Sr. Compliance Tech. Business Analyst, Vice President, Onsite

Who we are looking for

The Sr. Compliance Tech. Business Analyst will provide business analysis and related duties for various Anti-money laundering (AML) and Compliance Technology projects in the Boston, Massachusetts area. Individual will liaise with the project sponsors, stakeholders, external vendors and other divisions within State Street to document current state, elicit & document requirements to ensure the delivery of quality products. Individual must demonstrate leadership abilities in analysis, data analysis, technical analysis, problem solving, documentation, and communication. Individual must be able to work under minimal direction while keeping senior management apprised of issues relating to analysis work related deliverables

What you will be responsible for

As Sr. Compliance Tech. Business Analyst you will

• Independently research and conduct analysis on functional requirements for projects where sanctions screening will migrate to Firco Continuity.
• Be able to translate complex ideas into cogent business requirements documents
• Be proficient creating BRDs and data mapping documents.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify requirements, provide guidance, ask and respond to questions and assist with resolving complex issues.
• Ensure that any gaps identified in the BRD are addressed and rectified by the relevant team.
• Support development and testing teams by answering questions and updating documentation as needed based on feedback.
• Comfortable with building and using visual dashboards using Tableau, Qlik, or other similar BI tools.
• Preferred experience with ETL-like tools such as Tableau Prep Builder to be able to clean and transform data.
• Mentor other business analyst resources.
• Be responsible for communication, resolution, and potential escalation of critical issues.
• Work with the Project Manager and Product Owner to create and manage user stories using Jira
• Support team in triaging issues found during testing.
• Support the needs of Business users for User Acceptance Testing (BUAT).
• Be able to work in a complex, deadline driven organization on projects with minimal supervision.
• Analyze complex problems, derive options and solutions and present in an understandable manner to stakeholders, developers, testers and users at multiple levels.
• Act as a liaison with technology and business unit subject matter experts in support of technology projects.
• Solicit information from business and IT SMEs about application functions, data and process flows.
• Document application functions, data and process flows using prescribed template, or appropriate fit-for-purpose format.
• Participate in integration design process and provide detailed documentation and requirements as appropriate.
• Document reports required by system stakeholders.

What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role

• Ability to facilitate solutions across multiple stakeholders with different and sometimes diverging backgrounds and motives.
• Ability to analyze complex problems, derive solutions and present options and solutions to stakeholders and senior management.
• Ability to manage multiple simultaneous tasks in a high pressure, deadline environment.
• Ability to take ownership and initiative, to negotiate, influence and build consensus and successfully navigate within a demanding and international environment
• Strong skills in analytical thinking, problem solving, research, time management, and verbal and written communication.
• Experience with system implementation.
• Experience with waterfall and agile software development methodologies.
• Strong collaboration and relationship management skills.
• Ability to work independently.

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with concentration in Engineering, Business or Technology preferred.
• Candidate should have 5-6+ years of experience in financial services, including relevant responsibilities.
• Experience in Financial domain is highly desirable (Knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions, Transaction Monitoring, Know Your Customer (KYC), financial securities, and trading principles).
• Should have good understanding of Agile methodology and Agile Ceremonies.
• Work with geographically distributed teams while maintaining highest standard in collaboration and communication across the QA/DEV and Business teams.
• Team oriented attitude.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Person must be self-motivated, self-driven, own and consider him/herself accountable for timely completion of deliverables.
• Strong problem-solving ski