Business Analyst- Chicago, IL

Business Analyst

The IT Senior Business Analyst will identify and document functional and technical requirements for various financial applications and reports. The position requires driving application product change from idea to delivery including validating resulting change meets new and existing business requirements. An analytical and detail oriented professional with an exceptional ability to grasp complex workflows quickly and completely with numerous use cases and critical business impact is essential for this role. This position will work to elicit, document, and translate specifications for financial data and reporting. The successful candidate must be results driven and have experience working with stakeholders who demand high quality and quick turnaround. Thus, the applicant must possess highly developed skills, including but not limited to, advanced verbal and written communication, active listening, business analysis and technical writing. This individual must have experience working with developers, architects, finance, and external vendors. The IT Sr Business Analyst must have a bachelor's degree and a minimum of 8 years' experience applying business systems analysis, data analysis and business process management principles at different levels of an organization within an iterative and phased approach driven information technology environment.

Perform business analysis functions by seeking out, identifying, and resolving business needs and/or business problems through process and/or technical recommendations and/or technical solutions within financial systems. Research, understand, and document business processes, data attributes, data flows, and financial reports. Capture requirements from key business contacts and ensure documented requirements satisfy business needs (aligning use cases and stories/features to business processes) while addressing all downstream impacts. Form and maintain business requirements and functional specification documentation. Understand database characteristics (tables, fields, valid values) for reporting and decision making. Be able to pull sample data from various databases using SQL and/or other tools and conduct quality assessments of data reports. Evaluate how new requirements fit into an existing product and ensure consistency throughout the product. Be a part of the change management process and effectively communicate required changes to development teams. Deliver project requirements and service levels in a deadline driven environment. Demonstrate analytical and organizational skills by analyzing and documenting complex information structures involving multiple layers of data and workflows. Work independently and self-manage tasks and time to balance and adapt to changing priorities. Be able to work with Finance leadership and tease out the requirements. Adapt communication language and style to varied audiences making use of Microsoft PowerPoint, Visio, and other Firm tools. Adhere to Firm and department policies, procedures, approved artifacts, methodologies, and delivery approaches to ensure that project efforts are focused on the proper solution and level of functionality needed to meet the objectives of Firmwide, practice group, and functional department customers, without supervision.

Any other functions/duties as assigned by management.

Required: 8+ years' experience in business analysis discipline including delivery adhering to Agile methodologies and the SDLC. 3+ years of experience in the financial data services industry. Experience working with ERP systems. Bachelor's degree in business (analytics or information science) or equivalent experience. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Outstanding customer service orientation and work ethic. Familiarity with a DevOps tool (such as Jira or Azure DevOps).

Preferred: Legal and Finance knowledge and understanding. Experience in Change or Release Management. Experience using SQL and MS Power BI.

Technologies/Software: Microsoft Office Suite Visio JIRA