Business Analysis Senior Associate

The impact you will have in this role

The main purpose of this role is to collaborate with other functional representatives on an Agile delivery team to build data products that end-users highly value, are consistent with the architecture design, and satisfy strategic and business objectives. The Senior Business Analyst will lead product design discovery on data projects, engage with the Product Owner and user/user proxies to slice and translate requirements into valuable offerings and drive the delivery of high-quality solutions.

What You''ll Do:

• Actively participates with other members of the delivery team (Product Manager, Product Owners, Information Architects, UX Designers, Mid-Tier Dev, UI Dev, QA Analysts and other BAs) to build solutions that meet business needs in an Agile setting (i.e., scrum ceremonies, collocated team, etc.).
• Support requirements gathering, drafting of functional/non-functional specifications, workflows, etc.; participate in reviews of business requirements, technical requirements, etc.
• Work cross-departmentally on data-driven strategies that improve business processes and decision-making
• Interpret key business data sets and use data to deliver insights on potential areas of growth, optimization, and improvements
• Assist in procedural and code documentation for assigned data projects, creating technical specifications and process flows.
• Works with the team to decompose requirements into stories, uncover associated workflows, data and business rules as well as define acceptance criteria based on real world scenarios.
• Lead, coordinate, or participate in assignments related to research, intelligence gathering, market studies new technology analysis and process optimization, stays abreast with emerging technology opportunities and disruptions.
• Analyzes enhancement requests and bugs to determine solutions that do not negatively affect other product features.
• Conducts design walkthroughs, demos and functionality feedback sessions with internal and external customers.
• Champions a culture of dedication, partnership, problem solving, and continuous improvement.
• Moves project forward by stepping into other functional roles (testing, iteration management, etc.), when applicable.
• Partners with internal customers such as Integration, the Client-Facing Documentation Team and the Client Support Team on operational readiness activities by sharing domain expertise on features and functions and uncovering operational requirements.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor''s degree preferred or equivalent experience.

Talents Needed for Success:

• Minimum of 5 years Business Analysis/Solution Design/Software Development experience.
• Knowledge of institutional trade processing (including Electronic Trade Confirmation, Matching, Straight Through Processing (STP), and current industry initiatives).
• Snowflake understanding and query writing capability
• Data Analysis and hands on AI tools usage
• Knowledge of Data Engineering/Infrastructure & Data Modeling.
• Familiarity working with cloud hosting solutions.
• Understanding of Data Ingestion, Transformation and Analytics.
• Data Mapping & Data Reporting/Review: making sure the data is there and readily available/structured appropriately to support the business requirements.
• Experience with Sell Side (Broker), Buy Side (IM), and Custodian middle-office post-trade processing.
• Experience with APIs and technical messaging XML, JSON, etc.
• Experience in Agile/scrum methodology, including defining a minimal viable product, and exposure to other software development methodologies.
• Experience in or knowledge of FinTech technologies (e.g. Various Application Development Languages, Infrastructure / Architecture environments, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics) is a strong plus.