Systems Analyst - Dallas, TX

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About The Position

We are looking for a Senior IT system Analyst with advanced product analyst experience to join the FFIO Alternative Investment team and play a critical role in building Alternative Investments platform. This position is ideal for a client obsessed, strategic thinker with deep analytical skills and, who thrives at the intersection of business operations, data and product innovation. Your role will blend leadership and planning expertise with a passion for delivering results. This role requires a self-starter who can champion collaboration and cultivate a close partnership with business and the development teams to help craft and implement solutions on both client and server-side technologies. The Expertise We’re Looking For · 8+ years of Systems Analysis experience · Demonstrated expertise interviewing and extracting high quality business requirements from stakeholders using the Agile scrum methodology · Requirements analysis own and run sessions to elicit business requirements, translate business needs into clear, relevant system requirements · Anticipating, discovering through ongoing interaction with, and prioritizing client / partner needs to serve as their voice and guide the Engineering Leaders and Engineering teams · Anticipating, discovering through ongoing interaction with, and prioritizing client / partner needs to serve as their voice and guide the Engineering Leaders and Engineering teams · Excellent analytical, reporting and problem-solving skills, including strong judgement, issues management and problem analysis techniques · Excellent interpersonal, relationship management and facilitation skills · Demonstrated ability to effectively balance multiple tasks and priorities in a fast-paced environment · Excellent verbal and written communication skills with attention to detail · Experience with Alternative Investments, Digital Assets, Private Market, Liquid Alternatives will be preferred. Required Skills Experience · Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience as a product analyst, business analyst, or similar role in a digital or operational transformation environment focused on customer or associate facing solutions. · Strong understanding of operations workflows and processes, preferably in financial services or other regulated industry. · Ability to translate technical requirements and operational processes into intuitive, actionable product requirements. · Demonstrated experience informing product strategy and delivery, including opportunity identification, solution design, and working with technology teams for delivery · Proficient with tools such as JIRA, JIRA Align, Confluence, Miro, or other analytics and product planning tools. · Proficient with agile development methodologies and working with cross-functional product teams, engineering teams and business stakeholders. · Strong communicator with proven stakeholder management and storytelling skills; effectively conveys in technology terms verbal and written with usage of data and visualizations. · Problem-solver that can identify issues, explore solutions and identify next course of action · Ability to have hard conversations with business stakeholders thru strong presentation skills of the data and analysis that helps influence the outcome of their decisions. · Experience with understanding of SQL, relational database and data model and fluency with API contracts preferred

Requirements

8+ years of Systems Analysis experience
Demonstrated expertise interviewing and extracting high quality business requirements from stakeholders using the Agile scrum methodology
Excellent analytical, reporting and problem-solving skills, including strong judgement, issues management and problem analysis techniques
Excellent interpersonal, relationship management and facilitation skills
Demonstrated ability to effectively balance multiple tasks and priorities in a fast-paced environment
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with attention to detail
Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience as a product analyst, business analyst, or similar role in a digital or operational transformation environment focused on customer or associate facing solutions.
Strong understanding of operations workflows and processes, preferably in financial services or other regulated industry.
Ability to translate technical requirements and operational processes into intuitive, actionable product requirements.
Demonstrated experience informing product strategy and delivery, including opportunity identification, solution design, and working with technology teams for delivery
Proficient with tools such as JIRA, JIRA Align, Confluence, Miro, or other analytics and product planning tools.
Proficient with agile development methodologies and working with cross-functional product teams, engineering teams and business stakeholders.
Strong communicator with proven stakeholder management and storytelling skills; effectively conveys in technology terms verbal and written with usage of data and visualizations.
Problem-solver that can identify issues, explore solutions and identify next course of action
Ability to have hard conversations with business stakeholders thru strong presentation skills of the data and analysis that helps influence the outcome of their decisions.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Alternative Investments, Digital Assets, Private Market, Liquid Alternatives will be preferred.
Experience with understanding of SQL, relational database and data model and fluency with API contracts preferred

Responsibilities

Requirements analysis own and run sessions to elicit business requirements, translate business needs into clear, relevant system requirements
Anticipating, discovering through ongoing interaction with, and prioritizing client / partner needs to serve as their voice and guide the Engineering Leaders and Engineering teams
Anticipating, discovering through ongoing interaction with, and prioritizing client / partner needs to serve as their voice and guide the Engineering Leaders and Engineering teams