Business Analyst

Business Analyst

SAN FRANCISCO, California

Onsite

Contract

$70.18/hr - $75/hr

Our client is looking for full-time Business Analyst. This role will be onsite in either San Francisco, CA or New York, NY.

Contract Duration: 8 Months

Required Skills & Experience

• 5- 7 years experience as Product Manager and/or Business Analyst on software development projects

• Financial domain knowledge/experience preferably in the space of ETFs, mutual funds, portfolio management or trade operations

• Strong interpersonal skills and verbal/written communication skills

• Strong project and time management skills

• Strong ability to build effective working relationships across various levels

• Ability to set and maintain priorities in a multi-task environment

• Ability to handle pressure and changes effectively

• Experience executing test plans and coordinating automated testing

• Experience in product demos, presentations and user training

• Experience working in a globally, distributed team

• Experience working in Agile SDLC

• Excellent business judgment and strong analytical skills, with ability to identify issues and solutions

Required technical skills include

• Experience facilitating business discovery workshops and interviewing end-users

• Demonstrated ability to write high-level business requirements

• Demonstrated ability to write functional specifications: including use cases, business process diagrams, user interface wireframes and data dictionaries

• Demonstrated ability to write and execute user-acceptance test plans and cases

• Experience working on projects with modern application development (e.g. Web applications using Angular/React, Web Services, APIs, JSON/XML, NoSQL Databases, Kubernetes, Cloud Technology)

• Experience with UI/UX design/prototyping is a distinct advantage

What You Will Be Doing

Daily Responsibilities

• Analyze business processes/requirements and developing specifications for both near and longer-term solutions

• Attending key Agile development rituals such as stand-ups, grooming, planning, demos and retrospectives

• Coordinating with users and development teams to perform user acceptance tests

• Conduct product demos, presentations and user training

• Oversee the creation of key artifacts critical to the delivery of excellent software products:- Business requirements- Process definition documents- Functional specifications- Data definition documents- Product release notes- User journey maps- Use cases, user stories- User-acceptance test plans and cases

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family

• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits

• Vision Benefits

• Health Savings Account (HSA)

• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance

• Hospital Indemnity Insurance

• 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options

• Paid Sick Time Leave

• Legal and Identity Protection Plans

• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit

• 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans/Disability/Women. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under Motion Recruitment Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

Posted by: Valerie Harrison

Specialization: Agile Coach/Scrum Master