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The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)

Associate Principal, Business Analysis

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Hybrid
Chicago, IL, USA
100K-153K Annually
Senior level
Hybrid
Chicago, IL, USA
100K-153K Annually
Senior level
Analyzes business and technology needs across teams, identifies requirements and dependencies, decomposes user stories, designs data flows, and supports agile delivery. The role collaborates with product owners, scrum teams, stakeholders, and UI/UX teams; develops acceptance criteria, test plans, and integration requirements; identifies risks and solution options; and mentors junior and mid-level business systems analysts while maintaining enterprise analysis standards and documentation.
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To be considered for this position, applications and resumes are accepted only through our careers site by directly applying to the posted job. We do not accept unsolicited resumes or sales solicitations from staffing agencies. Any OCC employee wishing to submit a referral must do so through their Workday account. Any resume submitted outside of an active job posting will not be considered for employment.

What You'll Do:


OCC is seeking an individual who would be responsible for discovering, synthesizing, and analyzing information from a variety of internal and external sources, including tools, processes, documentation, and stakeholders. The ideal candidate is a proven change agent that demonstrates the ability to solve complex problems through logical, digestible solutions that deliver key value to our stakeholders. Additionally, this individual must be comfortable communicating to all levels of the organization as well as inside and outside the organization. Skills that are foundational to the success of this role include, but are not limited to, communication, analytical, problem solving, process modelling, facilitation, elicitation, scope management, leadership and agile mindset.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.

  • Act as a partner to both the business and the technology teams
  • Identify scope gaps and missing requirements by acquiring an in depth understanding of current state (i.e., legacy system) and future state
  • Identify product team dependencies and plan for resolution
  • Use critical thinking to observe potential risks and present solution options
  • Work cross-functionally to analyze and define key stakeholder business needs
  • Perform requirements analysis, story decomposition, system integration analysis, and data flow design
  • Regularly engage in agile activities including sprint planning and backlog grooming. Act as an advisor to the Product owner regarding next steps and approvals
  • Build high quality user stories and acceptance criteria; work with scrum team to refine user stories
  • Provide requirement and design support to scrum team
  • Drive requirement, design, and data results support for integration across teams for end-to-end application data experience
  • Mentor and support the development of junior and mid-level BSAs through knowledge transfer, deliverable review, and coaching on BSA best practices
  • Support development of user interface requirements and design by collaborating with UI/UX tools and teams
  • Support or develop test plans and test cases; participate in test results verification
  • Assist in building cross-team collaboration and define acceptance criteria for integrated components
  • Adhere to analysis best practices for epics and user stories
  • Assists in developing and maintaining policies, standards, guidelines and documentation to ensure that a consistent framework is applied across the enterprise

Supervisory Responsibilities

  • None

Qualifications:

The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.

  • [Required] Experience in Agile and software development
  • [Required] 5+ years of experience in business system analysis or related experience
  • [Preferred] Business experience in clearinghouse activities, capital markets, or derivatives
  • [Required] Flexibility working with remote teams in alternate time zones
  • [Required] Self-motivated and self-starting; working with little supervision and picking up new and unfamiliar concepts
  • [Required] Experience using Confluence and Jira
  • [Required] Proficient with process modeling tools such as Visio, draw.io, or Figma

Technical Skills & Background

  • [Required] Experience and/or vested interest in event driven applications, streaming and batch analytics technologies
  • [Preferred] Experience in and/or vested interest in cloud technologies; experience working with AWS
  • [Required] Experience in different data management and visualization tools (SQL, Kafka Protobuf serialization, Starburst Trino, Swagger, Tableau, Alteryx, etc.
  • [Required] Experience and/or vested interest in complex data analytics supported by python or R 

Certifications

  • [Preferred] CCBA, CBAP, AAC, and/or any related certification

Education & Training

  • [Required] Bachelor’s degree
  • [Preferred] MBA/MS degree

About Us

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and settlement services for options, futures and securities lending transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 23 exchanges and trading platforms. More information about OCC is available at www.theocc.com.

Benefits

A highly collaborative and supportive environment developed to encourage work-life balance and employee wellness. Some of these components include:

  • A hybrid work environment, up to 2 days per week of remote work
  • Tuition Reimbursement to support your continued education
  • Student Loan Repayment Assistance
  • Technology Stipend allowing you to use the device of your choice to connect to our network while working remotely
  • Generous PTO and Parental leave
  • 401k Employer Match
  • Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision

Visit https://www.theocc.com/careers/thriving-together for more information.

Compensation

  • The salary range listed for any given position is exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses. If hired at OCC, your final base salary compensation will be determined by factors such as skills, experience and/or education.
  • In addition, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.
  • We typically do not hire at the maximum of the range in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a substantial benefits package as noted on www.theocc.com/careers
  • All employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus. Discretionary bonuses are based on various factors, including, but not limited to, company and individual performance and are not guaranteed.

Salary Range

$99,800.00 - $153,000.00

Incentive Range

8% to 15%

This position is eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award, for which the target range is listed above (see Incentive Range). The amount of such award, if any, will be based on various factors, including without limitation, both individual and company performance.

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OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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