Job Summary Business Analyst - Local to NY - Margin Lending exp • Serve as a Business Analyst specializing in SQL, API integration, and margin lending. • Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams to translate requirements into technical solutions. • Analyze, document, and optimize business processes for margin lending platforms and collateral management systems. • Design and execute complex SQL queries for data extraction, reporting, and analysis of large financial datasets. • Collaborate with developers to support and validate API integrations with trading, risk, and client systems. • Identify process improvement and automation opportunities in margin lending workflows. • Create functional specifications, use cases, and process flows for new features and system enhancements. • Test and validate API responses, ensuring correct data mapping, authentication, and business logic. • Support regulatory, risk, and compliance reporting related to margin calls, credit exposure, and collateral management. • Facilitate communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure project alignment. • Assist with user acceptance testing (UAT), defect resolution, and deployment preparation. • Utilize tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Postman, Excel, and (optionally) Power BI or Tableau. • Work within Agile/Scrum development environments. • Preference for candidates with experience in margin lending platforms (e.g., Broadridge, Calypso, Murex), regulatory knowledge (Basel III, Reg T), and/or technical certifications.