Company is looking for a Lead Business Analyst to be part of the technology organization based in our Atlanta office. The Lead Business Analyst will collaborate with Company Data Product, Engineering, Quantitative, Operations, and QA teams to perform analysis for the development of products to achieve key growth objectives. The Lead Business Analyst analyzes users' business needs to develop effective and creative solutions within time constraints using but not limited to SQL, Visio, and Programming technologies. Further, the Lead Business Analyst will manage all phases of the project life cycle including developing requirements and collaborating with the engineering teams to produce technical design specifications, test plans, and product release artifacts.
Responsibilities
- Prior experience in business analysis and work as a liaison between Business and Technology teams as part of the SDLC process
- Elicit, analyze, communicate, and validate requirements for business processes, content, and functionality from users
- Suggest business workflow improvements and recommend efficiencies to new and existing products and features
- Serve as subject matter expert for development on reference data and pricing for different asset classes such as Fixed Income, Equity, Exchange Traded Derivatives, and Funds
- Assist the production support development group with client questions or issues across several products
- Formulate testing strategies and assist users and developers in testing key deliverables
- Train and mentor other business analyst teammates
- Review technical specs of business analysts on the team
Knowledge and Experience
Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Mathematics, Finance, Business Administration (M.B.A), or a related discipline preferred; or 5 or more years of applied experience as a Business Analyst in a Software Engineering / Application Development groupExperience in maintaining data, defining operational processes, and partnering across product, operations, and development groupsExperience working within an integrated technology environment – using relational databases, endpoints / APIs, and UIs to read and analyze dataExperience with documenting business and system requirements including comprehensive use-cases and working within iterative software development environmentsExperience with Front, Middle, or Back-Office workflows and products in the Capital Markets is a plusExpertise in MS products including Visio, Excel, Word, and PowerPointStrong SQL skills; knowledge of a programming language such as C++, Java, or Python is a plusStrong analytical and problem-solving capabilitiesGeneral technical background required (understanding of principles and key practices across the SDLC)Schedule
This role offers work-from-home flexibility of one day per week.
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