Senior Business Analyst

• Senior Business Analyst
• Location: New York City, NY_ Hybrid 3 days/week
• Duration: 12+ months extendable contract
• Core Responsibilities
• Work with business partners to identify opportunities and define goals for various initiatives
• Play a key role in articulating detailed requirements and acceptance criteria
• Coordinate across business, user experience and technology teams to drive delivery
• Prepare detailed specifications and supporting documents to guide development teams as needed, including assisting in designing and reviewing test cases
• Meet deadlines and communicate delays in a timely manner
• Collaborate with other teams within the organization on project work and to further best practices

• Key Experience
• 8+ years of experience in a business analyst, product owner, or user experience role
• Experience in an Agile setting writing user stories, acceptance criteria, epics and organizing the backlog according to the overall roadmap
• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact effectively with business stakeholders to understand the business and gather requirements
• Highly detail-oriented with a strong ability to manage and execute simultaneous projects and tasks
• Self-motivated, with a high level of initiative
• Ability to work efficiently and independently
• Proficiency in MS Office and related applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

Skills Desired:

• A degree in computer science, business or related fields
• Experience at an investment bank or other leading financial services firms
• Comfort working with ambiguity, managing and resolving complex issues
• Experience with SQL and tools such as Power BI to query data for analysis and visualization.
• Experience leveraging AI tools to create business requirements and other documentation (GitHub Copilot, JIRAGEN, etc.)