Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA, Inc.) · 6 days ago
Principal Business Analyst
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
15+ years expSoftware Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA, Inc.) is searching for a Principal Business Analyst for a contract assignment with a premier Financial Services client. The Principal Business Analyst will work independently with business and technology teams to build tech solutions that support significant business transformation, utilizing strong domain knowledge in asset management and collaborating effectively with stakeholders.
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Responsibilities
Works independently in all aspects of business analysis
Utilize expert Agile skills to collaborate successfully with development teams, create epics, milestones to advance the technology solution
Employ design thinking to iterate on the hypothesis that solves for the personas needs. Ability to significantly contribute to the solution vision and target operating model. Effectively collaborate with stakeholders to drive solution design decisions
Conduct user research by interviewing business counterparts to effectively draw out and articulate the business need/problem/ opportunity to be addressed with strong listening skills and the ability to look beyond obvious answers to understand impacts
Gather and analyze requirements with a view toward design, including current state and future state workflows, user stories, acceptance criteria, data mapping, data flows and UI wireframes
Manage stakeholders by bringing them along on the journey, collaboratively socializing design components and by building professional relationships and influencing skills to advance objectives
Work closely and influence developers, strongly advocating for business needs, to achieve technology outcomes that will support the business objectives. Apply knowledge of technology to understand what is possible and quickly learn new technology concepts. Adapt to development teams' work preferences to effectively collaborate, whether Agile or other style
Prepare for, initiate and run cross-functional team meetings or workshops that drive to decisions
Develop business outcomes and objectives, achieving stakeholder buy-in. Create user stories, contribute to solution backlog and groom backlog; contribute to prioritization of backlog. Identify capabilities and enablers required, as well as milestones and roadmap to execute on the solution design
Continually increase knowledge of Parametric and utilize domain expertise in Parametric's asset management business as well as its technology landscape (new and legacy). Ability to understand the overall enterprise goals to scale using technology enabled processes and contribute to the objective. Apply knowledge of enterprise goals to the design and decision-making
Communicate effectively - both verbally and written - to peers, business partners, architects and developers. This requires the ability to communicate the appropriate content and messaging for the audience. Document meetings and work, communicating decisions through written content
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree required
A minimum of 15 years of experience in Business Analysis and/or Product Owner
Strong experience in querying, mapping and documenting data
Experience leading and directing others to achieve measurable results
Demonstrated ability to articulate customized solutions to meet business requirements
Advanced experience working with Agile/Kanban software development processes
Advanced skills using a variety of tools to document workflows and data mapping including but not limited to Excel and Visio/Lucid
Ability to work be comfortable with ambiguity and to be flexible in a dynamic environment
Ability to thrive in a matrixed organization
Understanding of analysis and documentation goals throughout the project lifecycle
Ability to facilitate decision making through workshops
Ability to learn quickly and work in a changing environment and under tight deadlines
Ability to independently manage personal timelines and meet tight deadlines
Ability to successfully manage and coordinate simultaneous project deliverables across groups and teams
Strong experience with SQL, Excel, Visio/Lucid, Jira, Confluence
Company
Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA, Inc.)
For more than 40 years, SGA has delivered technology and resource solutions that Fortune 500 organizations, mid-size companies, state and local governments, and higher education institutions rely on to achieve their goals/missions.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Peter Taylor
CEO
Andrew Gallagher - CCWP
Senior Vice President - Strategic Partnerships
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