Business Analyst

Job Description

Key Job Functions/Responsibilities

• Interview customer users to identify business problems and requirements of new

software

• Interview other Broadridge employees (and possibly third parties such as vendors,

etc.) to obtain further insight into business problems

• Analyze conflicting requirements from different users, prioritize them, and develop

business-oriented software requirements

• Liaise with the development team on the initiatives provided to you and lead the

development priorities for your defined product areas

• Document and present the results of the above processes in a form that is

meaningful to customers and the development team

• As the solution owner, monitor the SDLC progress to ensure smooth

implementation from start to finish

• Resolve any oversights or ambiguities in the original specification

• Unit test all new system changes initiated by the development team

• Review the finished product with customers and confirm that all business

requirements have been met

• Monitor production installation over time to ensure successful use of new software

applications and features

• Lead focus group and information sessions to ensure successful use of new

applications and features

• Present your products at internal information sessions

• Provide problem solving for client reported issues with the application

• Provide guidance to other business analysts and product team members

• Participate/lead larger scale, more complex projects

Additional Job Description

Basic Skill Level Requirements

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (e.g., business, computer science, engineering)

• Training in system integration life cycle methodologies

Experience:

• 3+ years' experience in the financial/brokerage industry with similar role in an agile

environment

Skills/Tools:

• Analytical skills with financial/brokerage experience and specifically within the

Cash Management / Money Movement domain

• Experience executing the development process with technical teams, internal

partners and external vendors including writing business requirements / use cases /

user stories, conducting user acceptance testing and communicating project status

to project team.

• Expertise in following a SDLC process and a continuous improvement advocate

during a Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) as well as project methodologies,

including waterfall and Agile.

• Testing skills including creating business test cases and building test plans

• Seasoned at daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, backlog

prioritization, user story preparation and demos.

• Interpersonal skills including building consensus, negotiation and facilitation

• Strong communication skills such as client interviewing, business writing,

developing and delivering presentations

• Training skills: development and delivery of training

• Design Skills, data modeling, process modeling, knowledge of wireframes and

prototyping

• Proficiency in MS Office suite of applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio

• Proficiency in JIRA, Confluence, flowchart applications

• Knowledge of SQL would be beneficial