Product Analyst

Product AnalystCHARLOTTE, North Carolina**Hybrid**Contract$61.06/hr - $68.8/hrOutstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Product Owner in Des Moines, IA or Charlotte, NC (Hybrid).Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.Contract Duration: 24 months**Required Skills & Experience**+ 5+ years of Business Execution, Implementation, or Strategic Planning experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education.**Desired Skills & Experience**+ Agile (Scrum)+ Data Analytics, databases, data related projects+ Finance Technology+ JIRA and Confluence+ Merchant Services+ Product Analyst+ User Story development and clarification**What You Will Be Doing**+ Support Product Owner to document app/platform current state, define use cases, and conduct analysis. Examples of areas of focus for analysis may include but are not limited to:?- Business processes ?- Data mapping?- Known gaps - in tech solution or business process?- Existing defects+ Apply critical thinking and thought leadership on problem solution design.+ Engage appropriate product and business stakeholders.+ Facilitate/participate in new work requirement sessions with Product Owner and stakeholders and collaborate with SMEs to provide business knowledge.?+ Participate in feature refinement sessions along with the Product Owner to identify dependencies.?+ Write user stories with guidance and support from the Product Owner.+ Ensure the Definition of Ready (DoR) is met for each user story.+ Support control related activities/requests for audit evidence.+ Facilitate frequent collaboration between customers, stakeholders, and teams throughout the product lifecycle.?+ Raise awareness to the Product Owner for unplanned work (sprint disruptions) and identify potential trade-offs.?+ Partner with UAT team to identify business testing strategy/approach and share use cases; help engage end users in UAT activities, as needed. At times, perform lightweight UAT testing to augment UAT testing team capacity if not available.+ Facilitate/participate in user story refinement session(s) ensuring a backlog depth of two sprints; proactively identify and escalate issues+ Document use cases/scenarios which can be used in requirements/design and business testing/UAT.?+ Assist with UAT and data governance coordination.?+ Represent scrum team in Production triage meetings, researching issues/defects as needed. Act as point of contact for defects.?+ Assist with Sprint Planning by reviewing the current sprint, identifying carryover items and prioritizing items for the upcoming sprint.**You will receive the following benefits:**+ Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family+ Dental & Orthodontia Benefits+ Vision Benefits+ Health Savings Account (HSA)+ Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts+ Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance+ Hospital Indemnity Insurance+ 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options+ Paid Sick Time Leave+ Legal and Identity Protection Plans+ Pre-tax Commuter Benefit+ 529 College Saver PlanMotion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP's Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.**Specialization:**+ Business Analyst