Municipal Bonds Business Analyst

About the Role

Lead product strategy and delivery for municipal bonds platforms, driving front-to-back workflow integration across origination, syndication, and settlement systems. Partner with syndicate desks, bankers, sales, and operations to prioritize high-impact solutions and communicate roadmap outcomes to senior stakeholders including C-suite.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the product vision and roadmap aligned to strategic priorities for Munis platforms (e.g., Deal Central / issuance platforms)
• Drive front-to-back workflow integration, ensuring seamless data flow across origination, syndication, and settlement systems
• Partner with syndicate desks, bankers, sales, and operations to understand pain points and prioritize high-impact solutions
• Communicate product strategy, roadmap, and outcomes to senior stakeholders (including C-suite) and drive adoption across business users
• Own and prioritize the program and product backlog, balancing regulatory, business, and platform modernization priorities
• Lead delivery across 1-3 cross-functional Agile teams, ensuring alignment and value delivery
• Define and refine user stories and acceptance criteria with a focus on automation, data integrity, and client transparency
• Make real-time trade-off decisions between new features, regulatory requirements, and platform stability
• Ensure high-quality delivery and acceptance of features, with a focus on scalability and resilience
• Drive automation and straight-through processing (STP) across Munis execution workflows
• Support user training, demos, and change management to improve adoption and user experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Technology, Finance, or related field; MBA/MS preferred
• 8+ years of experience in Municipal Bonds primary markets (issuance, syndication, pricing, allocations, settlement)
• Deep understanding of:
  • Municipal bond issuance lifecycle (competitive & negotiated deals)
  • Syndication, pricing, and allocation processes
  • Regulatory and compliance requirements in Munis markets
• Experience working directly with front office (syndicate/trading desks) is strongly preferred
• Strong understanding of fixed income products and market structure
• Proven ability to translate business needs into scalable technology solutions
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills
• Experience troubleshooting production issues and driving timely resolution
• Excellent communication skills with ability to present complex topics to business and executive stakeholders
• Experience leading large-scale platform initiatives and user experience improvements
• Strong Agile experience:
  • Backlog prioritization, story writing, acceptance criteria
  • Tools such as JIRA and Confluence
• Experience working in global, cross-functional teams
• Familiarity with reporting/BI tools and standard productivity tools (MS Office, Visio, etc.)

Pay & Schedule

• Contract position
• Location: Pennington, New Jersey
• Pay rate: $66 - 68 per hour
• Work hours: 9am to 5pm