IT Business Analysis, AVP

State Street • Boston, MA

18h • Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for an experienced AVP‑level Business Analyst with deep expertise in risk data, regulatory data, and enterprise data platforms, who can operate effectively at the intersection of Risk, Technology, and Control functions. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical rigor, a clear understanding of regulatory and risk data needs, and the ability to translate complex business and regulatory requirements into well‑defined, implementable solutions. Given the enterprise‑wide reliance on risk data for reporting to management, committees, and regulators, this role is vital to protecting the firm from data‑related risk and ensuring that ERM Risk IT delivers trusted, well‑controlled risk data platforms. This role plays an important role in maintaining risk data warehouse as well as onboarding new data feeds for newly onboarded product offering or booking site.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Risk Management, Economics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 8–12+ years of experience as a Business Analyst or Senior Analyst supporting enterprise technology initiatives in a regulated financial services environment.
• Strong experience working with risk data, reference data, or enterprise data platforms, preferably supporting ERM, Credit Risk, Market Risk, Liquidity Risk, or Regulatory Reporting functions.
• Demonstrated experience supporting initiatives driven by regulatory requirements, audit findings, or remediation programs.
• Solid understanding of risk data governance, data lineage, data quality, and control concepts, including expectations aligned with risk data aggregation and reporting principles (e.g., BCBS 239).
• Experience translating complex business and regulatory needs into functional requirements, data specifications, business rules, and validation criteria.
• Familiarity with large‑scale data platforms and architectures (e.g., data warehouses, data lakes, inbound/outbound data feeds).
• Experience partnering with Risk, Compliance, Audit, Technology, Architecture, and Data Engineering teams in a matrixed environment.
• Strong documentation skills, with experience producing artifacts suitable for regulatory review and audit scrutiny.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders.
• Experience working in Agile, hybrid, or structured delivery models.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree (MBA, MS, or equivalent) is preferred but not required.
• Professional certifications (CBAP, PMI‑PBA, FRM, or similar) are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the analysis and definition of business and regulatory requirements for the Risk Data Repository and its upstream and downstream consumers
• write Technical FSDs, use case docs
• Conduct Walkthrough within IT team (Developers and SQA team members)
• Conduct functional testing
• Work with new source systems for new service onboarding
• Writing Source to Target mapping specifications
• Identify opportunities to improve requirement quality, data governance, and analysis practices within ERM Risk IT.
• Contribute to the evolution of standard templates, data definitions, and best practices for risk data analysis

Benefits

• retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
• insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
• paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
• access to our Employee Assistance Program
• incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards
• inclusive development opportunities
• flexible work-life support
• paid volunteer days
• vibrant employee networks

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees