We are looking for a Business Analyst to support finance-focused initiatives for a long-term contract opportunity based in New York, New York. This role is ideal for someone who is detail oriented and can connect business needs with operational and reporting requirements within private markets environments. The position requires strong partnership skills, analytical thinking, and the ability to work closely with stakeholders to improve reporting accuracy, reconciliation processes, and fund accounting outcomes.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with finance, accounting, and business teams to gather, analyze, and document functional needs for reporting and operational processes.
- Evaluate existing workflows and identify gaps, risks, and opportunities to improve reconciliation, investor allocation, and financial statement support activities.
- Translate business objectives into clear requirements, process documentation, and user stories that support delivery teams and stakeholders.
- Facilitate meetings with cross-functional partners to align priorities, clarify expectations, and drive decisions on business and reporting needs.
- Review financial and operational data to support issue identification, root-cause analysis, and resolution planning.
- Support Agile delivery efforts by contributing to backlog refinement, requirement clarification, and validation of completed work.
- Assist with document review and business process mapping to ensure controls, reporting outputs, and accounting activities meet expected standards.
- Communicate findings, recommendations, and project updates clearly to stakeholders across business and finance functions.
- At least 7 years of experience in business analysis, finance, or accounting roles.
- Hands-on experience within private equity or private markets fund accounting environments.
- Strong understanding of reporting, reconciliations, financial statements, and investor allocation processes.
- Proven ability to gather requirements, perform gap analysis, and produce clear business documentation.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to manage stakeholders across multiple functional groups.
- Experience working in Agile or Scrum-based project environments.
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to review complex information and turn it into actionable recommendations.