
Vice President, Business Analyst
State Street
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: New York City • Massachusetts • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $120,000 - $210,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Responsible for partnering with GlobalLINK, Engineering, FX, and Markets stakeholders to understand, analyze, and document business and technical requirements for GL Pay.
- Manage GL Pay workstreams across engineering, onboarding, product, QA, and core corporate functions.
- Work with GlobalLINK and Markets product managers, FX SMEs, engineering leads, onboarding teams, and clients to create detailed business and functional requirements for GL Pay enhancements and integrations.
- Translate business needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, workflow charts, sequence diagrams, and screen mockups.
- Partner with Engineering & QA to define and review test cases, participate in sprint planning, validate system behavior, and ensure features meet defined business needs.
- Track, manage, and resolve defects during UAT and production phases; support release readiness and post‑release validations.
- Document and track production incidents, ensure appropriate escalation paths, monitor resolution progress, and contribute to post‑implementation reviews.
- Maintain GL Pay documentation including workflow diagrams, operating models, requirements, release notes, and implementation guides.
- Monitor workstream progress, identify risks or blockers, publish progress updates, and recommend mitigation actions.
- Communicate and collaborate effectively across FX, Markets, Engineering, Risk, Legal, Operations, and platform teams (Fund Connect, TradeNexus, FX Connect).
- Facilitate structured reviews of project plans to ensure timelines are met, scope is clearly communicated, and decisions are documented.
- Display a culture of individual ownership and accountability.
- Demonstrate the highest standards of the Code of Conduct in day‑to‑day behavior.
- Provide timely and accurate management information to support decision‑making.
- Support a strong Risk Excellence culture across GlobalLINK and Markets.
- Adhere to delegation limits, documentation standards, and required escalation procedures to ensure compliance with internal and external obligations.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree; Masters preferred
- 5–8+ years as a Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, or Product Analyst in financial services, preferably FX, payments, or electronic trading.
- Understanding of cross-border payments, FX settlement workflows, beneficiary management, treasury operations, and related exception processes.
- Experience working directly with software engineering teams in Agile (scrum) environments.
- Strong ability to diagnose technical and business issues and drive efficient resolutions.
- Advanced proficiency with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) and Atlassian suite (JIRA, Confluence).
- Familiarity with FIX, SWIFT, and/or API‑based integrations beneficial.
Benefits
- insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
- paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
- access to our Employee Assistance Program
- incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans)
- eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans
- 401K with company match
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
business analysistechnical requirementsuser storiesacceptance criteriaworkflow diagramstest casesUATAgilecross-border paymentsFX settlement workflows
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingownershipaccountabilityrisk managementdecision-makingdocumentationfacilitationmonitoring
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMaster's degree