The Principal Business Systems Analyst partners closely with the Green Meadows squad's tech lead and business stakeholders to drive clarity and execution across complex initiatives. This role requires collaboration with a growing team of technologists in a fast-paced, highly ambiguous environment that is constantly evolving with new products and technologies.
As a Principal Business Systems Analyst, you will identify, analyze, and translate business and system requirements in support of large-scale, complex brokerage trading systems. This role will work on Account Opening, Customer Communications, and Money Movement capabilities. You will work closely with key business and technology stakeholders, serving as a critical connector between strategy and execution.
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The candidate is a strong critical thinker who communicates effectively with both technical and business audiences, works closely across organizational boundaries, and builds trusted partnerships across the enterprise.
The ideal candidate is delivery-oriented and excels at breaking large, ambiguous problems into MVPs and pragmatic, phased solutions that deliver value early while scaling thoughtfully over time.
The Expertise We're Looking For
Bachelor's degree in a technical field required; Master's degree preferred
6+ years of relevant experience spanning business systems analysis, product management, or technical product roles, including use case development, data analysis, system flows, and story writing
Exceptional critical-thinking and systems-thinking skills, with a demonstrated ability to quickly understand complex system interdependencies and solve ambiguous business problems
Demonstrated ability to frame problems effectively, consistently asking "What problem are we trying to solve?” and challenging assumptions before solution design
Strong bias toward MVP-driven, phased delivery, with experience breaking large initiatives into incremental releases and avoiding big-bang approaches
Proven ability to translate between business intent and technical execution, converting loosely defined requirements into precise, actionable technical direction
Ability to serve as the main contact between product, engineering, architecture, and team members, clearly representing both business objectives and technical implementation details (including third-party clients when needed)
Highly proficient in user and system story writing, UML sequence diagrams, and system/workflow documentation
Experience leading or influencing cross-functional teams across define-build-test cycles and the full product lifecycle, from concept through production deployment
Working knowledge of APIs, REST, SOAP, and JSON
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS) and SaaS environments preferred
Deep understanding of Agile development methodologies
Experience in financial services with brokerage domain experience a plus
What You Will Do
Serve as a core member of the product team, sharing accountability for strategy, discovery, and delivery of complex brokerage platform capabilities
Lead cross-functional collaboration across product, engineering, architecture, QA, and operations to define, deliver, and evolve scalable solutions
Drive clarity across ambiguous problem spaces by framing business intent, defining system requirements, and shaping pragmatic solution approaches
Evaluate solution alternatives and tradeoffs across cost, scalability, risk, and time-to-market
Negotiate terms and conditions of vendor agreements
Assess outcomes, measure impact, and inform roadmap evolution based on data and feedback