Our client, a top tier Management & Strategy Consulting firm is searching for an experienced Business Analyst for a top tier US Bank.
Requirements & Qualifications:
- Proven talent in strategic thinking and thought leadership necessary for understanding goals and objectives as well as the detailed activities within a project
- Highly experienced in eliciting and being able to pick out requirements in a conversation, not necessarily being literally told what the requirement is
- Proven talent in ability to work within virtual teams, including utilizing available tools for efficient meeting facilitation and communications
- Proven talent to drive towards effective and timely results of all tasks and assignments
- Strong communication skills to effectively interact with stakeholders, e.g., business owners, dependent workstream owners, program management, IT subject matter experts, etc.
- Active listening skills to understand the needs and concerns of end users and translate them into business requirements
- Attention to detail to ensure accuracy and completeness of requirement documentation and gap analysis
- Experience with requirements gathering techniques for interpreting business conversations into clear and concise business requirements
- Collaboration skills to work with cross-functional workstreams and business owners, e.g., Advisor Experience, Trading, Compliance, Risk and Supervision
- Time management and ability to prioritize multiple tasks and due dates
- Adaptability and flexibility to adjust to changing project requirements and priorities
- Understanding of Financial Services Industry and the financial systems and concepts
- Familiarity with software development methodologies, e.g., Agile Development
- Ability to create detailed requirement documentation, including business requirements, functional requirements, use cases and user stories as needed
- Ability to develop a detailed gap analysis of business requirements to current state solutions and other 3rd party solutions as identified
- Understanding of APIs and other data exchange protocols to identify system interface requirements
