Business Analyst

Business Analyst New York, NY (4 days a week) Contract Experience SAM implementations Anti-Money Laundering (AML) • Senior BA with Actimize complex SAM solution expertise. The candidate should have handled SAM implementations full SDLC lifecycle including tuning for Security blanket. • The candidate should independent and be coming with a consultative mindset to have the requirements translated to functional specifications. • Candidate should be ready to work from client location 4 days a week. Responsibilities • Working with Project Managers, architects, R&D, Product Managers, and third-party vendors to understand high-level design, cross-interface impact, architectural or non-functional features, and detail the requirements. • Defining detailed functional product requirements (Source to target mapping, transformation rules, business logic, and data integration requirements) in alignment with business needs and product requirements. • Defining non-functional product requirements around performance, serviceability, etc. • Interfacing customers to understand their data requirements and active participation in the implementation of the product in customers’ environments. • Prioritizing and scoping user stories with Product Management and Engineering to ensure on-time delivery of agreed products and features. • Defining relevant acceptance criteria for user stories based on product usage behavior. • Conducting internal product demos and assisting stakeholders in demo activity • Defining relevant functional test considerations for all the user stories based on business needs. • Providing support to Customer Support, Product team, and Technical Presales teams as needed to address product questions and issues. • Making product features, functions, and design recommendations as needed to accomplish strategic goals. Required Skills and Experience: • Experience 12 years • Good exposure of either of the domain – Anti-Money Laundering (AML) / Fraud Prevention - A MUST • Well versed with writing of Business Use cases/Scenarios and functional test cases – A MUST • Hands on mapping source to target fields, transformation rules, data management and defining non-functional requirements for a data transformation engagement. • Good understanding of schemas, metadata, and standard banking interfaces available in the market • Familiar with data integration involving data quality and validation. • Strong understanding of SQL • Strong analytical skills with an ability to influence decision making. • Strong communication and presentation skills (English) • Ability to multitask and prioritize work. • Ability to understand technical solutions. • Ability to see the big picture and translate it to detailed needs. • Fast learner with the ability to scale up to relevant technology. • Demonstrated ability to analyze, model and communicate business requirements. • Experience with creating specifications from business requirements and delivering and explaining them to software teams. • A team player that demonstrates a strong work ethic, creativity, assertiveness, and flexibility • Should have had played the role of Business Analyst/Data Analyst engagements where its client facing. • Experience with Agile Development methodologies, user stories, acceptance criteria, feature prioritization, and defining product specifications. • Experience with tools like MS Teams, JIRA, AHA, MS Excel, MS Access and MS Visio You will have an advantage if you also have: • Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. • Education: BA/BS in a relevant field is required; MBA/MSc is preferred.