Title: Business Systems Analyst
Location: Richmond, VA (Hybrid) Duration: 12 Months
Job Description
The Client Investment Decision Support (IDS) team are the primary data stewards for the Investments Department. IDS connects data to investment analysis by overseeing all aspects of the data management life cycle. They work closely with investment programs to understand their business data and decision support requirements, develop tools to extract valuable and timely information, and continuously improve processes and systems to ensure high levels of data integrity and availability. The IDS team is seeking an experienced Business Systems Analyst with a strong background in business and process analysis, requirements gathering, and testing to support the evaluation and implementation of a new investment data platform. This role will focus on assessing current-state processes, data flows, and systems, and partnering with business stakeholders to define future-state capabilities that align with strategic investment objectives.
Scope:
The Investment Decision Support team is seeking an experienced Business Systems Analyst who will actively support current-state analysis and the implementation of a new investment data platform through the following:
Partner with Investment stakeholders to document current-state processes, systems, and data flows, identifying gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
Conduct interviews and working sessions to capture business needs and translate them into clear requirements for the new data platform.
Elicit, document, and manage business and technical requirements to support platform design and implementation.
Support the definition of future-state workflows and operating models aligned with the new investment data platform.
Develop a strong understanding of existing investment systems and data architecture, including integration points and dependencies.
Create and maintain detailed documentation including current-state assessments, future-state designs, and data flow diagrams.
Assist with data mapping, validation, and reconciliation activities during platform implementation.
Develop and execute testing strategies, including user acceptance testing, to ensure successful delivery of platform capabilities.
Support change management and transition activities to ensure adoption of new processes and systems.
Provide ongoing support through data analysis, reporting, and process refinement as the platform is implemented and stabilized.
Contribute to special projects and strategic initiatives as directed by the IDS Research Director.
Required Skills
Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university.
7+ years of experience in gathering and documenting requirements, improving business and technical processes, and creating and implementing testing plans.
Excellent critical thinking skills and attention to detail to help solve problems and make decisions.
Experience writing technical documentation (requirements, process maps, etc.).
Excellent communicator and be able to produce clear and concise documentation.
Demonstrated experience working in a team environment.
Additional Preferred Skills
Experience using programming languages such as SQL or python.
Experience with reporting and data visualization tools such as SQL Server Reporting Services, Tableau or Power BI.
Experience with robotic process automation tools such as Power Automate.
Investment/financial market industry experience.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Richmond, VA
Skills
Acceptance Testingunmatched
Analysis Skillsunmatched
Automationunmatched
Business Analysisunmatched
Business Processesunmatched
Business Solutionsunmatched
Change Managementunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Continuous Improvementunmatched
Data Analysisunmatched
Data Managementunmatched
Data Mappingunmatched
Data Processingunmatched
Data Qualityunmatched
Data Visualization Toolsunmatched
Database Report Toolsunmatched
Decision Supportunmatched
Detail Orientedunmatched
Documentationunmatched
Financeunmatched
Intrusion Detection Systemsunmatched
Investment Analysisunmatched
Investment Strategyunmatched
Power BIunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Process Analysisunmatched
Process Flowunmatched
Process Improvementunmatched
Product Lifecycleunmatched
Programming Languagesunmatched
Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
Reconciliationunmatched
Requirements Managementunmatched
Risk Analysisunmatched
SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)unmatched
Stock Marketunmatched
Strategic Planningunmatched
System Architectureunmatched
Systems Analysisunmatched
Tableauunmatched
Team Playerunmatched
Technical Supportunmatched
Technical Writingunmatched
Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
Test Requirementsunmatched
Test Strategyunmatched
Testingunmatched
Time Managementunmatched
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