IT Business Analyst - Treasury

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for aBusiness Analyst for a Contract assignment with one of our premier Financial Services clients in New York, NY. Responsibilities :

• Closely liaise with business subject matter experts and project team to understand relevant business processes and the nature of the liquidity stress requirements
• Define business requirements and produce corresponding functional specifications for technical teams
• Perform data analysis to support validation of business requirements and prototyping of functional solutions
• Conform proposed solutions with design principles across various initiatives under the CFO division to ensure a standardized architecture and help defining a target state
• Conduct design reviews to identify and analyze problems and change requests
• Support development of test strategies, plans, and test cases in support of project delivery
• Lead test execution and resolution of both functional and technical issues identified during test phases prior to deployment of newly developed technical specifications
• Provide technical support for the use of new functionality and tools deployed to production environment

• Experience as a business analyst in the financial industry, with demonstrated experience providing business analysis for Treasury or Risk processes and applications
• Data analysis experience using SQL and excel, big data experience preferred
• Knowledge of Treasury processes, including for liquidity risk management and monitoring, and familiarity with bank products; knowledge of regulatory reporting standards and practices strongly preferred
• Understanding of all phases of an application development life cycle, development methodologies, and IT platforms
• Proficient with project execution skills relevant to delivery of Treasury /Risk applications
• Working knowledge of MS Office applications, especially Excel, and SQL language
• Ability to understand and challenge business processes, requirements, and proposed solutions to help define strategic, robust, and scalable solutions in line with CFO/CIO strategies
• Ability to proactively manage team of Business Analysts, timelines, risks, and clients to ensure timely delivery of quality deliverables
• Ability to communicate with diverse audience at varying levels of detail as appropriate, including Business SME's and IT application developers across multiple regions
• Ability to demonstrate self-initiative, take direction, and escalate issues as appropriate
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as interpersonal skill