Lead Business Analyst

Strategio Inc.; Columbia (MD); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategio Inc. in the DMV area hybrid is seeking a Lead Business Analyst to bridge regulatory requirements with surveillance technology for our enterprise client.

You will analyze patterns, investigate discrepancies, reverse‑engineer data pipelines, and document business logic, working with regulatory, business, data, and engineering teams. You will also leverage generative AI to accelerate analysis while maintaining governance and traceability.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial regulatory technology or capital markets data analysis.
• Strong SQL skills for large-scale data analysis on distributed platforms.
• Proficiency in Python for analysis and automation.
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into BRDs, requirements, and process flows.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across business and technical audiences.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, validate, and enhance automated surveillance patterns across financial products and regulatory domains.
• Translate regulatory rules and business needs into BRDs, functional requirements, process flows, and knowledge documentation.
• Investigate data discrepancies, unexpected alerts, reconciliation issues, and incomplete surveillance results.
• Reverse-engineer source code, data pipelines, and business logic to document how surveillance patterns operate.
• Validate exception generation, scoring, aggregation, and reconciliation processes.
• Partner with regulatory, business, data, and engineering teams to resolve gaps and improve surveillance coverage.
• Lead UAT efforts, including scenario design, results validation, defect analysis, and stakeholder sign-off.
• Use generative AI and coding assistants to accelerate analysis, documentation, code interpretation, and workflow automation.
• Validate AI-generated outputs for accuracy, completeness, traceability, and regulatory alignment.
• Present findings, risks, and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

SQL

Python

BRD development

Data analysis

Regulatory knowledge

UAT

Documentation

Communication

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

APIs

AI coding assistants

Job description

Lead Business Analyst

Location : DMV Area - Hybrid

The Opportunity

Strategio is supporting an enterprise client responsible for automated surveillance systems that identify potential violations of financial regulations across multiple asset classes.

You will bridge regulatory requirements and the technical implementation of surveillance logic—analyzing patterns, investigating discrepancies, and ensuring surveillance results are accurate, complete, and defensible. You will also use generative AI to accelerate analysis, documentation, code comprehension, and workflow automation while validating all outputs for regulatory accuracy.

About You:

You are an experienced Business Analyst with a strong combination of capital markets knowledge, technical analysis, and regulatory understanding. You can investigate complex datasets, interpret source code and processing pipelines, and translate technical logic into clear business documentation.

You work confidently across regulatory, business, data, and engineering teams and are comfortable leading complex analysis with limited direction. You use AI as a practical productivity tool while maintaining strong human oversight, traceability, and quality standards.

As a Strategio Lead Business Analyst you will:

• Analyze, validate, and enhance automated surveillance patterns across financial products and regulatory domains
• Translate regulatory rules and business needs into BRDs, functional requirements, process flows, and knowledge documentation
• Investigate data discrepancies, unexpected alerts, reconciliation issues, and incomplete surveillance results
• Reverse-engineer source code, data pipelines, and business logic to document how surveillance patterns operate
• Validate exception generation, scoring, aggregation, and reconciliation processes
• Partner with regulatory, business, data, and engineering teams to resolve gaps and improve surveillance coverage
• Lead UAT efforts, including scenario design, results validation, defect analysis, and stakeholder sign-off
• Use generative AI and coding assistants to accelerate analysis, documentation, code interpretation, and workflow automation
• Validate AI-generated outputs for accuracy, completeness, traceability, and regulatory alignment
• Present findings, risks, and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Core Skills

• Experience in financial regulatory technology, surveillance systems, or capital markets data analysis
• Strong SQL skills for large-scale data analysis on distributed platforms
• Proficiency in Python for analysis, automation, and tool development
• Experience interpreting source code, data-processing pipelines, and complex business logic
• Strong Business Analyst capabilities across requirements analysis, BRD development, process mapping, gap analysis, and UAT
• Advanced spreadsheet skills for business and operational analysis
• Strong investigative and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently
• Excellent written and verbal communication across business and technical audiences
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field

Nice-to-Haves:

• Knowledge of SEC rules, regulatory reporting, and U.S. market structure
• Experience with equities, ETFs, options, or other financial market data
• Familiarity with surveillance pattern architectures and alert-generation workflows
• Experience with distributed query engines and big data platforms
• Practical experience using generative AI or AI coding assistants in production workflows
• Familiarity with project management and documentation platforms, including APIs
• Experience with source control and release branch workflows
• An advanced degree in a relevant field

At Strategio, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone feels valued and respected. We work hard to create a culture of kindness, honesty, and respect, and we are dedicated to creating higher-performing organizations by addressing the lack of diversity in the workforce. Individuals seeking employment are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or disability.

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