Associate Principal Business Analyst, Client & Systems Management

The Associate Principal Business Analyst position is responsible for collaborating with senior business analysts on gathering, drafting, and creating requirements for developers, as well as drafting procedures, user guides, technical specifications and related coding guidance, in addition to testing and production support. The Associate Principal Business Analyst works in conjunction with the senior analysts to ensure that system users are trained on new applications and enhancements, and to support the various applications within Transparency Services that are used in collecting reference data, as well as both real-time and post market surveillance. The Associate Principal Business Analyst is required to apply a basic understanding of securities industry processing including a working knowledge of FINRA member firm’s order and trade reporting systems and Exchange based systems. The Associate Principal Business Analyst contributes to the quality assurance process and is an active participant in software reviews and release testing to ensure the integrity of the FINRA processing environments.

Essential Job Functions:

• Collaborates with senior analysts in collecting and drafting business requirements, technical specifications, user manuals and procedures, as well as technical notices to Members to address system related topics.
• Networks with various business teams by participating in regular meetings with business sponsors such as Market Operations, Market Regulation and Office of General Counsel to ensure that the systems integrate seamlessly into the regulatory environments for both real-time and post market surveillance.
• Assists senior analysts in identifying milestones, maintaining project plans, tracking user feedback, and maintaining backlog, using tools such as Miro, JIRA, Excel, and Power Point.
• Provides Production Support by responding to client inquiries regarding data and system issues and escalating complex issues to senior business analysts.
• Participates in requirements reviews with stakeholders to ensure that the requirements meet user expectations.
• Assists in identifying and writing user stories and test scripts and participates in application testing.
• Creates user documentation, training materials, and provides end user training

Education/Experience Requirements:

• BA/BS in Finance, Business or related field;
• Five+ years of experience in the fixed income and/or equities industry. General understanding of fixed income and/or equity OMS or trade reporting systems.
• Experience with application design of Equity and/or Fixed Income trade report and quoting systems for surveillance, and analysis preferred.
• Experience troubleshooting and responding to real time application outages.
• The ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage changing priorities, within established guidelines and procedures.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as experience communicating with technical and operations teams.

Work Conditions:

• Standard office environment.
• Extended hours and travel may be required.
• Frequent use of telephone and PC

For work that is performed in CA, CO, IL, Jersey City, NJ, New York City, NY, MA, MD, Washington, DC, NJ State and NY State, please refer to the chart below for the salary range for the corresponding location. In addition to location, actual compensation is based on various factors, including but not limited to, the candidate’s skill set, level of experience, education, and internal peer compensation comparisons.

CA: Minimum Salary $94,200, Maximum Salary $176,000

CO*: Minimum Salary $81,900, Maximum Salary $146,600

IL*: Minimum Salary $90,100, Maximum Salary $161,300
Jersey City, NJ/NYC, NY: Minimum Salary $98,300, Maximum Salary $176,000

MA: Minimum Salary $81,900, Maximum Salary $168,600

MD/Washington, DC: Minimum Salary $94,200, Maximum Salary $168,600
NJ State: Minimum Salary $90,100, Maximum $176,000

NY State: Minimum Salary $81,900, Maximum Salary $176,000

*Including positions performed outside the state but reporting to an office or manager in that state.

Candidates can expect salary offers that range from the minimum to the mid-point of the salary range. FINRA provides full pay ranges so that the candidate can consider their growth potential while at FINRA.

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To be considered for this position, please submit an application. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

The information provided above has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work of the position. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, re