Business Analyst

Description:

Job Title: LCG ICT Business Analyst

Job Description:

The candidate will join a team responsible for modernizing our technology solutions across the department that will also include aligning with Firm’s strategic priorities of cloud readiness, DevOps, platform reliability, and automation. The team will operate as an agile squad or center of expertise within the department and work with the product owners on identifying and prioritizing the work to maximize the value delivered through our applications. The ideal candidate should have the skills listed below but in addition should be a self-driven, dedicated individual who can work well with both technical and non-technical audiences. In addition, the candidate should respond well to change and quickly pick up new concepts, as well as devising new approaches for solving challenges in the space. Technical and analytics skills combined with strong interpersonal skills are required.

Specific responsibilities include:

-Document business and functional requirements, including workflow, business rules, and use cases.

-Understand and document data requirements for surveillance scenarios and other monitoring

-Create documentation that outlines data lineage and a framework for data governance.

-Become a subject matter expert for compliance data.

-Work with the developers to define/document existing application infrastructure and architecture.

-Assist with QA/Testing to review/refine test plans and more detailed test cases.

-Build, develop, and grow relationships with IT and business areas vital to the success of the project.

-Manage/monitor Data issues and perform impact assessment to identify critical processes. -Perform root cause analysis, work with Business and IT partners to resolve data issues that result from control breaks.

-Understand the Agile framework (working in Scrum/Kanban/Scrumbum model); be able to work closely with development and QA in building, developing and executing requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS

-5-7 years’ experience in a large complex banking organization or major consulting organization acting in a business analyst role.

-Competent and proficient understanding of general technology environments (platforms, organizational structure and culture, teams involved in the successful completion of technology initiatives, etc.).

-Strong analytical skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.

-Excellent database/SQL skills: much of the work is focused on databases.

-Good communication, teamwork, and influencing skills; ability to communicate effectively with technology and key business representatives.

-Self-motivated and can work independently as well as in a team environment.

-Experienced in Agile scrum or Kanban lifecycles.

-Able to multitask across a number of projects.

-Proficient with MS Office applications: Excel, MS Project, Visio, Word, and PowerPoint.

Desired Skills

-Experience in the financial services field, with emphasis on banking/Compliance technology

-Excellent interpersonal skills and professional approach

-The ability to investigate and solve technical problems in the context of supporting production applications

Our company is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive. Environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential.