Business Analyst / Project Manager with financial benchmark data Experience

Title: Business Analyst / Project Manager with financial benchmark data ExperienceLocation: NYC, NYDuration: 12-24+ Months / Full TimeKey Responsibilities — Business AnalystCollaborate with developers to review requirements, define estimates, and create development tickets for tracking.Perform data analysis to ensure the quality of data deliverables, including basic SQL queries (select/update) to validate what end users are seeing.Work closely with data owners and stewards to keep scope and requirements up to date.Produce Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), share with stakeholders, gather feedback, and iterate.Perform testing to support software releases.Key Responsibilities — Project ManagerLead scoping and requirements discussions with internal stakeholders on benchmarks.Launch the project formally — send the kickoff communication, schedule stakeholder meetings, set expectations, and drive the agenda.Partner with business and technical owners to communicate the project plan and track delivery against it.Manage regular reviews of project status, deliverables and issues with tech leads and business stakeholders.Produce written call summaries and weekly status updates for upper management after every significant meeting.Configure and manage access levels to the benchmark application by user group and data domain (e.g., Boston vs. New York entitlements).Coordinate project releases, stakeholder training, and internal communications.Ensure all actionable items are tracked as Jira tickets or in Confluence.Help guide the team in adopting and adhering to Agile/Scrum best practices and principles.Foster collaboration within the team and across departments to ensure alignment on project goals and deliverables.Act as a servant leader to empower the team and support their growth and productivity.Desired Candidate ProfileExpertise in stakeholder management — the ability to influence and work closely with senior stakeholders and drive toward solutions and buy-in.Self-directed operator who can launch a project, set expectations, and run it without close supervision.Strong understanding of relational database technologies.Strong verbal and written communication skills, including producing clear BRDs, meeting summaries, and status updates.Experience working with FactSet benchmark data and State Street benchmark data.Required SkillsWorking knowledge of SQL for data analysis (basic select and update queries).Expertise in financial benchmark data.Proven experience showing deep understanding of master data management challenges in large financial firms (specifically Asset Management) and track record of designing and implementing solutions in this space.Expertise in data governance, including data access entitlements defined by data owners and regulatory considerations.Professional experience actively managing the relationship with data owners, data stewards, data engineers, data analysts, business users to carefully define requirements and lead the project to meet expectations.Expertise in project management and project governance, with proven experience launching and delivering projects from kickoff to release.Proficiency with Jira and Confluence.Desired Skills10+ years professional experience in financial services or asset management.High-level familiarity with cloud-hosted applications and technologies.Experience working in both Agile and waterfall project environments.Ability to work independently, knowing when to escalate issues as appropriate.Accountability and willingness to be proactive in learning and improving the quality of deliverables and efficiency of processes.