Principal Business Systems Analyst

DTCC•Jersey City, NJ

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Principal Business Systems Analyst, you will play a key strategic role connecting business, product, and technology teams to deliver secure, reliable, high‑quality solutions that support DTCC’s post‑trade market infrastructure. In this highly visible position, you’ll shape solution design, drive clarity across complex workflows, and elevate delivery excellence from concept through deployment. You’ll define end‑to-end solutions, translate business needs into actionable functional designs, strengthen risk and control integration, and enable better user and client experiences across the platforms you support.

Requirements

10+ years of experience delivering complex technology products or platforms.
Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent practical experience.
Strong ability to interpret programming logic, technical specifications, system design documents, and data flows
Hands‑on experience with Agile delivery (story writing, story mapping, backlog refinement, roadmap support)
Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills rooted in data‑driven decision making
Ability to simplify and articulate complex business + technical concepts for cross‑functional teams
Experience translating business needs into technical requirements and reviewing programming specifications
Proven influence‑without‑authority skills across multiple stakeholder groups
Strong communication skills with the ability to drive alignment and resolve ambiguity
Highly organized and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment
Commitment to transparency, continuous improvement, and coaching team members

Nice To Haves

Domain knowledge in asset servicing (corporate actions, proxy, distributions), settlements, or post‑trade workflows.
Experience with financial services risk and control frameworks
Familiarity with data governance, data standards, and enterprise documentation practices

Responsibilities

Translate business requirements into clear, complete functional specifications, process flows, workflow maps, and sequence/state diagrams.
Lead collaborative design workshops with Product, Technology, and business stakeholders to define scope, MVP, features, and acceptance criteria.
Partner with project teams to refine estimates, resource plans, and delivery timelines.
Provide ongoing clarification to developers, architects, and Test Engineers throughout the delivery lifecycle.
Ensure strong functional documentation aligned to DTCC standards, including workflows, data flows, and system behaviors.
Support SIT and UAT by reviewing test plans, validating traceability, analyzing defects, and guiding teams to resolution.
Identify control gaps, recommend automation opportunities, and champion practices that reduce operational risk.
Promote delivery best practices and model behaviors that drive high‑quality, predictable execution.

Benefits

Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
Pension / Retirement benefits
Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

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