Business Systems Architect - Master Data Management

About the position

This position is primarily responsible for being the lead analyst for assigned projects and support initiatives of high complexity and visibility using expert knowledge of business functionality with assigned application systems and very solid general business domain and banking knowledge. The incumbent is at the Subject Matter Expert (SME) understanding level of systems life cycle, systems integration, data flows and reporting tools. The incumbent's decisions greatly impact the corporation and the operational effectiveness of the Technology Department.

Responsibilities

• Performs business operational assessments and provides support to lines of business for software applications.
• Generates the complete elicitation of complex Technology business requirements.
• Consults, develops and drives priorities for Technology and business product roadmap.
• Identifies gaps between application systems and the business product roadmap.
• Uses expert level skills for requirements elicitation and documentation.
• Troubleshoots escalated issues and works toward resolution and directs resolution activities of junior staff.
• Develops test plans, test cases and scripts in areas of responsibility.
• Approves quality assurance assessments and remediation steps.
• Collaborates on the development of application road maps and Technology system plans.
• Acts independently on defined project tasks.
• Determines and drives decisions to optimize Technology goals and objectives.
• Acts as a vendor liaison for business units for assigned applications.
• Defines requirements at a corporate-wide level and reviews production changes that can impact the corporation.
• Collaborates with management business partners in related lines of business.
• Leads team, helps coordinate work and processes, assigns work and provides input for performance management.
• Performs other related duties and projects as assigned.

Requirements

• BA or BS degree.
• 5 years of job-related experience.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Ability to use general office equipment.
• Ability to work and multi-task in a fast paced environment.
• Excellent organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Detail-oriented.
• Expert business knowledge and expert knowledge of SDLC, integration, data flows, requirements elicitation and reporting tools, RDBMS and SQL, banking systems and integration practices, MS Office applications and Visio.

Nice-to-haves

• Systems and Business Analysis (BA) classes.
• Completion of a BA Certificate track or (CCBA).