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ID #12257146
State New York
City New york city
Job type Contract
Salary USD Market Market
Source Software Management Consultants, Inc.
Showed 2021-04-15
Date 2021-04-14
Deadline 2021-06-13
Category Et cetera
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Business Analyst - Wealth or Portfolio Management, Agile

New York, New york city, 10001 New york city USA

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Job Description: Under general supervision, uses specialized knowledge and skills obtained through education, experience and/or, specialized training to serve as a liaison between the business community and the IT organization in order to provide solutions to meet user needs. Provides business analysis support for moderately complex applications, including analyzing and documenting business processes and translating user requirements to software development teams. May train or lead the work of others. Leads projects of moderate scope and complexity Guidance is provided to perform varied work that is frequently difficult in character requiring some evaluation, originality and ingenuity to make moderately complex decisions. Resolves or recommends solutions to moderately complex problems. Extensive contact with internal customers is required to identify, research, and resolve problems.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Adheres to established standards and maintains currency in business analysis practices, procedures and techniques.
Consults with users to identify, analyze, refine and document business requirements.
Develops conceptual design documents, including project definition, alternative solutions, scope of work, functional specifications, and logical skeletons for new systems. May prepare project proposals and project plans. Reviews operational procedures and methods; maps current business processes; defines and analyzes business activities; identifies best practices; and recommends improvements.
Serves as a liaison between end users and software development teams, including functioning as a subject matter expert (SME) in translating requirements to software development teams.
Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Top Skills:
Wealth management experience
Technical knowledge a lot of times BAs interact only with the business teams. For this role, they interact mainly with the product and tech teams, and less so with the business teams. Thus, the BA should be able to understand and interact with the technical team. The expectation is not for them to be developers, but understand tech concepts (or at least be able to talk about it)
Basic SQL skills is required
Behavior Driven Design (BDD) experience preferred
Attention to detail this is critical. Must have strong attention to detail, be good listeners and notice the details.
Knowledge of the software development lifecycle would be helpful.
Any experience with APIs is a huge plus.

Experience & Knowledge:
6+ years of overall experience
Functional, operational and technical requirements of assigned project(s)
Concepts of risk management, issue tracking, change management and requirements gathering.
Concepts, practices and procedures analyzing business processes.
Investment concepts, practices and procedures used in the securities industry.
The use of technology in business.
The relationship between IT and business.
More detailed awareness of the business context of a technical solution, including specific business goals associated with the project, how the project will meet the goals, and their own part in advancing the goals.

Skills:
Business Analysis tools: Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), Software Engineering Methodology (SEM) process, Change Management, Project Management tools (MS Project), basic database query language usage, time tracking tools, Use Case / UML, advanced quality assurance (QA) tool usage for test case development, execution, and defect tracking/issue tracking software.
Developing conceptual design documents, including devising logical skeletons for new systems.

Abilities:
Ask pointed questions to verify clear understanding of client issues.
Analyze a business function and derive a set of requirements to satisfy a general request.
Take ownership of an aspect or task on a project with little to no assistance.
Actively communicate technical and business aspects of work efforts to team members.
Champion a non-technical project improvement effort.
Provide a high level of customer service.
Exhibit a positive attitude when dealing with others.
Follow all internal procedures for handling customer requests.
Communicate timely and through proper channels to keep customer and upper management informed of the progress of an issue.
Take personal ownership of issues, following through to issue resolution.
Attend to detail.
Analyze and solve logic problems.
In emergency situations, determine appropriate actions to protect critical systems and data.
Meet all deadlines created by management or clearly communicate to management the reasons the deadlines are not possible.
Effectively organize and prioritize all tasks and responsibilities.
Participate in team projects and activities.
Demonstrate flexibility in accepting and adapting to change.
Clear, concise, grammatically correct oral and written communications, including SEM documentation.
Demonstrate appropriate frequency and level of detail in communications.

Education:
Education not relevant, as long as candidate has the proper experience.Required Skills: AGILE PDM, WEALTH MANAGEMENT; SDLC; API; TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS; DATA ANALYSIS. Don't hesitate! Submit your resume today. SMCI is an EEO employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, marital status, military, and veteran status. Members of minority groups, Vietnam Era Veterans and individuals with mental or physical disabilities are encouraged to contact us regarding employment opportunities. In addition, in order to support the provision of business to minority-owned and Women-owned businesses (MWBE), such MWBE are encouraged to contact us regarding subcontracting business opportunities with our firm. (No third parties, please)(H1 sponsorship currently unavailable)(Local candidates only, please)

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