Collaborating with business stakeholders to gather and analyze business and functional requirements and confirm these via meaningful artifacts (Business Requirements documents, process flows, use cases, etc.)
Performing cost-benefit analyses to ensure technology investments for the given business requirements are strategically aligned, financially sound, and deliver maximum business value
Converting business requirements into actionable delivery plans with defined milestones and timelines
Identifying and managing risks and dependencies for planned work
Implementing delivery plans through quarterly planning and backlog management
Managing product backlogs using collaborative tools including JIRA, Confluence, PowerPoint, Excel, and SharePoint
Translating complex business requirements into user stories with well-defined business value and acceptance criteria
Leading team refinement sessions to ensure stories are clear and ready for sprint planning
Defining story acceptance tests in collaboration with the team, applying Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) principles during refinement
Ownership of user story sign-off, ensuring the delivery meets the requirements and has passed all tests (automated and manual)
Proactively identifying opportunities for process and system improvements to extend the value delivered to your business partners
Participation in End-to-End test activities to ensure functionality is working per the requirements

Requirements

At minimum, a Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Business Analytics, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field
Five (5) years experience as a Systems Analyst
Financial services industry knowledge and experience is highly desirable, investment management and/or wealth management domain knowledge a plus
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Able to understand the technology and software architecture of an application
Experience with various tools that assist in analysis and testing including SQL Developer, Insomnia, Kafka - Offset Explorer, and Datadog for data validation and debugging, Jira and Confluence
Willingness to dive in and understand code for analysis and support purposes
Familiarity with modern AI tools and their application in Systems Analysis is desirable
Has worked in an Agile environment that uses the Scrum Methodology and is experienced with the related events and artifacts
Has effectively worked in a global, team-based environment with team members in various locations and countries

Benefits

comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support
market-leading retirement
generous paid time off and parental leave
charitable giving employee match program
educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

business analysiscost-benefit analysisrequirements gatheringuser storiesacceptance test driven developmentdata validationdebuggingAgile methodologyScrum methodologyprocess improvement

Soft Skills

communication skillscollaborationrisk managementproblem-solvingteam leadershiporganizational skillsstakeholder managementanalytical thinkingadaptabilityattention to detail