Business Analyst Retail Brokerage Job Posting



Job Title: Business Analyst Retail Brokerage Sr (5 yrs)
Company: Mmc Systems Inc
Position Type: Contract
Pay Rate: negotiable
Skills: (BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST OR BSA ) AND(WEB ) AND (SDLC ) AND (BROKERAGE )
Date Posted: Jul-23-09

Applicant will be a member of the Brokerage Information Technology staff supporting client business units, through development and ongoing production support of a series of business applications to support opening and maintenancing Brokerage accounts. The IT Business Systems Analyst acts as a liaison between the business and IT technical resources. The BSA has two customers, the business expert and the development team. The BSA must be able to ascertain the true business goal by asking what and why, and translate that into specifications that are clear and understandable to the team that will implement them. The BSA is also responsible for ensuring that the requirements are being met by reviewing output from each stage of the system life cycle, i.e. design, testing, etc. The Senior BSA will also be responsible for interpreting horizontal business strategies and operational needs into technology solutions that drive efficiency and effectiveness. The Senior BSA will provide business and technical leadership and will work with the IT Project Manager team to ensure that projects progress on expected timelines and alert project team to risks and issues related to IT solutions. This person will communicate IT solutions and designs to a broad audience and facilitate the ongoing gathering of business requirements and ensure that solutions meet business objectives.

Required Skillset:

Strengths in developing functional requirements, as well as providing options and solutions. Ability to facilitate requirements gathering sessions across multiple groups and document clear, accurate and testable requirements. Strong organizational skills and ability to handle multiple assignments simultaneously. Above average English communication skills encompassing both written and oral, with an ability to discuss very technical issues with non technical people. Bachelors degree in Business, Math, Engineering, Science, Management
Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent data analysis experience. Strong problem solving and conceptual thinking abilities. Strong quantitative and analytical skills. 8+ years of related analyst experience including, but not limited to academia, consulting, financial services or information technology industries. Strong communication, interpersonal and leadership abilities. Candidates possessing the following are preferred, knowledge of querying tools such either desktop or mainframe is desired. Extensive experience in large scale web technology projects involving C#/.NET using SQL/Oracle databases is preferred. Extensive project experience developing deliverables using formal SDLC practices is a requirement. Microsoft Office; Quality Center; TTS/BETA mainframe (helpful)

Business Knowledge Needed:
Brokerage or financial business knowledge (2+ year Brokerage industry experience preferred) along with associated technologies and Data Modeling experience, knowledge of Oracle, DB2 or MS SQL is also preferred

Location: US-MO-St. Louis
Telecommute: No (Onsite Position)
Contact Name: PAT
Contact Phone:
Contact Email: pat@mmcsystemsinc.com
URL: http://www.mmcsystemsinc.com




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