Business Systems Analyst (BSA) - Wealth Management & Trading

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Business Systems Analyst with extensive Wealth Management and Trading domain expertise to drive business and technology initiatives across front-office, middle-office, and trade processing functions. The candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, traders, portfolio managers, operations teams, and technology teams to define requirements, analyze business processes, support strategic transformation initiatives, and deliver technology solutions that enhance trading and wealth management operations.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Wealth Management, Portfolio Management, Trading, Operations, and Technology stakeholders to understand business objectives and define solutions.
• Gather, analyze, document, and validate business, functional, and system requirements.
• Lead requirements workshops, stakeholder interviews, and solution walkthrough sessions.
• Translate business requirements into detailed functional specifications, user stories, process flows, and data mappings.
• Support initiatives involving:
  • Equity Trading
  • Fixed Income Trading
  • FX Trading
  • Derivatives and Structured Products
  • Portfolio Management
  • Wealth Advisory Platforms
  • Trade Execution and Order Management Systems
  • Trade Lifecycle Processing
• Analyze front-to-back trade workflows and identify process improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate with solution architects, developers, QA teams, and business stakeholders throughout the SDLC lifecycle.
• Support regulatory and compliance initiatives impacting wealth and trading platforms.
• Facilitate User Acceptance Testing (UAT), defect triage, and production implementation activities.
• Conduct impact analysis for system enhancements and transformation programs.
• Assist in data analysis, reconciliation, and migration activities related to trading and wealth platforms.

Requirements

• 10+ years of Business Analysis experience with at least 5+ years in Wealth Management, Capital Markets, or Trading environments.

Skills & Qualifications

• Strong experience as a Business Systems Analyst in large enterprise environments.
• Expertise in requirements elicitation, gap analysis, process mapping, and business process reengineering.
• Experience creating:
  • BRD (Business Requirements Document)
  • FRD (Functional Requirements Document)
  • Functional Specifications
  • User Stories
  • Process Flows
  • Data Mapping Documents
  • Test Scenarios

Location: Naperville, IL