Technical Business Systems Analyst

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Role: Technical Business Systems Analyst (4581)

Location: Newark, NJ

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities:

• Own end to end delivery and support of financial services data products, from requirement intake through production support, ensuring stability, accuracy, and timeliness.

• Act as the primary Technical BSA for BAU and production data issues, taking accountability for root cause analysis, remediation, and prevention of recurring issues.

• Partner with business stakeholders to translate financial domain business needs into clear, actionable functional and technical specifications, including data mappings, transformations, and validation rules.

• Work closely with data engineering and technology teams to analyze existing data logic, review SQL and code, and validate that implementations align with business intent.

• Proactively monitor and assess data quality, identify issues early, and drive resolution through to completion rather than simple escalation.

• Support Agile delivery by contributing to backlog refinement, sprint planning, story breakdown, acceptance criteria, and release readiness.

• Collaborate with Front Office, Risk, Operations, and downstream consumers to clarify requirements, resolve data questions, and ensure shared understanding of outputs and impacts.

• Ensure data solutions meet production grade standards, including stability, accuracy, traceability, auditability, and operational resilience.

• Continuously improve BAU processes, controls, and documentation, reducing operational risk and improving transparency and efficiency.

• Proactively identify opportunities for process optimisation, automation, and improved data controls, incorporating best practices across financial services data delivery.

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Business Information Systems, or a related discipline.

• 5 years proven experience in a Technical Business Analyst, Business Systems Analyst, Data Analyst, or similar role within financial services / capital markets.

• Hands on experience supporting investment, trading, risk, operations, or regulatory reporting data platforms in a production environment.

• Experience working with industry standard investment or portfolio management platforms.

• Strong understanding of financial services data domains, with the ability to engage confidently with Front Office, Risk, Operations, and Technology stakeholders without heavy translation layers.

• Demonstrated experience acting as a primary BA/BSA for BAU and production critical issues, with clear ownership from investigation through resolution.

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, particularly in the context of complex data, business logic, and operational issues.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex data concepts clearly to both technical and non technical audiences.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver outcomes in a fast paced, Agile delivery environment, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.

Technical Skills & Experience:

• Strong SQL expertise, including the ability to:

o write, review, and optimise complex queries,

o perform independent data analysis and validation

o debug and investigate production data issues

• Hands on experience working with relational data models and enterprise data platforms (e.g. Microsoft SQL Server).

• Ability to read existing code (e.g. SQL, Python, Java) to extract, decompose, and validate underlying business logic.

• Solid understanding of core data concepts, including:

o Source to target mappings

o Data transformations and enrichment

o Historical vs “as of” data handling

o Data quality, reconciliation, and control frameworks

• Good understanding of data flows, system integrations, and application architectures within enterprise environments.

Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:

• Exposure to process optimisation, automation, or data governance initiatives within financial services.

• Experience working in globally distributed delivery teams.