Bilingual IT Business Analyst Enterprise Data & Repo Enablement

Axiom Path•Jersey City, NJ

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Bilingual IT Business Analyst will lead analysis and governance for an enterprise data transformation initiative in the Americas Division of a global banking institution. The initiative supports sponsored repo enablement and enterprise data rationalization, with Izumi positioned as the primary enterprise Golden Source across downstream systems. The role operates across business, data architecture, and enterprise technology in a collaborative, structured, and governance-driven environment with visibility among business, IT, and executive stakeholders. Based in Jersey City, New Jersey, this hybrid role focuses on rationalizing downstream data flows following the FOX Upgrade Project, establishing target-state data architecture, validating legacy and lakehouse data, and coordinating transitions for affected systems. The analyst will facilitate requirements and governance activities, oversee validation and defect processes, and provide migration planning and reporting throughout the project.

Requirements

5–7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in financial services or enterprise data environments.
Fluency in Japanese and English, written and verbal; required.
Strong experience leading stakeholder interviews, workshops, and cross-functional governance forums.
Proven expertise in enterprise data flow analysis, system dependency mapping, and data lineage documentation.
Experience defining functional and non-functional requirements in structured environments.
Familiarity with RDB systems, data lakehouse architectures, and Golden Source strategies.
Strong understanding of data validation, reconciliation, parity testing, and defect triage governance.
Experience supporting large-scale system migrations or transformation programs.
Excellent documentation, traceability, and governance discipline.

Nice To Haves

Strong executive communication and facilitation skills within regulated financial institutions.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end analysis and governance to rationalize downstream data flows following the FOX Upgrade Project.
Conduct structured discovery to identify systems referencing FOX, including RDB and non-RDB consumers.
Map system dependencies and document data lineage across enterprise platforms.
Define and govern target-state data architecture with Izumi as the enterprise-wide Golden Source.
Facilitate requirements workshops and design governance sessions with architecture and engineering teams.
Define data parity validation strategies between legacy RDB systems and lakehouse outputs.
Oversee validation reviews, defect triage governance, and root-cause documentation.
Lead transition and migration planning for grouped downstream systems to minimize business disruption.
Develop migration runbooks, cutover plans, risk mitigation frameworks, and executive-ready documentation.
Provide structured governance reporting and stakeholder updates throughout all project phases.