US Business Analyst - 3

Job Title: Business Analyst
Location Address: New york, NY 10281 – onsite 3x/week
Duration: 6 months
Schedule Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; standard 37.5 hrs/week (Possible OT)=

Story Behind the Need  
Business group:  New York Agency - Finance
Project: product launch

Need an experienced resource with strong experience in the financial industry and a strong governance and controls background. They should bring the necessary foundation to quickly understand and navigate the latter processes.

The focus for the resource will be to develop and document functional requirements for data sourcing and mapping, assist in identification of critical-data-elements (CDEs), document element-level data lineage, and data transformation hops. As well, the resource should be very experienced with managing a project through the standardized project management life cycle framework—Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring/Controlling, and Closure.

Candidate Value Proposition:  

-The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on one of the biggest product/business line launches within the bank, exposing them to different stakeholders and opportunities.

Typical Day in Role: 

1. Develop functional requirements for implementation of a new product across the product control (balance sheet and P&L processes) and regulatory reporting functions
2. Documenting registered data assets (RDAs), CDEs for registration as needed
3. Obtaining process details & developing detail process documentation and flow diagrams
4. Developing and testing data quality business rules and mappings
5. Producing required documentation throughout the process
6. Ongoing review and approval processes for the completed work products
7. Other related data and process governance initiatives, as required

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills: 
1. 5+years of experience as a Business Analyst within the banking Industry

2. 3+ years of Project Management experience (end-to-end)

3. 2+ years of UAT experience

4. 3+ years of  Data related experience (e.g. Project Lifecycle, Data Quality, Metadata, Issue Management, Reference Data, Data Provisioning, etc.)

5. Strong ability to develop and write end-to-end cross-functional requirements

6. Proficiency with MS Suite (excel and word)

Nice-To-Have Skills: 

• Knowledge of US GAAP and regulatory reporting preferred
• Global Banking and Markets experience preferred
• Experience with Collibra
• PowerBI experience
• PeopleSoft experience
• CPA certification

Soft Skills Required: 

-strong communication skills (written/verbal)

-strong ability to present to senior stakeholders

-time management

-attention to details

Education: Bachelor’s degree/diploma

Best VS. Average Candidate:  

The ideal candidate will have to be able to develop and write requirements without any assistance. The ideal candidate would have experience with Collibra and strong knowledge of US GAAP and regulatory reporting.
Candidate Review & Selection 

2 rounds
1^st round – Senior Manager – 30 mins – virtual (Teams Video)
2^nd round – HM – 30 mins – virtual (teams video)
questions will be behavioural and situation, strong focus on ability to write business requirements

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 50.00/hr.