Junior Business Analyst (Remote)

Institutional clients include pension funds, endowments and insurance companies. Most staff have been with the firm for more than eight years.

Job summary:

We are adding a Junior Business Analyst (Remote) to our Operational Excellence team. This role sits between business users and the technical team. You need to speak both languages. We are headquartered in New York City and have been hiring remotely since 2020. Contract role, full-time hours, paid in USD at the end of each month. Core hours are 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM US Eastern. Reliable internet and a power backup are a must.

Your responsibilities:

• Analyse data in Excel and SQL to size problems and measure results
• Evaluate vendor software against requirements
• Identify gaps between the system and how people actually do the work
• Write user stories and acceptance criteria in Jira
• Document business rules, data definitions and report logic
• Work with developers and vendors to clarify requirements during the build

Qualifications:

• 1-2 years as a business analyst or in a similar requirements role
• Working knowledge of SQL for basic queries
• Familiar with Agile and Scrum
• Experience writing user stories, requirements documents and test cases
• Clear writer and presenter
• Comfortable leading workshops with people who disagree
• Advanced Excel skills

Compensation and benefits:

• Annual rate review
• Paid time off

Duration: 6 months. Start: Flexible.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Hill Country Advisors.