Systems Analyst 181802

CTI Consulting•Westlake, TX

33d

About The Position

As a Systems Analyst, you will work within the WI Agile framework as a member of the Distributed Platform engineering team aligned to the PP&A W product area. The team is focused on critical enhancements to our managed accounts product to expand our current product offering for participants. This team works in the underlying technology layers of PP&A W batch processing and partners with technology teams in Workplace Investing (WI) and Personal Investing (PI). You will collaborate across WI and PI business and technology teams applying your expertise in Agile and a passion for learning and working to define the latest deployment capabilities. Design and establishment of business architecture coupled with the ability to own and understand technical implications to program participants. A change agent, facilitating critical coordination across teams including planning, design and problem-solving. Working with product area leadership, help to create and manage the scrum team’s product backlog. Creating and driving scrum stories to completion as part of a team. Collaborate effectively with key Business, IT, Legal, Compliance & Risk partners to define product features and analysis of business systems and/or business process to identify user needs, document requirements, sequencing UML, and address operation/ process issues/ improvements to accomplish business objectives. Experience in various systems analysis methodologies, including data analysis, data mapping, flowcharts, building batch applications, uses case development, story writing, set-up / configuration of systems, user acceptance testing and product documentation. Convey business value of technology initiatives to Scrum team members including QA and development resources.

Requirements

8+ years relevant experience in various systems analysis methodologies, including data analysis, data mapping, flowcharts, building batch applications, uses case development, story writing, set-up / configuration of systems, user acceptance testing and product documentation.
Proven capacity to lead analysis of business systems and/or business process to identify user needs, document requirements, sequencing UML, and address operation/ process issues/ improvements to accomplish business objectives.
Proven capacity to lead clarification and ‘translation’ of less-technical documentation and/or requirements into highly technical subject-matter.
Experience in building queries and general database skills are a must.
Leadership ability to train key partners and other constituencies in new solutions - architecture and implementation.
Familiarity with restful services.
Superb communication skills – written, verbal and presentation artifacts.
Strong analytical, technical and problem-solving skills
Prior work in an Agile environment
Outstanding analytical skills and ability to lead distillation and translation of sophisticated customer needs into Agile stories with clear, substantial acceptance criteria.
Demonstrated good interpersonal skills; highly compassionate emotional intelligence blended with analytical rigor and passion for technology.
Ability to build reputation and influence across the firm and at all levels of management.
Customer-obsessed with validated dedication to and success with delivering measurable business value.
Innovative yet pragmatic – able to lead teams toward risk-taking with the highest likely marginal return.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree encouraged, MBA or MS preferred.
Solid grasp of unique landscape with experience in multiple product offerings, preferred

Responsibilities

Design and establishment of business architecture coupled with the ability to own and understand technical implications to program participants.
A change agent, facilitating critical coordination across teams including planning, design and problem-solving.
Working with product area leadership, help to create and manage the scrum team’s product backlog.
Creating and driving scrum stories to completion as part of a team.
Collaborate effectively with key Business, IT, Legal, Compliance & Risk partners to define product features and analysis of business systems and/or business process to identify user needs, document requirements, sequencing UML, and address operation/ process issues/ improvements to accomplish business objectives.
Convey business value of technology initiatives to Scrum team members including QA and development resources.
Understand the end-to-end associate experience and problems that require systems analysis to settle potential opportunities and problems to be solved
Confer with team and business partners to resolve problem and type of data to be processed for assigned project or work stream within a larger project.
Capture information related to customer experiences, products, and/or services and perform analysis and reporting to detect and disclose relevant patterns
Identify root causes and validate business problems in terms of business and systems requirements
Quantify the scope and impact of the opportunity that will add new value for the organization and help lead prioritization according to business value or critical metrics
Build and implement test scenarios and settings to evaluate solution efficiency and identify the right metrics and approach to measure business value