Business Analyst, Data and Technology Services, US Position Available In New York, New York

Business Analyst, Data and Technology Services, US
WeWork 18 West 18th Street, New York, New York, United States
Department
Data and Technology Services
Job posted on
Jun 10, 2025
Employee Type
Vendor Contractor
Experience range (Years)
5 years – 8 years

JOB PURPOSE

Gathering, analyzing, and writing requirements, data analysis, report creation, creating trade/system flow diagrams, PowerPoints, as well as assisting with project delivery of in-house/vendor application implementation. Work with cross-functional teams to understand the business to apply effective technical solutions for different work streams.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Business and data analysis for strategic projects and enhancements across financial products and reporting.
Work closely with business/users, other entities/departments, and vendors to identify, assess, and document requirements.
Gather and analyze business requirements to transform and deliver client business needs into system solutions.
Facilitate daily/weekly Developer scrums, sprint planning sessions, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
Support agile activities, including user story creation, acceptance criteria definition, product backlog grooming, and identifying key dependencies and risks.
Lead new projects from inception through go live, managing the project lifecycle across authoring Project Initiation Documents/Business Requirements Documents, Status Reports, leading Front to Back UAT across Users/Developers
Coordinate with Department stakeholders to track milestones, deliverables, and dependencies.
Document QA test plans and execute test cases. Liaise with business users to create test plans, manage testing, and track defects, enhancements, and questions.
Assist with production implementation & coordinate user validation across impacted Control Functions
Build internal and external (vendor) relationships and collaborate effectively on cross-functional teams.
Assist in producing documentation for UAT process, training deliverables, and production support.
Produce high quality trade/system workflow diagrams, documents, and ppt presentations.

KEY COMPETENCIES

Extensive experience in the Financial Services Industry.
Excellent attention to detail in project management and business/data analysis.
Strong analytical skills to solve business problems using data.
Excellent communication/writing skill, ability to present complex information and write functional/technical specifications and use cases.
Ability to manage multiple tasks / projects and develop strong client relationships.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Technical understanding of application design and SDLC life cycle.
Strong communication skills and language bridging between development team and business stakeholders.
Good understanding of finance and front/middle/back-office operations, and able to adapt quickly to business technology landscape.
Experience presenting technical content to business users and cross-departmental audiences.
Strong skills working with MS Excel, MS Project, MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Visio, MS Teams & SharePoint, Atlassian JIRA & Confluence