Senior Technical Business Analyst - New York, United States - Russell Tobin & Associates

Description

What are we looking for in our Senior Technical Business Analyst?

Rate: $60/hour - $70/hour on W2 (Depending on experience)
Contract: 12 months (with possibility of extension)
Client: Financial
Mode: Hybrid (3 days a week)
Potential to convert role
Only Local Candidates

Position Description: The team supports the Risk and Compliance divisions with tools and applications to assist them with their task of monitoring Financial Advisor's compliance with the Firm's policies and procedures.

As a Business Analyst, you will be responsible for providing business analysis, project management, and data analysis support for tool enhancements: eliciting and documenting business requirements, user acceptance testing, data analysis, and product support. The ideal candidate should have the skills listed below but in addition should be a self- driven, dedicated individual who works well in a team and thinks and acts strategically. When faced with a problem, the candidate should be able to ask questions and leverage the skills and expertise of those around them.

Key Responsibilities:

• Elicit, analyze, generate Business requirements documents (including Agile user stories, proof of concept models, and supporting documentation)
• Analyze data sets to determine data gaps and work with cross functional teams to bridge the gap
• Liaise with the development team to ensure the product is developed according to specifications
• Conduct Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), write and execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT) test plan
• Create and manage the overall project plan at the project level; and escalate delays to the program lead.
• Provide post deployment support and respond to inquiries from business clients regarding specific controls.

Skills Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or similar
• Minimum 7 years of experience in global organizations as a Technical Business Analyst.
• Proficiency in Data Analysis, with very strong working experience in SQL and relational databases
• Established technical knowledge in software development life cycle and agile methodologies.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, as well as work in an international team setting.
• Collaborate effectively across a variety of IT and Business groups, across regions and roles.
• Self-motivated individual and creative thinker who will take ownership of tasks assigned.
• Ability to problem solve and have creative solutions in challenging environments
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced, high energy, demanding and team-orientated environment
• Manage and delegate workload through the team
• Good customer service skills. Ability to deal with difficult situations gracefully.
• Experience in trade lifecycles and asset classes, Equity, Fixed Income, Options, Futures
• Understanding of Compliance surveillance platforms (Actimize, MANTAS, Sungard) and their models, Wash trades, Marking the Open/Close, Spoofing, Insider Trading, etc.
• IT Project Management and SDLC knowledge/experience (Waterfall, Agile/Scrum) and experience using BDD.
• Experience working in medium to large-scale development projects.
• Knowledge of trades data, positions data, reference data.

Benefits Information:
RussellTobin offers eligible employee's comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

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Rate/Salary: $60/hour - $70/hour on W2 (Depending on experince)