Technical Business Analyst (VP Level)

I have a full time opportunity for a Technical Business Analyst to join one of our top tier investment organizations in Midtown Manhattan. The Technical Business Analyst will be responsible for helping to design, develop, and deploy business-facing technology solutions across the Firm. The role requires a solid understanding of business requirements documentation and software development processes. This position will work closely with the business technology team in a highly collaborative manner to interface with the internal teams as well as key stakeholder groups.
This will be a hybrid opportunity, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote in Midtown.
*** This role comes with a very generous base salary and bonus structure ***
Responsibilities:Be part of a business technology team responsible for owning and executing delivery of custom solutions that are uniquely tailored to the business' needs.Engage with stakeholders at all levels to understand the business objectives and functional requirements necessary to perform their roles efficiently and effectively.Elicit, capture and interpret business problems from multiple perspectives; present implications and recommendations with strategic perspective, influencing project parameters and outcomes.Perform requirements gathering, solution design, functionality development, user acceptance testing, training, and deployment.Develop requirements, write user stories, and design user interfaces of any new functionality that can be understood and built by the development team.Understand the data model and architecture, and define data structures to enable new system functionality.Evaluate the suitability of existing/potential tools to fulfill business needs.Closely collaborate with Business Management, Information Technology, and outside vendors to develop and implement new applications and tools for use by the business.
Qualifications:Strong knowledge of Business Analysis, Software Development, Project Management, and Data Management skillset.Experience translating business needs into detailed technical specifications for application development.High level understanding of code to collaborate with developers to design new solutions and provide support. First-hand knowledge of development is beneficial.Familiar with data model management processes and best practices.Experience with User Acceptance Testing and quality assurance.Strong knowledge of software development and implementation/deployment lifecycle and best practices.Excellent communication skills and demonstrated command of language, clarity of thought and orderliness of presentation.Excellent organization and documentations skills, with the ability to design and facilitate a group process, elicit contributions, stimulate focused discussions and achieve a desired outcome; consensus builder.Hands-on experience with on-premise and cloud-based enterprise systems; Knowledge of how to design, manage, and integrate these systems to support current and future business needs.Successful candidates will be self-motivated with a strong desire to contribute to the success of the department and company.Advisory investment banking technology relevant experience is a plusExperience with Agile Development methodologies.Bachelor's degree or Masters is preferred.

Lori SklarskiSenior Technical RecruiterPRI TechnologyP: 973.732.5454 x27C: 973.432.9968F: 973.732.5456Lori.sklarski@pritechnology.comwww.pritechnology.com