Required Skills & Experience
- 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, IT Business Analyst, or similar role supporting enterprise technology initiatives.
- Experience gathering, documenting, and translating business requirements into functional requirements, user stories, process flows, and technical deliverables.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to partner across business users, technology teams, and senior leadership.
- Experience supporting enterprise application implementations, process improvement initiatives, workflow automation, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
- Advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word skills with the ability to create executive-level presentations, analyses, and project documentation.
- Experience within financial services, investment banking, capital markets, or other highly regulated industries.
- Hands-on experience with SQL, Power BI, Tableau, or similar analytics and reporting tools.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies, backlog management, sprint planning, and software development lifecycles.
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
- Experience creating process maps, swim lane diagrams, data flow diagrams, and business workflow documentation.
- Exposure to enterprise applications, system integrations, workflow automation platforms, and change management initiatives.
- Experience supporting process automation and operational efficiency initiatives.
- Familiarity with requirement validation, data analysis, and KPI tracking.
- Experience partnering with infrastructure, application, and engineering teams on enterprise technology projects.
Job Description
A large financial client in NYC is looking for a Business Analyst in NYC. This individual will partner closely with business stakeholders and technology teams to support enterprise application enhancements, process improvement initiatives, and workflow optimization efforts. They will be responsible for gathering and documenting business requirements, facilitating stakeholder meetings and workshops, creating process flows, user stories, and acceptance criteria, and translating business needs into actionable technical requirements. They will work closely with developers, application owners, and project teams throughout the project lifecycle, supporting solution design, testing, implementation, and user adoption. Additional responsibilities include coordinating User Acceptance Testing (UAT), analyzing business processes to identify opportunities for automation and efficiency gains, leveraging SQL and reporting tools to support business analysis, tracking project success metrics, and helping drive enterprise technology initiatives that improve operational effectiveness and business performance across the organization.