Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid) Duration: Contract

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst – Regulatory & Compliance to support strategic regulatory initiatives within the Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) organization. This role is ideal for a highly analytical professional who excels at interpreting complex regulatory requirements, assessing business impacts, and translating them into actionable business and functional requirements.

This is a true Business Analyst position focused on business analysis, stakeholder engagement, and regulatory compliance—not project management. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who can work independently, ask insightful questions, and perform detailed analysis to uncover root causes and business impacts.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze new and evolving regulatory requirements and assess their impact across business, technology, legal, compliance, and operations teams.
• Partner with business stakeholders to gather, document, validate, and refine detailed business and functional requirements.
• Translate complex regulatory guidance into clear, actionable business processes and technology requirements.
• Support regulatory-driven initiatives by ensuring compliance objectives, business needs, and delivery timelines remain aligned.
• Perform business process analysis to identify regulatory impacts, operational risks, gaps, and dependencies.
• Support regulatory reporting initiatives through data analysis, documentation, and process improvements.
• Collaborate with Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) business partners, compliance teams, technology organizations, and operations to ensure successful implementation of regulatory changes.
• Produce high-quality business documentation including business requirements, functional specifications, process flows, gap analyses, and traceability matrices.
• Work within established service level agreements (SLAs) while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced regulatory environment.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings, requirements workshops, and discussions to drive consensus and solution alignment.
• Provide analytical support throughout the project lifecycle, including testing support, issue resolution, and implementation activities.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of Business Analyst experience within financial services, banking, or a highly regulated industry.
• Strong experience supporting regulatory and compliance initiatives, including U.S. and/or global regulatory programs.
• Experience with regulatory reporting, data analysis, and regulatory change management.
• Solid understanding of financial markets, banking operations, and Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) products and processes.
• Proven ability to assess the business impact of regulatory changes across multiple functional areas.
• Strong requirements gathering, documentation, and business process analysis skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently while effectively managing relationships with business and technology stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities with the capability to investigate complex business issues beyond surface-level analysis.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with experience presenting findings to diverse audiences.

Technical Skills

• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite: Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Experience creating business documentation, process flows, requirements matrices, and analytical reports.
• Strong data analysis skills with the ability to interpret and validate regulatory reporting data.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) organizations.
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks affecting financial institutions.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams across Compliance, Risk, Legal, Operations, and Technology.
• Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
• Experience supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT), requirements traceability, and implementation readiness.