Senior Analyst Business Systems

Senior Business Systems Analysts are seasoned professionals responsible for the evaluation of an organization s business processes and systems. Leveraging their expertise to identify and implement advanced solutions for enhanced efficiency and effectiveness. They play a key role in collaborating with stakeholders to gather complex requirements, analyze data, and create comprehensive documentation outlining advanced system specifications. Senior Analysts take a key role in facilitating communication between business users and IT teams, ensuring that high-level technology solutions align strategically with organizational goals.

Essential Functions:

• Take a lead role collaborating with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment to gather and document business requirements for software development projects.
• Mentor junior and mid-level analysts and provide technical guidance
• Analyze and translate business needs into clear and concise user stories, ensuring alignment with project goals.
• Effective communication between business stakeholders and development teams to ensure a shared understanding of project requirements.
• Conduct analysis of existing systems and processes to identify opportunities for improvement and efficiency gains.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to review story requirements and validate system functionality
• Contribute to implementations, troubleshooting issues, conducting impact analysis, and recommending solutions
• Review system enhancements with project stakeholders
• Create flow diagrams and document technical solutions
• Continuously learn and adapt to modern technologies, industry best practices, and emerging trends in business analysis and Agile methodologies.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree in a related field preferred
• 5+ years of experience as a Business Systems Analyst or equivalent technology industry background
• Proficient at identifying and solving business problems through innovative and practical solutions
• Effective communication skills to convey technical information in a clear manner to all levels
• Experienced in collecting, documenting, and managing system requirements from stakeholders
• Deep understanding of highly complex multi-platform applications and systems
• Effective communication and documentation skills to create comprehensive reports, manuals, workflows, and specifications
• Proficient at managing tasks, timelines, and resources effectively to ensure successful project delivery
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable to changes in project scope, requirements, or technological advancements
• Financial industry experience preferred
• Prior production support and troubleshooting preferred
• Experience as a QA or Developer preferred
• Expertise in other roles on an Agile Development Team, such as Quality Engineer, Software Engineer, Product Owner, or Scrum Master preferred