Jr. Business Analyst

A financial firm is looking for a Jr. BA to join their team in New York, NY or Iselin, NJ.

Compensation: $85-100k

Responsibilities:

• Deliver detailed business requirement/functional requirements/use cases/user stories/wireframes/ data mappings/training materials with support from senior Business Analysts from the team
• Work with development teams to identify business and functional solutions and help build better products
• Work closely with QA and development team to ensure implementation meets requirements and usability guidelines
• Develop subject matter expertise in your area of responsibility
• Provide SME support, product demonstrations and training to internal & external users

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's degree in Technology/Finance/Business/Science or related field of study
• 4-6 years of work experience in as business analyst in banking / finance
• Experience supporting business requirements definition and product / supplier selection in competitive procurement processes i.e. Response to Proposal (RFP) process
• Must have excellent knowledge and experience of creating Business Requirements Documents (BRD) and Functional Requirements Specifications (FRS)
• Good understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), familiarity with waterfall and agile methodologies
• Advanced knowledge and experience of using business analysis tools and techniques such as requirements gathering, process mapping, gap analysis
• Financial Services and / or regulated organizational experience
• Able to work in complex matrix organization
• Knowledge of banking, front to back trade life cycle, settlement systems and practices would be helpful
• Must be a strong team player who can share knowledge and help others succeed
• Must have a positive can do attitude
• Must be passionate about the quality of your work, strive to continuously improve and challenge the status quo
• Good client facing skills and the ability to work/communicate with business & technical stakeholders is essential