Business Systems Analyst VI

Description


Job Title: Business Systems Analyst Location: Buffalo, NY Employment Type: Temp (6 months) Industry: Banking Compensation: $55.00 /hr. Schedule: 40 hrs/Week. About the Opportunity:

• Responsible for facilitating complex projects from proposal through post-implementation.
• Participates in meetings with lines of business to identify their requirements for how an application looks and feels to the end user; provides feedback on them.
• Serves as project lead to ensure test plans and specifications are completed on a timely basis, and the project meets established milestones.
• Prepare well-documented functional specifications for assigned projects, test plans, test scripts, and execution of test scripts.
• Responsible for research analysis of complex data, ensuring the functional design of assigned projects is accurate.
• Serve as a mentor to less experienced staff, assisting in application training, research analysis, and project methodology consultation.
• Schedule and facilitate project team meetings, document and distribute minutes as applicable.
• Meet with business client to discuss requested application changes related to an enterprise-wide or business initiative, compliance/regulatory requirement, needed system change due to contractual agreement, or system maintenance (business as usual [BAU]), ensuring a thorough understanding of specifications for assigned applications.

Why You'll Love Working Here:

• Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
• People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.

Why This Opportunity is Exciting: This role offers the opportunity to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while providing you with room to grow and develop professionally. About Acara Solutions Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider- we help companies compete for talent. With experience across industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and design talent solutions that deliver the business outcomes they want. We draw on decades of experience to provide contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide. Sound like a good fit? APPLY TODAY What You'll Do:

• Participate in design discussions and ensure needed functional specifications are delivered.
• Participate in meetings with lines of business to identify their requirements in how an application looks and feels to the end user, and provide feedback to clients regarding business requirements to ensure technology applications support internal/external customer needs and products/services as provided by lines of business.
• Review business requirements with the technology team to ensure understanding of project requirements.
• Coordinate and provide estimates for complex projects and complete estimates for assigned components for projects, including timelines and project phases.
• Serve as subject matter expert to consult and advise on how applications may be impacted by enterprise-wide initiatives, like an acquisition or major change in products/services provided to customers.
• May serve as Test Coordinator for large project initiatives involving multiple applications.
• Participate in and document data mapping for integration of systems, conversion, and acquisition-related projects to understand how applications may need to change or be impacted by enterprise-wide initiatives, like regulatory requirements, other system enhancements, or business initiatives.
• Work with other testing teams, when applicable, to prepare test plans and scripts based on functional specifications, as well as to manage and execute test scripts, verifying that changes and enhancements work and perform as required.
• Serve as functional lead with other project team members on other systems that impact the project.
• Monitor functional specifications and change requests to ensure the project stays within scope and meets regulatory requirements, while ensuring adherence to business requirements and Corporate Technology standards.
• Ensure the Bank processes and documentation are followed to ensure adherence to Corporate Technology standards and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure change requests are consistently documented, reviewed, and resolved to ensure the application is working to support products and services required by the line of business.
• Ensure efficient and timely resolution of issues arising from testing or implementation to ensure expected performance.
• Ensure issues, incidents, and questions are documented and reported as resolved as needed.
• Coordinate and manage post-implementation by getting feedback, resolving any issues, and completing a debrief, including actual to plan for timeline and financials.
• Assist in developing expense and capital budgets and employee appraisals.
• Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls in accordance with the Company's Risk Appetite.
• Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
• Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the client's brand.
• Maintain client internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points, together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

What You'll Bring:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 8+ years of experience in operational/business analytics/systems development.
• 8+ years of experience in coordinating between applications and business units.
• 8+ years of experience in Commercial Servicing operations and technology (AFSVision, LoanIQ, Fiserv).
• 8+ years of experience working on large-scale projects (system migrations, business transformation).
• 8+ years of experience in documenting business requirements/processes, functional specs, and test cases.
• 8+ years of experience in Banking, Servicing, and Operations (with the business domain).

What Sets You Apart:

• Bachelor's Degree.
• Subject matter expert in business with knowledge or experience utilizing the application/system being supported.
• Proven mentoring and leadership capabilities.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.

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