Bilingual IT Business Analyst - Data Transformation Lead

Axiom Path, Inc.; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Axiom Path, Inc. is seeking a bilingual IT Business Analyst to lead enterprise data governance and transformation initiatives in a highly visible, hybrid role based in Jersey City, NJ.

You will work at the intersection of business, data architecture, and enterprise technology, coordinating across architecture, governance, and engineering teams to enable strategic capabilities and ensure data integrity across downstream systems.

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in financial services or enterprise data environments.
• Fluent in both Japanese and English (written and verbal) - required.
• Strong experience leading stakeholder interviews, workshops, and cross-functional governance forums.
• Familiarity with RDB systems, data lakehouse architectures, and Golden Source strategies.
• Strong data validation, reconciliation, parity testing, and defect triage governance.
• Experience supporting large-scale system migrations or transformation programs.
• Excellent documentation, traceability, and governance discipline.
• Strong executive communication and facilitation skills within regulated financial institutions preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end analysis and governance efforts to rationalize downstream data flows following FOX Upgrade Project.
• Conduct structured discovery to identify all systems referencing FOX, including RDB and non-RDB consumers.
• Map system dependencies and document data lineage across enterprise platforms.
• Define and govern target-state data architecture with Izumi as the enterprise-wide Golden Source.
• Facilitate requirements workshops and design governance sessions across architecture and engineering teams.
• Define data parity validation strategies between legacy RDB systems and lakehouse outputs.
• Oversee validation reviews, defect triage governance, and root-cause documentation.
• Lead transition and migration planning for grouped downstream systems to minimize business disruption.
• Develop migration runbooks, cutover plans, risk mitigation frameworks, and executive-ready documentation.
• Provide structured governance reporting and stakeholder updates throughout all project phases.

Skills

Business analysis

Stakeholder interviews

Workshops facilitation

Data governance

Data lineage

Requirements gathering

Executive communication

Job description

Axiom Path, Inc. is seeking a bilingual IT Business Analyst to lead enterprise data governance and transformation initiatives in a highly visible, hybrid role based in Jersey City, NJ.

You will work at the intersection of business, data architecture, and enterprise technology, coordinating across architecture, governance, and engineering teams to enable strategic capabilities and ensure data integrity across downstream systems.