IT Business Analyst

IT Business Analyst Jersey City, NJ 12 months+Japanese and English Bilingual resource to support AD's Sponsored repo enablement. The resource will provide structured project delivery governance of the process and system changes required to achieve compliance with SEC regulatory requirements effective December 31, 2026, and to enable Sponsored Repo activities in alignment with the applicable SEC compliance timeline. Phase 1 and Phase 2 will be executed in parallel where applicable, each with independently defined scope, deliverables, and timelines. The consultant, acting in the role of Project Manager, will provide structured project delivery governance across multiple entities and systems to support timely regulatory compliance and production go-live.1. Basic Design & Development Management - Client Systems and OBS IntegrationDrive and govern requirements consolidation activities for Basic Design, ensuring traceability to applicable SEC regulatory requirements and internal business and control frameworks; coordinate, document, and manage approval of cross-entity design decisions (Client and OBS).Govern development execution against the baselined project plan; coordinate environment readiness, access credentials, and test data; enforce agreed quality gates, acceptance criteria, and Definition of Done.Deliverables: Approved integration specifications and data mapping documents, governance of integration test-script execution and results, and project governance and monthly status reporting.2. Testing & Release Management (QA, UAT, Migration, Go?Live)Govern and coordinate the planning and governance of QA and UAT activities, including review and approval of test plans and traceable test cases, as well as defect management governance and resolution tracking.Plan, coordinate, and manage migration and production release activities.Provide governance oversight of production cutover and coordinate post?go?live stabilization activities.Deliverables: Approved test plans and traceable test cases, test results, go-live readiness and sign-off package, and project governance and monthly status reporting.