Business Data Analyst - financial exp

Business Data Analyst - financial
Open to locations in Seattle, WA, New York, NY, Boston, MA, or Alpharetta, GA. - Hybrid 3 days a Week Onsite
Please put the location you are submitting to at the top of the resume.

Looking for 2 positions total to fill
1 Data Warehousing focus
1 Client Reporting focus

Manager's call notes:

• Senior Technical BA's preferably with financial services background to perform user research, deep dive analysis, business requirements, UAT testing, manage meeting
• Financial services is a must (assets and fixed income would be nice to have)
• Both are around data but one is more data analysis (if we get a request for data, have a conversation around product and go into
• Self starter, work with development teams to help figure out what solutions look like, communicating with stakeholders
• Senior- handle multiple requests at same time
• SQL is a musth have, excel, snowflake is nice to have
• Both roles are data intense but 2nd one is more about reporting (business conversations, building out end to end platforms, vendor purchase applications)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Senior Business Analyst will work with the business and technology teams on building technical products from inception through ongoing maintenance. This position will lead business and functional requirements gathering, analysis and documentation, including workflows, user stories, acceptance criteria, data mapping, data flows, assistance with user testing and where applicable, processes and procedures.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
– Communicate effectively - both verbally and written - to peers and business partners to include strong questioning and listening skills and the ability to look beyond obvious answers to understand impacts.
– Interview business counterparts to effectively draw out and articulate the business need/problem/ opportunity to be addressed. Provide scaled options for implementation based on the business need.
– Gather and analyze requirements. Organize and document business needs to enable design and development, including elicitation and documentation of current state and future state workflows, user stories, acceptance criteria, data mapping and UI wireframes.
– Lead and influence cross-functional teams.
– Facilitate and derive consensus towards the target operating model and data/business related policies
– Provide consultation to development team and product owner for business facing application enhancements.


JOB REQUIREMENTS
– Bachelor's degree required
– A minimum of 7 years of experience, and minimum of 5 years experience in Business Analysis
– Strong experience in querying, mapping and documenting data
– Demonstrated ability to articulate customized solutions to meet business requirements
– Experience working with Agile/Lean/Kanban software development processes
– Advanced skills using a variety of tools to document workflows and data mapping including but not limited to Excel and Lucid
– Understanding of analysis and documentation goals throughout the project lifecycle
– Ability to facilitate decision making through workshops
– Ability to learn quickly and work in a changing environment and under tight deadlines
– Ability to independently manage personal timelines and meet tight deadlines
– Ability to successfully manage and coordinate simultaneous project deliverables across groups and teams
– Strong experience with SQL, Excel, Lucid, Jira, Tableau, Agile