Job Description
- The candidate for this position will have a solid, and proven track record working in technology projects/program preferably in the Financial Industry space.
- The Business Analyst will work with business areas, vendors, and internal IT partners to understand project scope, and translate business requirements into technology requirements.
- Understand, compare, and document current vs target state.
- Perform thorough gap analysis for meeting project target state.
- Will participate or lead integration discussions with IT counterparts and stakeholders.
- Depict desired system and data flows, document data mappings, technical requirements, and work with various stakeholders to identify enhancements, customization, or changes to each sub-system with an end-to-end system integrity and downstream impacts in mind.
- Use appropriate diagramming, and communication tools to facilitate productive conversations to reach project s objectives.
- Ensure alignment with architectural and security standards in partnership with delivery manager.
- Produce appropriate artifacts with thoroughness, associating systems with business purpose and functionality
- Support project analysis, design, build, and test phases collaborating with design, infrastructure, network, QA and various partners acting as internal SME.
- Support delivery manager with execution paperwork and ticket process as well as drive building of the execution runbook in collaboration with various partners.
- Supporting all business requirements including downstream application impacts.
- Be able to process information applying critical thinking, and breaking things down
- Thorough understanding on different technology and how that related to business outcomes.
- This position requires an outgoing, motivated, confident, and ambitious individual. In addition to technical skills, it is expected that the candidate will also possess excellent customer-facing skills (both written and verbal).
Qualifications
Required Skills
- 8yrs+, performing the role of BSA within a technology organization in either financial or tech industry.
- Conversion/M&A experience in banking is a must.
- Technical background
- Has worked and led systems analysis on complex waterfall & agile projects requiring integrations between multiple applications & engaging numerous stakeholders.
- Experience, and emphasis on technology/application/solution analysis for business requirements, flowcharts, and communication.
- Vizio flowcharting and system/process/data flow diagramming experience
- Experience in Systematics impacts, and savings time
- Experience in Credit card, home equity, lines of credit, and/or other residential product accounts.
- Experience and good understanding of flat file formats and data mapping
- Attention to detail and ability to probe/research for accuracy of facts and documentation.
- Sharp documentation and fact finding, fact checking acumen.
- Strong experience in end-to-end execution of gap analysis, conversion, and testing
- Experience with Waterfall and Software Development Lifecycle & related deliverables
- Excellent working session facilitation skills
- Experience with Agile/JIRA - Responsive, confident, and prompt communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently
- Ability to compartmentalize, and problem solving
Desired Skills
- Previous Financial Institution Experience
- Application specific experience is a plus but not exclusionary
- Developer/solution engineer/architect background