Senior Business Systems Analyst

About the role

The Senior Business Systems Analyst supports multiple asset classes and advances Investment & Operations technology initiatives. This role operates at an independent level, partnering closely with Product Owners, engineering teams, vendors, and senior business stakeholders to translate complex investment and operational needs into well-defined, high quality technology solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the analysis of investment & operations business processes and requirements gathering across a variety of platforms for post trade processing including Heliograph, SWIFT, Eagle and other internally developed messaging platforms.
• Converts complex business requirements into clear functional and non-functional specifications, including data, integration, and performance requirements aligned to investment platforms.
• Acts as a trusted advisor to senior business stakeholders, proactively managing scope, expectations, and trade-offs in complex investment initiatives.
• Collaborates closely with engineering, QA, data, platform, and architecture teams to ensure requirements are testable, traceable, and aligned with enterprise standards.
• Reviews and validates test strategies, test cases, and acceptance criteria for trading and investment systems; supports automated, regression, and performance testing efforts as required.
• Ensures adherence to the firm’s Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile delivery practices.
• Ensures the successful completion of user acceptance testing.
• Oversees implementation readiness, including data validation, operational workflows, controls documentation, and training materials for investment and operations users.
• Provides production support leadership for investment platforms, including incident triage, root-cause analysis, defect resolution, and continuous improvement recommendations.
• Contributes to strategic planning activities by providing input into investment technology roadmaps, platform enhancements, sequencing, and delivery risk assessments.
• Mentors and coaches Business Systems Analysts, promoting strong analysis discipline, domain knowledge, and Agile best practices within Investment & Operations Technology.
• Contributes to continuous improvement of analysis methods, tools, and standards across the Investment & Operations Technology organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5-6+ years of experience in Financial Services supporting Operations or Trading with a focus on requirements gathering, understanding business process flows.
• Deep understanding of business analysis practices and system integration concepts within investment environments.
• Proven analytical skills and a demonstrated ability to make independent decisions.
• A strong understanding of post trade processing trade lifecycle.
• A proven understanding of Agile framework and systems development lifecycle.
• Ability to perform detailed analysis on systems at all phases of the project lifecycle.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to influence senior investment, operations, and technology stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring or leading other analysts and contributing to practice-level and domain-level improvements.
• Strong SQL skills.

Qualifications

• Currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
• This position is not eligible for sponsorship.

Benefits

Base Salary Range: $70,000.00 - $101,000.00
This position is eligible for competitive incentive bonus.

Pay

Base Salary Range: $70,000.00 - $101,000.00

Schedule

Hybrid work environment (remote/onsite)