Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Business Analyst - in New York, NY

Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Our client has an immediate need for a Business Analyst with a strong technical background for a 3 month contract to start ASAP.

Location: NYC


Key Accountabilities:

Responsible for analyzing and developing product requirements and functional/non-functional specifications-
Develop formal product requirements documentation that is accurate and translatable into specifications that are implementable-
Facilitate sessions with product and technology teams to gather product requirements.
Apply the appropriate methodology to capturing and communicating the requirements, e.g., use cases, business process flows, state transition diagrams, spreadsheets, etc.-
Develop a traceability matrix of product requirements through the testing artifacts- Adhere to a requirements life cycle to ensure changes are captured, communicated and controlled
Support product testing- Write test cases that include the development of test data and expected results-
Maintain traceability matrix linking test artifacts (test cases, test data and expected results) to the product requirements- Interact with the QA, product and technology teams to clarify product and testing requirements including performing any necessary data analysis and walkthroughs of requirements and test artifacts

Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in a business-related or technical discipline is required Minimum of 5 - 7 years of business and systems analysis experience within financial services
Strong verbal and written communication skills essential Demonstrated understanding of credit markets, credit instruments and credit risk
Solid understanding of Web-enabled systems and databases
Experience as a systems analyst on a medium to large scale financial application applying a structured SDLC methodology
Must be well-organized and able to work independently and within a team context; embodies a can-do attitude
Highly proficient in MS Excel, MS Access, Visio and MS Word
Any development or QA testing experience would be a plus

Candidates must be local to the NYC area and readily available.
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