Business Analyst
What You'll Do
The individual in this position is responsible for having a mindset to leverage information gathering and analysis/modeling skills to support various team, department, and enterprise-wide consultative engagements focused on but not limited to business process excellence. Working within an Agile method the Senior Associate will contribute to the Business Engineering & Strategy team’s execution of high priority improvement initiatives in collaboration with business partners by assisting with project management, performing critical analyses, supporting facilitation of engagement activities and workshops, and ultimately producing high quality deliverables that provide the blueprints for short and long-term change.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.
Help identify process pain points and opportunities to leverage automation to increase value and efficiency throughout the organization
Lead the development of a holistic approach along with process owners to prescribe process solutions
Write agile user stories that will inform the development and testing teams as to required features
Provide assistance in UAT and test scenario/case development
Lead UAT of deployment ready projects
Analyze impact from process changes to risks and controls within processes
Manage expectations and report project progress to stakeholders and team members
Serve as a liaison between development partners and business SMEs
Help define and execute the roadmap for automation within OCC
Serve as Scrum Master on efforts
Work closely with OCC information technology teams to integrate the automation platforms with other existing platforms
Lead Agile ceremonies that support solution delivery
Work as a member of the Process Automation team, and coordinate with all team members to address customer requests
Other duties as assigned
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.
[Preferred] Familiarity with delivering human-centric design solutions
[Required] Experience in collecting and documenting business requirements to solve process inefficiencies
[Required] Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders, team, and leadership
[Required] Ability to think logically in a manner to learn script writing for automation tools
[Required] Understanding of SDLC methodologies including Agile
[Required] Ability to interact with various departments to successfully collect needed information to complete analysis efforts
[Required] Ability to work proactively in identifying risks and proposing solutions
[Required] Ability to plan/manage/prioritize work to meet objectives of multiple or competing priorities/projects
Technical Skills:
[Required] Microsoft Office Suite
[Preferred] Experience with JIRA and Confluence
[Preferred] Understanding of functionality BPM Tools
[Preferred] Understanding of RPA Tools
Education and/or Experience:
[Required] Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business Management, Finance, or related field
[Required] Experience with business analysis in work/intern setting
[Required] Understanding of SDLC methodologies
Certificates or Licenses
- None Required
Who We Are
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 19 exchanges and trading platforms. More information about OCC is available at www.theocc.com.
What We Offer
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
Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision
