Business Analyst

Job Title: Technical Business Analyst
Duties: Acts as a partner with the business to facilitate and implement technology solutions. Responsible for writing technical database system specific requirements that will ensure the technology solution will meet the needs of the business and the firm's enterprise data governance standards. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Gathers, interprets and analyzes information from written documentation and in-person discussions. Gathers, interprets and analyzes system data across multiple business lines (e.g. Brokerage, Bank, Trust.) and data systems (e.g. Oracle, SQL Server, Mainframe). Creates detailed functional requirements (e.g. business processes, business rules, exception rules) using business appropriate terminology. Creates detailed non-functional (e.g. service level response times, system availability). Creates detailed service mapping and design requirements using actual technical database construct terminology. Executes development integrated testing to ensure that solution meets the requested business functionality. Validates test cases prepared by Quality Management resources to ensure full coverage of the business functionality. 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 projects and/or provide direction to others on the team. Works with User Experience / Design resources to help visualize requirements into prototype. Provides updates to management on the status of requirements, project risk remediation, defect remediation and project change requests. May occasionally work a non-standard shift including nights and/or weekends and/or have on-call responsibilities. NOTES FROM THE HIRING MANAGER: Need to have SQL experience and writing functional requirements for web services. testing tools. This is considered more of a technical BA position.
Skills: The candidate will contribute to the software development lifecycle of products and services from inception stage through to the final implementation. The candidate would be required to work closely with the developers to define, build and test the solution often working on multiple projects/work-streams at the same time. Responsibilities include: Creating and maintaining business requirements (functional & technical) in partnership and collaboration with the business and obtaining sign-off Responsible for creating functional solutions, conducting FSD walk-through and obtaining sign-off Work with data sourcing to source and validate data completeness from acquisition to report delivery. Responsible for working with the developers to ensure correct understanding of requirements and then owning the functional delivery end to end Defining testing requirements together with the QA team Building and maintaining strong relationship with business to ensure alignment with business requirements and project management resources Ensure projects are completed according to product specifications and are properly documented. Work with Stakeholders during UAT to ensure reports meet requirements and ensure all deliveries are signed-off.
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Education: Bachelor's degree (B.A.) in Computer Science, MIS or related degree and a minimum of five (5) years of relevant development, testing or engineering experience or combination of education, training and experience.

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