Senior Financial Business Analyst

• Make concrete and document the business requests through alignment and discourse with the business functions, gathering more detailed information to define the business requirements
• Capture business requirements, develop technical solution concepts together with internal and external partners and support their implementation
• Analyze and assess business processes in the context of changes to the business applications and ensure implementation of efficient processes
• Facilitate continued conversation between the business and IT to ensure alignment on expectations of the business functionalities being delivered through the business applications
• Monitor and manage portfolio business request initiatives, coordinate the prioritization of business requirements and contribute to the scoping discussions during their implementation and ensure adherence to architectural and design standards
• Manage, mentor and coach junior business analysts
• Contribute and share your knowledge with application engineering and operations teams to evolve business applications effectively

You have the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in IT, Business or related quantitative field
• 7+ years of relevant professional experience, preferably in the financial industry
• Practical experience of traditional/hybrid waterfall, agile/lean methodologies
• Strong understanding or practical experience of at least one common Enterprise Agile Framework e.g., Kanban, SAFe, SCRUM, etc.
• Practical experience in IT domain with application development and software development lifecycle
• Detail oriented, analytical and agility mindset
• Well organized with strong time-management, critical and proven design thinking skills
• Excellent communication skills and team-oriented approach
• Have led/managed a team of business analysts in the past
• Ability to impact operations, manage stakeholders’ expectations and effect change without being confrontational

Desired:

• Knowledge about private markets
• Proven business analysis certification
• Experience with project management and quality assurance
• Deep knowledge of MS Office with advanced Excel skills
• Knowledge of cloud technologies