Business Analyst - Risk Management
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Position Summary:
Job Title: Business Analyst - Risk Management
Duration: 10 months (possible extension)
Locations:
- New York City, NY 10013
- Jersey City, NJ 07310
- Tampa, FL 33610
- Irving, TX 75039
3 days onsite per week from Day 1
The Senior Business Lead Analyst is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. Recognized technical authority for an area within the business. Requires basic commercial awareness. There are typically multiple people within the business that provide the same level of subject matter expertise. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Significant impact on the area through complex deliverables. Provides advice and counsel related to the technology or operations of the business. Work impacts an entire area, which eventually affects the overall performance and effectiveness of the sub-function/job family.
Responsibilities:
Drive the overall strategic vision for the ERM Portal as an enterprise software both as a part of and beyond the Enterprise Risk Management sphere Coordinate with business leads and senior pillar business leads to define requirements and drive adoption in a uniform manner
Meet with upper management and liaisons to define requirements and enhancements for CRO Dashboards and Attestation sign offs
Lead cross-cutting meetings with key stakeholders, outlining takeaways and action items with appropriate follow-up
Gathering and documenting business requirements
Developing individual project artifacts as necessary including Business Requirements Documentation (BRD s), Functional Requirements Documentation (FRD s), test planning and scenario documents for user acceptance testing (UAT), project plans as required for all key technical deliveries. Ability to baseline an existing enterprise software and develop a strategic vision for future quarters as well as a long term BAU steady state
Day-to-day management of individual project responsibilities including milestone setting, task and actions management, co-ordination and execution of plan within required timelines and to stakeholder quality expectations.
Foster and maintain relationships with business stakeholders, support, testing and development team members
Identify key project risks, whether stated or not, and manage to resolution or escalate accordingly
Has the ability to operate independently on a day-to-day basis, using sound judgement to escalate as needed
Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.
Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
Qualifications:
6-10 years experience in a related role.
must be extremely organized, motivated and a self-starter
Ability to prioritize is key as is ability to juggle several tasks at once.
Must work well under pressure whilst, enthusiastic, hard-working and positive
Desire to improve processes
Track record as a Business Analyst within the Financial Services/Investment Banking industry.
Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to facilitate discussions
Ability to quickly grasp and master new concepts / requirements and related product / functional knowledge
Experience of working with Agile Methodologies and Tools Team player and relationship management skills
Ability to work under pressure and manage tight deadlines
Ability to learn/understand some technical implications of system design
Ability to work independently, multi-task, and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiative
Excellent analytical, leadership and problem solving skills
Knowledge of the SDLC
Education:
Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred
Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.