Business Analyst (contract)

Description Title:Business Analyst – Portfolio Management Platform Location: Charlotte, NC Duration: 12 months Work Engagement: W2 Work Schedule: Hybrid 3 days in office/2 days remote Benefits on offer for this contract position: Health Insurance, Life insurance, 401K and Voluntary Benefits Summary: In this contingent resource assignment, you may: Consult on or participate in moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within Business Execution and contribute to large-scale planning related to Business Execution deliverables. Review and analyze moderately complex Business Execution challenges that require an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Contribute to the resolution of moderately complex issues and consult with others to meet Business Execution deliverables while leveraging solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements. Collaborate with client personnel in Business Execution. Required Qualifications: Business Execution, Implementation, or Strategic Planning experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education. Key Responsibilities: Requirements Elicitation & Analysis • Lead requirements gathering activities with business users, product owners, and subject matter experts, including interviews and working sessions • Elicit, analyze, document, and validate functional and non functional requirements • Translate business needs into clear, structured requirements that support scalable platform design • Ensure requirements align with Commercial Banking credit and portfolio management processes Agile / Scrum Delivery • Translate requirements into well defined user stories, features, and acceptance criteria • Partner with Product Owners to maintain and refine the backlog • Participate actively in scrum ceremonies including backlog grooming, sprint planning, stand ups, reviews, and retrospectives • Collaborate with development teams to clarify requirements, answer questions, and support sprint execution • Support UAT planning, execution, defect triage, and validation Data Mapping & Integration • Perform data mapping (source to target) across systems supporting the PM platform • Document data definitions, transformations, and business rules • Partner with data, engineering, and upstream/downstream system teams to validate data flows and data quality • Support requirements related to integrations, APIs, and reporting where applicable AI / Advanced Capabilities Collaboration • Work with AI, analytics, and engineering teams to define requirements for AI enabled features (e.g., agent assisted workflows, recommendations, insights) • Translate business needs into requirements consumable by AI and data science teams • Understand high level AI concepts (e.g., AI agents, model inputs/outputs, human in the loop workflows) to support effective requirement definition and validation • Help ensure AI features are usable, explainable, and aligned to business workflows Stakeholder Communication & Documentation • Serve as a key liaison between business, product, and technology teams • Document decisions, assumptions, dependencies, risks, and open questions • Maintain clear, organized documentation for requirements, data mappings, and delivery artifacts Key Requirements: • Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. • Experience as a Business Analyst supporting technology or platform initiatives • Strong experience in requirements elicitation, documentation, and validation • Proven ability to write high quality user stories and acceptance criteria • Hands on experience working within Agile/Scrum teams • Experience with data mapping, data analysis, and integration requirements • Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills • Experience using tools such as JIRA, Confluence, or similar agile delivery tools