Business Analyst (BA)

Location: Boston, MA (Onsite)
Experience: 10+ Years
Industry: Financial Services
Work Model: Onsite

Client: LTM/State Street

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst with a strong background in Financial Services, software implementation, and project management. The ideal candidate should have experience gathering complex business requirements, designing end-to-end business processes, managing cross-functional teams, and working on financial systems involving trade flows, collateral management, security reference data, and SWIFT workflows.

Major Responsibilities

• Lead complex business and system requirements-gathering sessions by facilitating strategic meetings with business users and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with business teams to understand requirements, develop wireframes, and communicate the vision to development teams while overseeing the end-to-end development lifecycle.
• Design and execute end-to-end data and process flows, working closely with business and technical teams to establish connectivity across the ecosystem, including SWIFT.
• Translate complex business concepts and technical requirements into clear, functional requirements that can be understood by end users, developers, testers, and other stakeholders.
• Prepare business requirement documents (BRDs), functional specifications, and other project-related documentation in accordance with established methodologies.
• Work with project teams to develop and manage project plans, including issue resolution and risk mitigation.
• Collaborate with business users, developers, testers, and implementation specialists to ensure successful project delivery.
• Lead the development of end-user training plans, business-level user acceptance testing (UAT) plans, and implementation strategies.
• Communicate project updates, progress, and potential risks to senior management and business stakeholders.
• Guide and supervise project teams in resolving issues, risks, and project impediments.
• Partner with technology and business managers to establish and maintain disciplined project processes.
• Ensure compliance with project methodology standards, documentation, and approval processes, including project artifacts and tollgates.
• Coordinate stakeholder participation to ensure accurate and timely project deliverables.
• Manage cross-functional dependencies across business and IT teams.

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Technology, Finance, Business, or an equivalent discipline.
• Minimum 10+ years of relevant professional experience in Financial Services and project management.
• Strong experience in software implementation within the Financial Services industry, working as a Business Analyst and/or Product Owner.
• Experience with Colline, Apex, CloudMargin, or similar financial applications is a plus.
• Strong working knowledge of relational databases, object stores, and hands-on SQL experience.
• Excellent understanding of Trade Flows, Security Reference Data, Market Data, Valuations, and Benchmark Data.
• Experience designing end-to-end operational data flow architectures.
• Strong experience in Collateral Management applications.
• Experience with custody and settlement workflows using SWIFT for securities and cash movements.
• Proven experience implementing financial systems using standard SDLC methodologies and tools, including Agile.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Strong management, project management, problem-solving, and leadership capabilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Access, VBA, and Visio is highly desirable.

Preferred Qualifications

• Financial Services domain expertise, particularly in collateral management and capital markets.
• Hands-on experience with financial applications such as Colline, Apex, and CloudMargin.
• Strong understanding of SWIFT messaging, securities processing, and cash settlement workflows.
• Ability to work effectively with business stakeholders, technical teams, and senior management.

Additional Requirement: This is an onsite position in Boston, MA. Candidates must be comfortable working onsite.