LHH is working with a Financial Services company based on the East Coast who is looking hire a Business Analyst to join our client’s staff for a 6+ month project with a VERY strong possibility of long-term extension. Our client is going though an M&A and needs someone who has proven Technical Business Analyst (at least 5 years) experience, a strong background in Requirements Gathering, leading stand-ups, working with stakeholders/end-user/vendors, and knowing how to build Dashboards and views for management. This candidate should also be strong in Discovery.

• Candidates MUST reside in EST or CST to be considered and MUST be willing to work as W2 employee of LHH to be considered.

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The Senior Business Analyst will help Business Leaders analyze business needs, develop business cases, and elicit, prioritize and assess business requirements for strategic enterprise projects and programs.

Position Accountabilities

• Works closely with business leaders to understand business strategies and help translate to action.

• Responsible for the development of Business Cases, which:

  • Clearly articulate the problem or opportunity that the business cases address

  • Provides supporting analysis of the situation and an assessment of options

  • Identifies the recommendations with clearly defined benefits, costs, financial analysis, and documented assumptions

• Drives alignment between stakeholders in the development of acceptance criteria and the plan to assess realization of benefits from proposed changes.

• Collaborates with stakeholders to identify business needs, gather, analyze and document requirements for implementation which drive operational efficiency, customer satisfaction and profitability.

• Clearly define actionable requirements for project teams to help them deliver results, while displaying an understanding of iterative delivery.

• Leverage customer insights and teammate feedback to inform requirement development and prioritization.

• Applies impeccable written and oral communication skills, coupled with strategic influencing skills and the ability to drive agreement through intellect, interpersonal and negotiating skills.

• Works across all levels of the organization, from Executives to project team members to ensure strategic alignment.

• Senior Business Analyst with experience in diverse technology groups and team sizes.

• JIRA Proficiency: Managing JIRA boards and large-scale JIRA projects.

• Project Management Principles: Familiarity with iterative work discovery and execution.

• Lead Discovery Sessions: Running and executing multiple discovery sessions simultaneously with various project managers.

• SCRUM/KANBAN Experience: Leading iterative work environments.

• Dashboard Reporting: Creating and managing dashboards, tying data within JIRA.

Organizational Relationship

This assignment reports to Project Manager within Business Transformation Office.

Position Qualifications

Education Requirements

• A minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent military experience

• 10+ years Banking experience, with experience in various business units (a VERY nice to have, but not a hard requirement)

• At least 5 years of experience in analysis

• Prefer experience in consulting

Knowledge & Skills

• Banking Subject Matter Expertise (Consumer, Wholesale, Wealth, etc.) and knowledgeable of Banking Regulations

• Stays abreast of current industry trends and new technology through professional associations, trade journals, networking, and associated training and seminars

• Experience with strategy development and implementation, including compliance with key bank policies.

• Experience developing business cases, including quantitative and qualitative components (NPV analysis, etc.)

• Experience creating business requirements documentation and user stories

• Vendor proposal and analysis

• Experience with Root Cause identification, gap analysis, and SWOT Analysis practices

• Requirement traceability

• Excellent written communication and verbal presentation skills

• Self-motivated, quick and assertive

• Strong time management skills and ability to meet deadlines

• Extremely detailed oriented and organized

• Exceptional time management skills

• Cool, calm, collected and collaborative, working well under pressure and comfortable with change and complexity in dynamic environments

• Can shift between the "big picture" and the small-but-crucial details, knowing when to concentrate on each

• Proficient in MS Office applications and Visio

• Experience using project management software

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

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• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance