Fintech Business Systems Analyst
About the positionResponsibilities• Contribute to solving complex business problems and developing innovative solutions. • Develop and execute QA test plans and scenarios. • Estimate and manage level-of-effort tasks for necessary changes, ensuring timely delivery. • Design and document detailed dataflow processes and moderate-complexity solutions. • Create and analyze database queries, interpreting results to inform decisions. • Maintain documentation and manage work products in alignment with company standards.• Facilitate open communication across teams and stakeholders, ensuring alignment. • Apply in-depth understanding of key business processes and systems. • Proactively identify, escalate, and mitigate risks. • Provide timely responses to production support requests and resolve issues. • Review, analyze, and create functional specifications, workflows, and program functions. • Gather data requirements and document new data calculations. • Translate business needs into clear and detailed user stories, process flows, functional specifications, and system diagrams.• Demonstrate a team-player mentality and a willingness to fill any role as needed to support team success. • Develop prototype reports in SQL and Python. • Analyze data processes to trace data flow through underlying systems and identify data source. • Collaboration with data scientists and engineers to integrate machine learning models into financial platforms, enhancing market trend analysis, algo trading strategies, and risk / return assessments. • Work with development teams to stay informed on emerging AI technologies and identify gaps that AI-driven solutions, predictive modeling, and process automation can be integrated.• Perform other duties as assigned. Requirements• Bachelor's degree in any discipline or equivalent experience. • Education or relevant experience in Finance preferred. • 2 to 4 years of related experience in business systems analysis. • Proficiency in complex database query development and analysis. • Proven ability to deliver high-quality outcomes across full project lifecycles in both Software Engineering and Business Systems Analyst roles. • Experience with platforms such as web, composition, full-stack, or similar.• Expertise in creating advanced reports and dashboards using reporting tools. • Familiarity with software development lifecycle methodologies (Agile, Waterfall). • Ability to work early hours aligned with the US stock market schedule. • Knowledge of options trading, algorithmic trading, Order Management Systems, FIX protocol, market data providers, and trading platforms is a bonus. • Familiarity with tools for analysis such as Jupyter Notebooks and Tableau is a plus. • Experience with agile development tools such as JIRA and Confluence is required.Benefits• Option to work from home or work from our offices in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, or Plano. • Travel to meet in Los Angeles up to 1-2 times a year for company gatherings or major project milestones. Apply tot his job