Business AnalystWestlake, TX or Merrimack, NH (hybrid post-COVID)12+ Months – W2 onlyProject Details: This role will sit in Asset Management. The work that team does is improving the attribution systems to remain effective, accurate and competitive in considering investment strategies; supporting infrastructure behind that.
Must Have Skill(s):
Working with data and prior BA experience.
Regression testing experience.
Analyst background in Financial Services (SA or BA is fine).
Nice to Have Skill(s):
Experience/understanding of SQL.
Agile experience.
Former Client experience.
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
A Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Finance, Accounting, or Management Information Systems
A minimum of five years of related experience
Proficiency in investment instruments, financial markets, performance measurement methodologies preferred
Agile and JIRA experience preferred
A self-starter and phenomenal teammate who is independent and can work with minimum supervision
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong Microsoft Office skills especially in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Visio
Working in a team environment, collaborating openly with colleagues on shared items of work and communicating optimally with business partners to understand the business problem
Involvement with business practitioners (Portfolio Managers, Senior Management, and Attribution Analysts) in helping to define analytical approaches to solve business requests
Supporting agile team’s dedication to quality by defining and implementing tests that address the business needs
Tracking and updating work in progress items in JIRA, by logging accurate hours spent on each task
Participating in agile ceremonies such as daily stand up, refinement sessions and retrospectives.
Your ability to thrive in a dynamic and fluid organization where priorities shift to respond to changing business need
Other Pointers
This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, SPECTRAFORCE and the assigned client reserve the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, and hospital indemnity insurances. Additional benefits SPECTRAFORCE offers to the eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE offers unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at NAhr@spectraforce.com if you require a reasonable accommodation.
