Job Title: Business Analyst (AVP)
Location: Hybrid Remote in either New York, NY 10005 / Iselin, NJ 08830 (2 days onsite per week)
Term: Perm/FTE
Industry: Financial Services
Salary: $130,000 – $160,000 per year + 20% bonus
Note: Must have legal authorization to work in the United States. No Corp to Corp (C2C) or Visa sponsorship provided.
Job Overview:
We are seeking an experienced business analyst who can demonstrate strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills. You will be a great fit, if you are a self-starter, who is passionate about your work and willing to take ownership.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver detailed business requirement/functional requirements/use cases/user stories/wireframes/ data mappings/training materials.
- Partner with key stakeholders to help shape and prioritize product roadmap.
- Work with development teams to identify solutions and help build better products.
- Work closely with QA and development team to ensure implementation meets requirements and usability guidelines.
- Develop subject matter expertise in your area of responsibility.
- Provide SME support, product demonstrations and training to internal & external users.
Skills and Qualifications:
- SWIFT/ISO messaging experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Technology/Finance/Business/Science or related field of study is essential.
- Must have excellent knowledge and experience of creating Business Requirements Documents (BRD) and Functional Requirements Specifications (FRS), specifically mapping document that describe how messages from one format can be translated to messages into another format (e.g., ISO 20022 to/from MT, ISO 20022 to/from an internal system format, etc.).
- Knowledge of RTGS system packages, such as Alliance Messaging Hub (AMH), SWIFT Alliance Access (SAA) and PayPlusUSA will be beneficial.
- Must have a strong knowledge of banking, front to back trade life cycle, settlement systems and practices.
- Good understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), familiarity with waterfall and agile methodologies.
- Advanced knowledge and experience of using business analysis tools and techniques such as requirements gathering, process mapping, gap analysis is essential.
- Prior experience in FX trading/matching/confirmation systems preferred.
- Knowledge of SQL, data analytics and visualization tools, APIs will be beneficial.
- Must be a strong team player who can share knowledge and help others succeed.
- Must have a positive can-do attitude.
- Must be passionate about the quality of your work, strive to continuously improve and challenge the status quo.
- Good client-facing skills and the ability to work/communicate with business & technical stakeholders is essential.
