Operations Project Analyst

Strategic Staffing Solutions; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Staffing Solutions in St. Louis, MO is seeking an Operations Project Analyst to support advisory account operations and strategic technology initiatives. The role starts with report review, testing support, data collection, and issue escalation, then grows into hands-on data processing and account maintenance.

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, meticulous attention to detail, and experience with data analysis and reporting tools. QA/testing background is a plus.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Ability to review operational reports and identify discrepancies for escalation.
• Experience with data analysis, reporting, and testing support.

Responsibilities

• Review operational reports and identify discrepancies, exceptions, and issues requiring escalation.
• Collect and analyze testing results, screenshots, and supporting documentation.
• Support QA/testing and system implementation activities.
• Process advisory account setup, maintenance, coding, and data requests.
• Validate data accuracy within systems of record.
• Research and resolve account and data exceptions.
• Analyze operational data and reporting to identify trends and potential risks.
• Support Activity and InvestCloud project initiatives.
• Assist with business requirements, testing, implementation, and process improvements.
• Partner with operations, advisory, business, and technology teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows, controls, and operational efficiency.

Skills

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Data processing

QA testing

Critical thinking

Risk escalation

Communication

Tools

Excel

Alteryx

Power BI

Job description

Operations Project Analyst St. Louis, MO

Position Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented Operations/Project Analyst to support advisory account operations and strategic technology initiatives. This role will evolve throughout the project, initially focusing on report review, testing support, screenshot/documentation collection, data analysis, and issue escalation, then transitioning into more hands-on data and account processing as project needs change.

The ideal candidate has strong analytical skills, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to review reports, identify discrepancies, process information accurately, and support testing and implementation activities. A QA/testing background is a plus.

Key Responsibilities

• Review operational reports and identify discrepancies, exceptions, and issues requiring escalation.
• Collect and analyze testing results, screenshots, and supporting documentation.
• Support QA/testing and system implementation activities.
• Process advisory account setup, maintenance, coding, and data requests.
• Validate data accuracy within systems of record.
• Research and resolve account and data exceptions.
• Analyze operational data and reporting to identify trends and potential risks.
• Support Activity and InvestCloud project initiatives.
• Assist with business requirements, testing, implementation, and process improvements.
• Partner with operations, advisory, business, and technology teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows, controls, and operational efficiency.

Top Skills

• Data analysis and report review
• Strong attention to detail
• Data/information processing
• QA and testing support
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Risk identification and issue escalation
• Strong communication and collaboration

Nice to Have

• QA or software/system testing experience.
• Advisory account, brokerage operations, or account maintenance experience.
• Experience with Excel, Alteryx, Power BI, or similar reporting/data tools.
• Experience supporting system implementations or technology projects.
• InvestCloud experience is a plus.