Business Analyst

103; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Parental leave

Training & development

Job summary

Business Analyst with Capital Market experience is sought to partner with QTS teams migrating to the Aperture platform. You will capture requirements, analyze data, and document business use cases to ensure product fit and success.

Responsibilities include coordinating with engineering, validating with senior stakeholders, and guiding data provisioning and compliance considerations. Strong analytics and diverse methodology experience are required.

Qualifications

• Strong business domain understanding of Financial Services/Capital Markets.
• Ability to work independently and manage deadlines while multi-tasking.
• 5+ years of experience working as a Business Analyst on large, complex projects.
• Experience with Waterfall, Iterative and/or Agile methodologies.
• Experience in requirements planning and prioritization including stakeholder analysis and effort estimation; data analysis with SQL/Tableau/Python.

Responsibilities

• Elicit and document requirements and business use cases for Aperture platform migrations.
• Collaborate with platform engineering to map data requirements and dependencies.
• Lead information sessions with stakeholders and validate requirements.
• Support testing, implementation planning and post-implementation validation.

Skills

Financial Services

Capital Markets

Data analysis

SQL

Education

Masters Certificate in Business Analysis

CBAP/CCBA/ PMI-PBA Certification

CSM/CSPO Certification

Tools

Tableau

Python

Job description

Benefits:

• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Training & development

Role: Business Analyst with Capital Market Experience or Banking

Job Description:

Requirement Analysis and Documentation

• Engage and partner with QTS application teams moving onto the Aperture platform to understand their analytical use-cases/ business goals and confirm product fit
• Facilitate information gathering sessions including leading discussions, managing group dynamics, and maintaining group focus, to work towards accomplishing the stated goal(s) of the session within the context of the project objectives - From these information sessions, gathers the requirements and documents them, along with business use cases, feasibility analysis and cross functional diagrams as needed
• Partner with the platform engineering teams to ensure technical capabilities and data requirements are well understood, identify dependencies and integration points
• Work with senior stakeholders to validate their requirements and analysis via techniques such as reviews and walkthroughs and ensure system specifications meet the business stakeholders’ expectations/requirements, and negotiate solutions when appropriate

Data Analysis

• Analyze incoming data sets and develop detailed requirements around sourcing solutions, identify provisioning requirements, data transformations etc.
• Able to decipher compliance, information security guidelines and apply them in the context of the datasets/ business requirements. Identify data accuracy requirements, solution options and remediation plans in case of a breach

Communication and Planning

• Participate in reviews or inspections, in collaboration with the project team, to ensure the quality of the deliverables
• Participate in the user acceptance testing, implementation planning and post implementation validations.

Must Have:

• Strong business domain understanding of Financial Services/ Capital Markets, excellent data analysis and solid background dealing with complex software products (preferably cloud/ data analytics focused)
• Ability to work independently, apply critical and strategic thinking to issues, and manage deadlines while multi-tasking amongst different priorities.
• 5+ years of experience working as a Business Analyst with progressively increasing responsibilities in the areas of requirements management on large and complex projects
• Proven experience with various project delivery methodologies such as Waterfall, Iterative and/or Agile
• Experience in requirements planning and prioritization including stakeholder analysis and effort estimation including Data analysis expertise (e.g., using SQL, Tableau, or Python)

Nice to Have:

• Masters Certificate in Business Analysis
• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA), or Project Management Institute –Professional in Business Analysis (PMI – PBA) Certification (Preferred)
• Agile Certification (CSM, CSPO) or similar
• Experience of working with Capital Markets division of a multi-national bank or a Consulting firm focusing on similar clients