Job Title: Technical Business Analyst
Location: Jersey City, NJ
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Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly skilled Technical Business Analyst to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of distributed technologies, big data frameworks, and financial domain expertise, particularly in risk management. The Technical Business Analyst will bridge the gap between business needs and technology solutions, ensuring that our projects align with strategic objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and document business requirements, functional specifications, and technical requirements for projects related to risk management and analytics.
- Evaluate and recommend distributed technologies and big data solutions, including but not limited to web services, Hadoop, Hive, and Spark.
- Analyze large datasets to derive meaningful insights and support decision-making processes. Use programming languages such as Python for data manipulation and analysis.
- Work closely with development teams to design technical solutions that meet business requirements, ensuring feasibility and scalability.
- Facilitate communication between business units and technical teams, ensuring that technical solutions align with business objectives.
- Develop test plans, cases, and scripts to validate the functionality of solutions, ensuring quality and adherence to requirements.
- Produce high-quality documentation for system specifications, user guides, and training materials.
- Identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiencies within existing systems and workflows.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field. A Master’s degree is a plus.
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience as a Business Analyst, preferably in the financial services sector.
- Proven experience in risk management and analytics within the financial domain.
- Strong understanding of distributed technologies and web services.
- Proficiency in big data technologies such as Hadoop, Hive, and Spark.
- Experience with Python for data analysis and scripting.
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with a strong attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
- Familiarity with machine learning concepts and tools.
- Knowledge of Agile methodologies and project management practices
We can offer you:
- A highly competitive compensation and benefits package
- A multinational organization with 55 offices in 20 countries and the possibility to work abroad
- Laptop and a mobile phone
- 10 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays)
- Maternity & Paternity leave plans
- A comprehensive insurance plan including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-/short-term disability (plans vary by region)
- Retirement savings plans
- A higher education certification policy
- Commuter benefits (varies by region)
- Extensive training opportunities, focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development.
- On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses
- Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups
- Cutting edge projects at the world’s leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms
- A flat and approachable organization
- A truly diverse, fun-loving and global work culture
SYNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT
Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.
All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.