Senior Business Analyst

Client - Major Financial Firm
Duration - 6 + Month (potential for extension)
Location - Tampa, FL 33637
Rate - $35.03/hr on W2 (OT past 40 hours = $52.55/hr)

Job Description:

Provide implementation support and analytics for the North America Full Suite program which is part of the Client Finance Transformation inititiative. Implementation will cover all businesses/segments in Client North America.

Role & Responsibilities
• Participate and support the definition phase of the project including:
o Supporting business in discovery
o Review discovery documentation provided by country
o Review Fit/Gap analysis.
• Participate and support the design phase of the project including:
o Review of Business Requirement Documents (BRD)
o Review of Functional Requirements Documents (FRD)
o Creation of Operations schedule and flow for country
o Support report design
o Validate mapping logic
• Participate and support configuration and development phase of the project including:
o All country specific configurations
o Assist technology with conversion efforts
o Perform reconciliations of converted data
• Participate and support the SIT phase of the project including:
o Review of all country SIT specific test plans and scripts
o Correction of any configuration issues
o Configuration support
• Participate and support the UAT phase of the project including:
o Assist in the creation of the UAT test plan
o Execution of FRO test scripts
o Support business with UAT testing
o Assist with stress/performance/volume testing
• Participate and support the Go Live phase of the project including:
o Assistance with user training
o Confirm production configurations
o Assist with and confirm conversion
o Assist in the complete of go live checklist

Qualifications:

Experience
• Awareness and understanding of FRO functions and taxonomies.
• Able to work effectively and efficiently toward goals in a complex, diverse environment with multiple and changing demands.

Knowledge, Skills, Expertise
• Knowledge of principles, practices and theories of Financial Processes.
• Knowledge of risk and controls within FRO processes.
• Knowledge of project methodologies.
• Pro-active in developing and implementing processes that significantly mitigate risk.
• Knowledge of external trends and best practices.

Critical Thinking & Problem-Solving
• Assists in development of innovations and solutions where precedents and procedures may not exist.
• Works cross-functionally to solve problems and assists in implementation of changes.
• Analyzes options and can identify potential solutions.
• Works with Leads to resolve problems.

Collaboration
• Demonstrates collaboration skills and techniques to create lasting, productive partnerships with clients and team members
• Projects a professional image when strategically communicating and planning for change.
• Fosters and manages supportive relationships with team and customers.

Communication Effectiveness
• Demonstrates professional inter-personal skills, conflict resolution, and negotiating skills.
• Ensures open communication across project teams.
• Handles project communications within specialty for internal and/or external audiences.
• Creates a forum and format for ongoing open communication within functional area or among departments.