Business Analyst

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Business Analyst for a Contract assignment with one of our premier Financial Service clients in New York, NY . Responsibilities :

• Apply Functional expertise in a squad to achieve outcomes for customers and deliver business values.
• Work closely with business owners to create a shared vision and alignment in the squad.
• Help prioritize and set clear business goals and expectations around deliverables for the squad.
• Help squad understand What by contributing domain knowledge.
• Help squad understand How by translating requirements into technical specs and supporting information.
• Work as part of a banking Agile Squad.
• Remove obstacles by engaging with stakeholders offline and creating shared understanding of handshakes and interfaces.
• Collaborating with multiple technology teams that are upstream and downstream to the application which include Data Warehouse, LoanIQ and firm's GL system etc.
• Working in the Agile development methodologies, collaborating with business and technology teams located globally.
• Interact with business stakeholders, perform detailed analysis of requirements and convert them into clear and concise requirements for development team.
• Write detailed user stories in JIRA, create other artifacts like workflow charts and diagrams, writing solution requirements Specifications in Agile environment.
• Work closely with QA team to review their test cases and assist in UAT with Business stakeholders.
• Strong communication and Interpersonal skills.

• 8+ years of hands on experience as a Business Analyst.
• 4+ years of working knowledge of Finance - Lending Products knowledge.
• 4+ years of experience in working as a proxy for the product owner role.
• 2+ years of experience working on JIRA or other ALM tools to create a productive, high quality development environment.
• Strong communication skills, should be able to work across both Business Users and IT teams across regions and have the ability to lead project's vision.
• Experience in working with partners and stakeholders across geography and time zones.
• Experience working in agile development methodologies.
• Minimum BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.

• Working knowledge of Financial market, lending based products and Wealth Management.
• Working knowledge of financial accounting and treasury Functions.
• Experience in analyzing product level or large initiatives.
• Experience in working as a Scrum Master.
• Scrum Master Certification.