Business Analyst

Job Title: Business AnalystLocation: Maple Grove, MinnesotaJob Description:• Analyze and synthesize requirements, including recognizingpatterns and conceptualizing processes, data challenges, systeminefficiencies from business organization and industry• Identify improvement opportunities (proactive and reactive)• Document and elicit findings of study and preparerecommendations for implementation of new systems, procedures,or product changes, create test related documents.• Support and align efforts to meet customer and business needs• Create and maintain issue logs, meeting minutes, meetingschedules, project summaries and updates.• Support system conversions, upgrades, enhancements• Understand and negotiate needs and expectations of multiplestakeholders• Manage customer relationships and expectations by developing acommunication process to keep others up-to-date on project results• Provide leadership to team members and peers by collaboratingwith others; articulating ideas and viewpoints to seniormanagement, peers and others; identifying and initiating projects;managing resources; driving the resolution of issues; and holdingself and team accountable for results• Strong project management, ability to successfully manage multipletasks at any given point, strong relationship building skills &communication skills• Lead or participate in multiple projects by completing and updatingproject documentation; managing project scope; adjustingschedules when necessary; determining daily priorities; ensuringefficient and on-time delivery of project tasks and milestones;following proper escalation paths; and managing customer andsupplier relationships• Collaborate closely with developers to implement the requirements,provide necessary guidance to testers during QA process• Serve as a liaison between Operations and IT to assist or gatherbusiness requirements needed for system modifications,enhancement and implementations• Create and maintain project schedules by developing project plansand specifications, estimating time and resources, monitoringmilestone completion, tracking all phases of the project lifecycle,providing timely reporting of issues that impact project progress,coordinating actions and resolving conflicts• Meet with project team regularly to review project deliverables anddeadlines• Excellent verbal and written communication skillsRequirements:• Must have experience working on large scale projects as well ashandling day-to-day operational requests from the business• Strong project management, ability to successfully manage multipletasks at any given point, strong relationship building skills &communication skills• Understanding of Indices, fundamentals and analytical data,returns level data etc.• Proficient with Microsoft Office tools• Data analysis - Preferred proficiency with SQL•Senior Business Analyst top skills & proficiencies:• Communication• Technical Understanding• Problem Solving• Leadership• Teamwork• Client Management• Business Operations