Business Systems Analyst (26786) Minneapolis, MN | Contract Job Description Fulcrum Consulting, an LRS company is seeking a Business Systems Analyst with our client in Minneapolis, MN. This role is responsible for execution of all aspects of requirements delivery- planning, elicitation, analysis and documentation, management, and support - for changes to Business Areas and Technology. Business Analysis Planning + Perform requirements stakeholder analysis to identify impacted or influencing groups and stakeholder requirements responsibilities + Develop plans and accurate estimates for completion of requirements, continuously improving the level of detail and accuracy of estimates + Manage risks, assumptions and constraints for requirements, and communicate to appropriate parties + Define the business analysis approach including tasks and deliverables based on the project and delivery methodology + Lead requirements prioritization and leverage techniques to drive out business priorities Requirements Analysis and Documentation + Facilitate collaborative sessions with large and diverse business stakeholder groups to drive requirements discovery, analysis, and review + Apply advanced elicitation techniques to work with different types of stakeholder groups + Analyze and document scope of the business solution using enterprise-standard requirements methodology + Analyze and document detailed business and system solution requirements using enterprise standard requirements methodology + Verify requirements for quality and validate requirements with the impacted stakeholders + Build and maintain a repository of reusable requirements documentation to support future initiatives, following the enterprise standards + Provide consulting services to business stakeholders such as: + Assist in developing evaluation criteria of 3rd party vendors + Assist in evaluation of 3rd party vendor solutions and requirements + Partner with 3rd party vendors to ensure that the vendor requirements documentation: + Adheres to company standards and/or structured and consumable by the project team + Provides coverage of the scope requirements + Integrates into requirements repositories for future reference and re-use Requirements Management and Support + Prepare requirements for review applying various communication techniques and lead requirements walkthrough and sign off sessions + Apply advanced coverage analysis techniques to ensure relationship between scope, detailed requirements, and testing through to implementation + Communicate the impact of changes through cost-benefit analysis taking into consideration time, effort, and business priorities + Resolve conflicts/issues on behalf of BA team and escalate as required + Support QA in development of the Functional System test cases + Validate that Functional System test plan and test cases have full coverage of the critical requirements + Support Design and Development activities by providing requirements clarifications + Support UAT and PIV activities including planning, defect triage, and root-cause analysis for requirements-related issues + Support the development of the end-user documentation and training Systems Analysis + Review, analyze and evaluate user needs to create systems solutions that support business strategies. + Define scope and objectives. + Understand how systems are configured + Document system requirements. + Create system specifications that drive system development and implementation. Test Planning and Execution + Understand the testing effort by analyzing the requirements of project. + Estimate and obtain management support for the time, resources and budget required to perform the testing. + Organize the testing kick-off meeting + Develop test conditions to validate business requirements. + Execute UAT scripts and complete problem logs. If applicable, validate accuracy of user materials + Participate in resolution/retest of issues (defect and regression) Must-have skillset: + 5+ years of experience in the financial industry + 5+ years of strong business analyst skills in eliciting, gathering, and documenting requirements + 5+ years of strong technical and data mapping skills. examples such as data mapping batch transactions to API formats, knowledge of the trading life cycle, basic SQL query experience, and understanding of data lakes/repositories Tools experience: + Jira + Confluence + SharePoint + BPMN + Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Fulcrum Consulting, an LRS company, is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants for employment will receive consideration without unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, gender identity, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, citizenship status or protected veteran status. Hourly rate between $20 - $125 per hour