Functional Analyst
About the role
The Data Connect Functional Analyst serves as the primary liaison among application teams, business stakeholders, platform engineering, production support, and Data Connect product management. The analyst translates data integration needs into clear functional requirements and coordinates delivery from intake through implementation and operational handoff. This role leads application onboarding, requirements analysis, backlog readiness, testing coordination, release planning, stakeholder communication, and production issue follow-up. The successful candidate combines strong functional analysis skills with practical knowledge of enterprise data integration, data warehousing, and technology delivery in a regulated environment. Location: Jersey City, New Jersey. Job type: Contract.
Responsibilities
- Lead discovery sessions with application teams, product owners, technology partners, and business stakeholders to define data integration needs.
- Create and maintain business requirements, functional specifications, process flows, user stories, acceptance criteria, use cases, and supporting analysis.
- Translate business outcomes into actionable backlog items with clear scope, dependencies, assumptions, and validation criteria.
- Facilitate requirement walkthroughs, backlog refinement, prioritization discussions, and solution alignment sessions.
- Partner with technical teams to clarify requirements throughout design, development, testing, and implementation.
- Coordinate onboarding