Sunday, March 14, 2010

Business Analyst in New York, NY

Sunday, March 14, 2010
DescriptionOur client, one of the top US investment banks, offering securities underwriting and trading, mergers and acquisitions advice, research, private equity investment, and risk management products, is seeking Business Analyst. Location: New York, NYContractThe hire will be working for the Alternative Investment Reporting, Valuation and Planning IT team.The hire will be responsible for specific tactical/strategic deliverable projects and support of the following systems: AI Finance Data Warehouse Reporting Platform AI Firm Reporting System Expense Tracking and Reporting System AI Budgeting/Forecasting SystemAI Portfolio Tracking System Responsible for gathering/defining business requirements from clients. Writing business process documents, system analysis documents, business requirements document, test cases, testing and contributing to the phases of software development life cycle. Candidate will also be responsible for interfacing with the development team in the explanation of requirements and will be expected to perform the QA role during the application testing. Common responsibilities include: Working directly with the Project Managers and Business groups to ensure requirements and goals are correctly understood and documented. Producing documentation for business process, system analysis, business requirement specification, use case models, data and process flow diagrams, including user/interface design and screen/report mockups. Defining detailed test plans, executing test cases, regression testing, analyzing and reporting test results and maintaining traceability. Ensuring current and accurate system documentation across projects following consistent standards and methodology. Issue tracking from start to resolution, maintain effective status tracking for Audit purpose and provide production support to clients. Participating in reviewing analysis, requirements, and design sessions with the development team. Performing pre-release validation including supporting users during the UAT phase, post-release checkout and compile release notes. Participate in the entire SDLC process and ensure all phases and necessary requirements are met with proper supporting artifacts. Maintain constant communication with other team members, project managers as well as the Singapore team when necessary. Business Analyst Demonstrates thorough working experience in methodologies and standards for analyzing business and system processes, utilize modeling techniques including: Data Flow Diagrams, System Diagrams, Process Models, and Use Case Modeling. Extensive experience with producing business requirement and functional specification documents including user/interface designs and screen mockups. Demonstrates strong working knowledge and hands on execution of the system development life cycle processes and SDLC methodologies. Experience with creating and executing test scripts while thoroughly tracking, analyzing and reporting test results. Skilled in analyzing and understanding data of reporting systems from various sources, performing Gap analysis, and identifying data integration points, anomalies, and issues. Effectively manage time, prioritize work, multi-task across multiple assignments, and demonstrate accountability and ensure deliverables are met. Excellent interpersonal, communication, and technical writing skills while demonstrating ability to interact professionally with a diverse group across IT and business teams, various levels of business managers and subject matter experts. Flexibility and ability to work effectively in an agile development environment with rapid growth and changing requirements. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, highly organized and detail oriented. Desirable Skills: Experience with Business Reporting Tools such as Crystal Reports, Business Objects, Excel 2003/2007 Cube Analysis/Pivot Table. Experience with application development projects involving MS-SQL, Microsoft.NET platforms, Web Services, and SharePoint. Exposure to logical and physical database design and understanding ER diagrams and Dimensional Data Models. Experience or exposure to Business Intelligence platforms and Datawarehouse technologies. Some basic experience in writing SQL and understanding of ETL Development Tools Industry knowledge in Financial Services, Alternative Investment Business, Finance, Accounting, Financial Reporting.
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