Business Analyst

Contract position with a major investment firm. Hybrid in Newark, NJ Summary Job Description • Acts as liaison between Operations, Business and Systems personnel to support unit's business needs through computer systems and/or policy administration rules. • Represents user area in all systems enhancements/design activities and answers questions/resolves problems with systems user and/or Operations. • Gathers client requirements for a business process change and communicates those terms to systems personnel and/or Operations. • This position stresses knowledge of the business as well as technology. Programming is not required but is a plus. • Incumbents typically have 1-5 years related experience and strong working knowledge of the supported business functions and workflow; Familiarity with systems and transactions supporting the business functions; Solid working knowledge of systems design process and methodology; Familiarity with testing tools. Knowledge of the system support (including inputs, screens, processing logic, output, reports as well as interface with the other systems is helpful. Job Responsibilities for a Senior Business Analysis Associate (Junior Business Analyst) • Identifying solutions to complex business problems by gathering, analyzing, and documenting business and systems requirements to enhance operational performance. • Reviewing user and/or Operations requests and conducts data-gathering interviews. • Writing business specifications/requirements/rules, redesigning applications\processes, creating mockups, and analyzing user data. • Partnering closely with clients and developers to work through the phases of systems development lifecycle (SDLC). • Creating test plans to validate that system functionality satisfies associated business requirements. • Designing and implementing test for systems changes. Developing test cases matrices, creating actual test cases, executing the test, reviewing of actual vs. expected results, communicating and resolving issues and documenting results. • Interacting with product owners/clients, other business analysts, software developers and testers in the group. • Utilizing various technologies which may include (but are not limited to) Jira, Excel, SQL, Visio, Python, Sellenium, Oracle, SQL Server, PowerBI/Tableau, Cognos, Xceptor. Qualifications • Accredited bachelor's degree or commensurate experience. Preferred (or required if applicable) majors include Management Information Systems (MIS), Business Analytics and Information Technology (BAIT). Business, Accounting, Computer Science, Finance, Economics, preferred. A business and technology major/minor combination is ideal. • Minimum 3.1 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) preferred. • Experience, college related coursework with investments (fixed income, equity or derivatives) or investment accounting systems is a plus. • Experience with SQL and related tools (e.g., Microsoft Query, Rapid SQL, DBeaver, etc.) preferred. • Knowledge of the Software Development Life-Cycle preferred and Agile methodology a plus. • Experience with Cognos or other reporting platforms is a plus. • Experience with business analysis, requirements, software testing or proficiency tools (e.g., automated testing tools, compare tools, robotics, data visualization, Python) a plus. • Experience with Xceptor or other Reconciliation platforms is a plus. • Strong analytical and problem solving skills. • Strong project management, organization and communication skills. • Proficiency with PC skills (MS Office suite including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint, OneDrive, MS Project, and Outlook, dataflow, database and reporting, testing, project management, SQL, data processing/manipulation, compare tools, automated test tools, client server applications, data visualization, workflow, robotics, Power Automate). payrate - 50 -60 per hour depending on experience.