Business Analyst

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Business Analyst for a contract assignment with one of our premier Investment Management services clients in New York, NY or San Francisco, CA

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

Required Skills:

• BA/BS
• 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

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 .

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