Our client is a prestigious asset management firm seeking for their Information Technology organization a Senior Systems Analyst reporting to VP, IT Corporate Applications, to work in partnership with HR, Compliance, Legal, IT groups for the firm’s enterprise application needs.

Responsibilities include:

• Serve as the IT business partner for HR, Compliance, Legal, IT, and third-party vendors on an ongoing basis; supporting the prioritization of business and enterprise needs and managing expectations.
• Develop enough knowledge to be a SME (subject matter expert) on the business process and liaise between the different stakeholders across departments for assigned initiatives or projects
• Gather, document, analyze and draw conclusions regarding complex data and information; succinctly present findings to various audiences
• Manage ongoing maintenance of documentation tasks, including:
  • Project deliverables (e.g., project charter, project plan)
  • Test plans, results, issue logs and remediation strategies
  • Business, functional and technical requirements
  • Current state (“as is”) and future state (“to be”) processes, systems flows and data flows
• Assist or lead in the preparation for working sessions with business and IT stakeholders
• Document and train BAU team on new processes and procedures
• Serve as go-to point of contact for assigned phases or components of a project (e.g., requirements or testing phase), in close coordination with the Project Manager
• Establish effective working relationships with business stakeholders across the CFO organization
• Proactively contribute to the development of your own technical skills
• Demonstrate flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks as well as communicating potential conflicts to a supervisor
• Own and drive areas of a project with ability to connect the dots between dependencies, planning for next steps, and being able to multi-task across multiple deliverables
• Manage PROD support queue daily; effectively diagnose and communicate root cause and resolution to business users on a timely basis.
• Manage SDLC process and weekly release queue.

   

  Qualifications

   

  • 5-7 years business analysis experience within the financial services industry, preferably in the investment management industry;
  • Experience in “Big 4” type organizations (or comparable), in consulting or audit
  • Track record in business analysis and process improvement;
  • Solid analytical skills and ability to understand and resolve complex problems;
  • Strong project management capabilities of developing detailed plans, coordination with stakeholders across various levels, and being able to communicate at different levels (detailed vs. summary)
  • Experience in working with large sets of data including data manipulation in logical data structures and reconciliations;
  • Expertise in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio
  • Knowledge of HR and Compliance business processes (Compensation, Payroll etc.) is a plus.

     

    Education

     Bachelor’s degree preferred.