Business Analyst (contract)

Title: Business Analyst

Location: 401 S Tryon St Charlotte, NC

Duration: 6 months

Work Engagement: W2

Work Schedule: 4 days in office/1 day remote

Benefits on offer for this contract position: Health Insurance, Life insurance, 401K and Voluntary Benefits

Summary:

In this contingent resource assignment, you may: Consult on or participate in moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within Technology Business Systems Consulting and contribute to large-scale planning related to Technology Business Systems Consulting deliverables. Review and analyze moderately complex Technology Business Systems Consulting challenges that require an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Contribute to the resolution of moderately complex issues and consult with others to meet Technology Business Systems Consulting deliverables while leveraging solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements. Collaborate with client personnel in Technology Business Systems Consulting.

The Enterprise Risk Assessment team is responsible for designing, enhancing, and governing capabilities that support end to end risk assessment workflows across the organization. This role operates at the intersection of business, risk, and technology , ensuring that requirements are accurately captured, validated, and translated into scalable technical solutions.

We are seeking a seasoned Technology Business Systems Consultant with demonstrated experience in workflow tools, risk scoring methodologies, and platform enhancements. The ideal candidate will bridge business needs with technology execution, guide requirements development, support design and testing, and enable successful rollout and adoption of the new enterprise risk assessment solution

Responsibilities:

• Translate enterprise risk assessment needs into structured, testable requirements; develop comprehensive BRDs and create well formed Jira stories that lay the foundation for delivery of risk scoring and workflow capabilities.

• Lead requirement gathering workshops with Risk, Compliance, Product, Architecture, and Engineering to consolidate inputs from surveys, data collection processes, and stakeholder discussions.

• Review proposed technical and functional designs to ensure alignment with risk scoring logic, heatmap calculations, rating adjustment workflows, and related capabilities based on the DERA operating model.

• Validate non functional considerations performance, security, accessibility, data integrity and identify design or compliance gaps.

• Develop and execute test strategies across functional, regression, and data validation cycles; align test scenarios to acceptance criteria and manage defects through Jira to closure.

• Support UAT by coordinating testers, capturing and triaging user feedback, overseeing retests, and ensuring readiness for business sign off.

• Maintain full traceability of requirements ensuring auditability and clarity of decision making across iterations.

• Partner closely with technology teams throughout build cycles, providing clarifications, validating iterations, and ensuring that evolving business needs remain reflected in the solution.

• Coordinate rollout activities, including communication, user training, quick reference guides, and readiness assessments to drive smooth adoption across user groups.

• Monitor post deployment stability, capture enhancement opportunities, and ensure the platform continues to meet business and risk management objectives.

Qualifications:

• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

• 4+ years of experience in financial crimes, technology governance, business systems analysis, or related domains.

• Demonstrated experience with technology architecture, platform capabilities, or workflow tool design.

• Proven ability to interpret and document business requirements for complex systems.

• Strong understanding of FC applications, platforms, and automated process controls.

• Excellent communication skills with ability to influence cross functional stakeholders.

• Advanced SQL expertise (SQL Server/Teradata/Hadoop)

• Data analysis, profiling, and control definition

• One resource skilled in writing business requirements for applications

• Test coordination and execution experience

• Strong communication skills for demos and walkthroughs

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting Financial Crimes program governance or platform management.

• Knowledge of automated control frameworks within large financial institutions.

• Familiarity with workflow tools, front end business applications, and data process design.

• Ability to provide clear, concise insights to senior or executive stakeholders.