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Lead Business Systems Analyst – Senior Associate
Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities?
Join our DTCC family, and you’ll grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll be supported and surrounded by other professionals as you learn new skills, advance your career, and see the impact of your efforts every day.
Pay and Benefits:
Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
Retirement benefits
Paid Time Off and other leave of absence
Flexible/Hybrid Work Arrangements
Why you'll love this job:
The successful candidate will drive and support a wide breadth of activities in support of Technology Research and Innovations’ (TRI) objectives. As a result of the team’s focus on elevating DTCC’s innovative profile internally and externally, the ideal candidate has a strong technical background with a business understanding, excellent communication skills, ability to synthesize complex technical topics, keen interest to learn new technologies and dive deep into how it fits into DTCC, adept at building relationships and collaborating across stakeholders, and can effectively prioritize and efficiently execute to thrive in a quick paced environment.
The work environment will be fast-paced with aggressive targets and timelines, involving lean team structures and a delivery-oriented approach with very clear and visible definitions of success and failure. Given the nature of this domain, the role will provide excellent learning opportunities on some of the latest technologies disrupting the business and technological landscapes. The ability to swiftly ramp up on new technologies and turn those learnings into fast-paced delivery will be key to being successful in this role.
Your Primary Responsibilities:
The candidate will drive the analysis in support of the delivery of innovative technology projects, including research and process innovation, for the TRI group. There is a strong individual-contributor aspect to this role requiring keen analytical skills, project management, stakeholder management, subject matter expertise and the ability to independently conduct exercises related to research, analysis, and process optimization.
The candidate will closely partner with functions across the enterprise to ensure alignment and successful delivery, including with Operational and Technology Risk, IT Architecture, Business Architecture, Service Architecture, Application Development, infrastructure teams, Architecture Review Board (ARB), New Initiatives Office (NIO), others. As such, strong collaboration and relationship building skills are a must, and a strong understanding and experience of navigating DTCC processes related to project lifecycle and compliance will be a strong plus.
Technical Business Analyst responsibilities:
Lead, coordinate, or participate in assignments related to research, intelligence gathering, market studies new technology analysis and process optimization, stay abreast with emerging technology opportunities and disruptions
Support requirements gathering, drafting of functional/non-functional specifications, workflows, etc.; participate in reviews of business requirements, technical requirements, etc.
Conduct vendor assessments including technology due diligence, tech evaluations, attend presentations and demos, etc, including vendor onboarding, assessment of RFPs, SOWs, and other contractual paperwork
Execute aspects of software pilots, prototypes, and proof of concepts/technology (POCs and POTs) in partnership with resources from across functional areas within DTCC and external vendors
Support production of content for external consumption, including industry white papers and presentations, by conducting research, leveraging own knowledge, and interviewing SMEs across DTCC to synthesize information into key points
Conduct, support or participate in internal education drives including town halls, strategy sessions, videos, blogs, public showcases etc.
Technical Project Management responsibilities:
Responsible for the execution of an individual project or multiple smaller projects
Mitigate risk by following established procedures, spotting key errors, identifying and appropriately elevating potential risks, and demonstrating strong ethical behavior
Clearly track, report, and communicate regular project status (including scope, schedule, and budget) to project stakeholders, management, and established governance groups
Proactively identify, understand, and address intra-project and inter-project dependencies
Track all projects against approved budgets and report on actuals, forecasts, and variances; develop action to bring projects on or under budget unless a variance is approved
Talents Needed for Success:
Experience in the technology industry, preferably related to application development, infrastructure / architecture and / or research
Experience in the financial services industry is highly preferred
Experience as a Business Analyst /Systems Analyst, SCRUM Master, Product Manager, ideally, someone who has moved through the development lifecycle in experience across multiple trends in technology
Strong and effective communication skills required – written, verbal and presentation; ability to communicate technical topics to a non-technical audience
Strong stakeholder management and partnering skills
Delivery-focused, result-oriented leadership style
Experience managing vendors to procure staffing, licenses, tools, and other consulting services
Ideally experience managing budgets
Highly preferred Specialized Skills
Experience in or knowledge of Fintech technologies (e.g. Various Application Development Languages, Infrastructure / Architecture environments, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics) is a strong plus
Excellent verbal and written communication skills