Business Analyst - Contract Opportunity - 100% Remote - PST Hours

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Business Analyst - Contract Opportunity - 100% Remote - PST Hours

This role is fully remote but would need to work PST hours. Manager would prefer candidates in LA if possible but not mandatory. ***

• Under general supervision, uses specialized knowledge and skills obtained through education, experience and/or, specialized training to serve as a liaison between the business community and the IT organization in order to provide solutions to meet user needs.
• Provides business analysis support for moderately complex applications, including analyzing and documenting business processes and translating user requirements to software development teams.
• May train or lead the work of others. Leads projects of moderate scope and complexity or serves as a technical advisor to project teams.
• Guidance is provided to perform varied work that is frequently difficult in character requiring some evaluation, originality and ingenuity to make moderately complex decisions.
• Resolves or recommends solutions to moderately complex problems.
• Extensive contact with internal customers is required to identify, research, and resolve problems.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Adheres to established standards and maintains currency in business analysis practices, procedures and techniques.
• Consults with users to identify, analyze, refine and document business requirements.
• Coordinates project scheduling with appropriate entities.
• Develops and maintains project schedules and produces project reports and documentation.
• Develops conceptual design documents, including project definition, alternative solutions, scope of work, functional specifications, and logical skeletons for new systems.
• Follows up with internal clients about completed tasks to ensure client satisfaction. Identifies requirements for testing, develops test plans and scripts and coordinates test transmissions, as required.
• Tests software.
• May determine appropriate actions in emergency situations to ensure data is secure and available for use as soon as possible.
• May prepare project proposals and project plans.
• Provides training and may lead the work of others, as required.
• Reviews operational procedures and methods; maps current business processes; defines and analyzes business activities; identifies best practices; and recommends improvements.
• Serves as a liaison between end users and software development teams, including functioning as a subject matter expert (SME) in translating requirements to software development teams.
• Maintain currency in analyst skills.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

12+ Years Experience - Knowledge of:

• Functional, operational and technical requirements of assigned project(s).
• Concepts of risk management, issue tracking, change management and requirements gathering.
• Concepts, practices and procedures analyzing business processes.
• Investment concepts, practices and procedures used in the securities industry.
• The use of technology in business. The relationship between IT and business.
• Core business competencies such as finance, management, accounting, operations, and marketing.
• More detailed awareness of the business context of a technical solution, including specific business goals associated with the project, how the project will meet the goals, and their own part in advancing the goals.
• General financial industry knowledge and knowledge of supported business area.

Skill in: Business Analysis tools:

• Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), Software Engineering Methodology (SEM) process, Change Management, Project Management tools (MS Project), basic database query language usage, time tracking tools, Use Case / UML, advanced quality assurance (QA) tool usage for test case development, execution, and defect tracking/issue tracking software.
• Creating and interpreting process maps and flowcharts.
• Preparing various reports, summaries, surveys and written recommendations. Developing and maintaining project plans.
• Developing conceptual design documents, including devising logical skeletons for new systems.
• Conducting usability testing of software applications.
• Operating standard office equipment and using required software applications

Ability to: Ask pointed questions to verify clear understanding of client issues.

• Analyze a business function and derive a set of requirements to satisfy a general request.
• Take ownership of an aspect or task on a project with little to no assistance.
• Actively communicate technical and business aspects of work efforts to team members. Mentor other analysts when necessary.
• Champion a non-technical project improvement effort.
• Lead requirements gathering sessions.
• Provide a high level of customer service.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Exhibit a positive attitude when dealing with others.
• Follow all internal procedures for handling customer requests.
• Communicate timely and through proper channels to keep customer and upper management informed of the progress of an issue.
• Take personal ownership of issues, following through to issue resolution.
• Attend to detail.
• Analyze and solve logic problems. In emergency situations, determine appropriate actions to protect critical systems and data.
• Meet all deadlines created by management or clearly communicate to management the reasons the deadlines are not possible.
• Effectively organize and prioritize all tasks and responsibilities.
• Participate in team projects and activities.
• Demonstrate flexibility in accepting and adapting to change.
• Clear, concise, grammatically correct oral and written communications, including SEM documentation.
• Demonstrate appropriate frequency and level of detail in communications.
• Escalate unresolved issues to others.