Senior Business Analyst 35544771 - Pitisci & Associates

Senior Business Analyst

W2 Contract - GC/USC

St. Petersburg

Hybrid - on site 11 days per month

Local candidates only

Our client is seeking a well-rounded Sr. Business Analyst to join their IT Finance development team. This individual will be responsible for writing system requirements that will ensure the technology solution will meet the needs of the business. Leverages appropriate technical resources. Requires a high level understanding of systems, industry and end-user requirements. Demonstrates subject matter expertise and is able to integrate domain knowledge with an understanding of financial services standards and practices. Is the primary on the most complex or escalated issues and may provide direction and guidance team members. Applies specialized business knowledge and technical skills to significant deliverables and projects that involve multiple IT departments, business units and have enterprise impact. Is able to make judgements and recommendations based on the analysis and interpretation of data.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Creates detailed business requirements for functional (e.g., business processes, rules) and non-functional (e.g., data, security) capabilities.
• Design Use Cases, Flow Charts, Data Flow Diagrams, Entity Relationship Diagrams and Dash Boards.
• Analyze data elements needed for reporting and define Source to Target mapping and data lineage documents to source data from source systems to the Financial Services Data Foundation (FSDF) Analyze and profile data using Oracle SQL developer/server tool Validates test cases to ensure that scripts will evaluate the business function being performed.
• Gathers and interprets information from multiple sources (including databases, interviews, etc.) and makes recommendations.
• Provides support for application development teams including documenting business processes.
• Translates technical concepts to business audience and business information to a technical audience.
• Participates in developing estimates and implementation plans for technical solutions.
• Partners with team members to develop project schedules, reports and documentation. May be required to act as project lead on small to medium projects and/or provide direction to others on the team.
• Works with User Experience / Design resources to help visualize requirements into prototype.
• Understands and applies principles in risk management, issue tracking and change management.

Skills Required:

• PL/SQL
• Experience working in an Information Technology department specifically focused on application development project.
• Full Software Development Lifecycle experience.
• Financial Services experience. (Broker/dealer preferred)
• Regulatory Reporting
• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
• Excellent communication skills - oral & written
• Perform under pressure and be self-motivated.

Preferred:

• Experience with OFSAA FSDF data model
• Experience working on any OFSAA application and key platforms to define requirements and provide definitions of data elements.
• Experience working with Team Foundation Server or JIRA or any other requirement management tool.
• Knowledge of SQL, Databases.
• Knowledge of risk management, issue tracking, change management and requirements gathering.
• Developer moved on to become a BA will be preferred.

Licenses/Certifications:

• CFA designation preferred