EPMO Business Analyst II

Summary

The EPMO Business Analyst II is a key contributor within the Enterprise Project Management Office, responsible for supporting the early phases of the Project Delivery Lifecycle (PDL) through implementation. This role focuses on defining and managing business and functional requirements, facilitating solution design, supporting vendor evaluations, overseeing User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and supporting Change Management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Participate in the early phases of the PDL to support project scoping, business case development, stakeholder engagement, and vendor selection processes.
• Aid in identifying current-state gaps and future-state needs aligned to business objectives.
• Elicit, document, and manage business, functional, and non-functional requirements through interviews, workshops, and document analysis.
• Translate business needs into clear and concise user stories, use cases, and process flows to guide solution design.
• Maintain traceability of requirements throughout the lifecycle of the project.
• Collaborate with business, technology, and vendor partners to support the design of effective and scalable solutions that deliver the stated outcomes.
• Affirm proposed designs against business requirements and objectives.
• Develop UAT strategy, test plans, and test cases based on business requirements.
• Coordinate UAT activities including test execution, defect tracking, and resolution with stakeholders.
• Support business users in validation and sign-off of test results.
• Support Project Managers with ongoing project administration tasks such as scheduling meetings, maintaining project documentation, updating RAID logs, and producing status reports.
• Track deliverables, action items, and key decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, preferably within a banking or financial services environment.
• Familiarity with bank-specific regulatory environments and risk frameworks (eg, Basel III, SOX, etc).
• Experience with requirements management, UAT coordination, and vendor collaboration.

Education and Certifications

• Six Sigma Green Belt, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), and/or PMI Professional in Business Analysis preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and operate across business and technology domains.
• Expertise in requirements development, including both business and functional requirements.
• Strong understanding of project lifecycles, business analysis methodologies, and systems development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Proficiency in tools such as Microsoft Office Suite, JIRA, Confluence, and process modeling tools.
• Excellent communication, analytical thinking, and documentation skills.
• Strong strategic thinking paired with operational execution ability.
• Demonstrated emotional intelligence, resilience, and the ability to lead through ambiguity.
• Builds trust, fosters collaboration, and drives alignment across complex stakeholder groups.
• Metrics-driven mindset with the ability to link change initiatives to business outcomes.