Senior Credit Risk Business Analyst / Project Manager
About The Position
Join the technology organization of a leading global financial institution supporting complex, highly regulated banking operations. The team partners with business, risk, and technology stakeholders to improve processes, strengthen data-driven decision-making, and deliver technology solutions for critical financial and risk-management functions. This role works at the intersection of credit risk, business analysis, and technology delivery, with exposure to senior business and technology stakeholders. The position serves as a primary connection between business stakeholders, risk teams, and technology partners throughout project delivery. It leads requirements gathering and process analysis, translates business and credit-risk needs into functional specifications, and supports work across the SDLC—from requirements and development coordination through testing, implementation, training, and deployment. The role also manages stakeholder communications, dependencies, priorities, and deliverables, and develops reporting and documentation for project tracking and decision-making. This is a W2-only role (no C2C/1099) in a hybrid work environment based in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant professional experience in senior business analysis, project delivery, or closely related technology roles.
- Strong experience gathering, documenting, and translating complex business requirements into functional specifications.
- Demonstrated experience with business process analysis, process mapping, and workflow improvement.
- Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile delivery methodologies.
- Experience partnering directly with business users and technical development teams.
- Proficiency with JIRA, SQL, Excel, and Visio.
- Strong stakeholder-management, facilitation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and communicate effectively across technical and nontechnical audiences.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting credit risk or related financial-services risk functions.
- CBAP, PMI-PBA, or a comparable business-analysis certification.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary bridge between business stakeholders, risk teams, and technology partners throughout project delivery.
- Lead requirements-gathering sessions, stakeholder interviews, workshops, and process-analysis activities.
- Translate business objectives and credit-risk requirements into clear functional requirements and specifications for technical teams.
- Analyze existing workflows and identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and system enhancement.
- Support projects throughout the SDLC, including requirements, development coordination, testing, implementation, training, and deployment.
- Manage communication, dependencies, priorities, and deliverables across business and technology stakeholders.
- Develop reports, dashboards, process documentation, and supporting materials used for project tracking and decision-making.
- Help ensure technology solutions align with business objectives, operational requirements, and risk-management needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
