities, and system configurations.

Desired Skills and Qualifications Financial Domain Expertise

• Strong understanding of securities trading and settlement processes (cash, securities, derivatives).
• Experience with domestic and cross border payments.
• Knowledge of trading lifecycle events, confirmations, clearing, and reconciliation.
• Familiarity with collateral management, margining, and eligibility rules.
• Solid grounding in accounting principles, journal entries, and financial reporting.
• Strong understanding of data lineage, data quality controls, and financial data governance.
• Ability to analyze cashflows, funding needs, intraday liquidity, and bank account activity to support Treasury and Treasury Management.
• Ability to interpret and validate bank reporting, payment files, settlement instructions, and cash movement data.
• Experience with financial systems such as Calypso, FIS Integrity, eWire, and ACH Tracker or similar platforms is a plus.
• Ability to perform data analytics to identify trends, anomalies, and root causes across financial datasets.
• Familiarity with reporting and analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, or similar) is a plus. Professional Competencies
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex concepts for diverse audiences.
• Strong problem solving mindset and ability to work independently.
• High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast paced environment.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 5 years or more of experience in financial services, banking, capital markets, or a similar environment.
• Demonstrated experience working with settlement, payments, trading lifecycle events, collateral management, accounting processes, and financial reporting.
• Prior experience supporting financial systems, data integrations, or process automation initiatives.
• Experience collaborating with cross functional teams including Finance, Operations, Technology, and Risk.

Tarun Gupta

Senior Technical Recruiter

Virisha LLC

Phone: +1 ext 105

Address: 600 N Broad Street Suite 5 #269, Middletown, DE 19709 |