Job Overview

We are looking for a Business Systems Analyst who can lead strategic IT projects for Arrowstreet’s Performance and Client Reporting domains within our Marketing & Reporting business team. Candidates should have at least three years of financial services business analysis and project management experience in functional areas supporting investment management.  A good candidate is somebody who can draw upon previous experiences to help define and carry out IT initiatives that will allow our business users to execute on their strategic initiatives. This position requires attention to detail, strong leadership and communication skills. This position will work with other IT team members and business partners within the firm. Supported by a team of developers and QA resources, this position will have full ownership of the strategic book of work including product management and custom development solutions.

Job Responsibilities

• Liaise between Performance and Client Reporting business teams to understand business functional needs and then guide Developers and QA resources to deliver timely solutions
• Lead daily stand ups working with IT resources and perform all agile project management tasks including maintaining a well-ordered backlog of issues and epics in JIRA to organize and prioritize bugs, stories, tasks, and releases
• Collaborate with IT and business teams to create business and systems requirements, functional requirements and integration testing strategies for the business strategic initiatives
• Manage each project with support from Manager and team members, drive each project to completion
• Work closely with various technical and business units across the firm to help plan and prioritize future projects related to these business teams
• Provide Tier 1 production support during working business hours, tracking issues in JIRA and ensuring issues are resolved in a timely manner while ensuring clear communication to business users
• Develop training materials and conduct end-user training sessions
• Create and maintain documentation in Confluence for both the Dev team (functional specifications) and end users (How-Tos)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a Business, Computer Science or related concentration is required
• 3-5 years’ experience in the Investment Management industry
• Strong understanding of Performance and Client Reporting responsibilities are required
• Hands-on experience in creating Business Requirements, Functional Requirements and Business workflow documents
• Strong skills developing use cases and test strategies including integration testing for in-house applications
• Experience writing queries and analyzing data with MS SQL Server is required
• Strong Excel skills, as well as a working knowledge of data structures are required
• Great communication and organizational skills, drive, energy, enthusiasm, maturity, and confidence
• Experience with third party applications and vendor management is preferred, but not required
• Prior experience managing projects requiring communication across multiple business and technical teams is preferred
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills

We maintain a friendly, team-oriented environment and place a high value on professionalism, attitude and initiative.