Business Analyst

Job Description :

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.

Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We're devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone.

We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Global Risk Analytics (GRA) and Enterprise Independent Testing (EIT) are sub-lines of business within Global Risk Management (GRM).

Collectively, they are responsible for developing a consistent and coherent set of models, analytical tools, and tests for effective risk and capital measurement, management and reporting across Bank of America.

GRA and EIT partner with the Lines of Business and Enterprise functions to ensure the capabilities it builds address both internal and regulatory requirements, and are responsive to the changing nature of portfolios, economic conditions, and emerging risks.

In executing its activities, GRA and EIT drive innovation, process improvement and automation.

The Infrastructure & Application Management (IAM) team within EIT is responsible for managing the organization's platform infrastructure.

The team defines and executes the technology roadmap in alignment with the target state vision, addresses critical technology pain points, establishes remediation plans, and oversees the end-to-end infrastructure testing framework

Role Overview :

The Business Analyst is accountable for ensuring end user requirements for a new technology feature are covered before we finalize design and architecture of any new technology solution.

Gather and document business requirements / design. Business Analyst will be responsible for on-time delivery of project tasks and milestones and follow proper escalation paths.

• This role also entails applying technical and business knowledge to identify, research, analyze and resolve complex problems with participation in design, development, and implementation of enhancements to our technologies
• We are seeking candidates with subject matter expertise in areas of gathering and documenting business requirements, who maintains strong customer relationships with key internal / external partners and partnerships with EIT Technology Leadership.
• The role requires critical thinking and willingness to dig into the details of new technology enhancement requirements to ensure they are fit for purpose.

The candidate must be a strong communicator and able to effectively explain the rationale and details

Required Skills

• Collaborates effectively across line of business and technology teams
• Feels ownership and accountability for delivering high quality work, able to balance multiple priorities and meet strict deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Well organized with attention to detail
• Asks the next-level questions, applies context to determine direction.
• Strong project management skills including being able to successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Self-starter : Initiates work independently, before being asked
• Intellectual curiosity and an ability to challenge the status quo

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degrees in fields including but not limited to : Business Administration, Finance, IT, Process, Operations Research
• 5 + years of relevant work experience (or 3+ if holds a Master's degree)

Desired Skills

• Business analyst experience in an agile environment.
• Experience using Agile tools (e.g. JIRA / Confluence)
• Experience working with Data Integration team
• Knowledge about report development, testing, and / or data is a plus

Shift :

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week :