Business Systems Analyst

Business Systems Analyst
Whippany, NJ

As a Barclays Business Systems Analyst, you will provide leadership, governance and oversight for all portfolio change activity within Apply technical team at Barclays USA. The role is ultimately responsible for ensuring high quality transformational change reaches the production platform on time, within budget and to the required quality criteria. You will deliver significant business outcomes, business goals and have both Business & Technology focus.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, established in 1690, with a legacy of success, quality, and innovation. We've helped millions of individuals and businesses thrive, creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted. An important and growing presence in the USA, we offer careers providing endless opportunity.

At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

What will you be doing?

• Taking responsibility for organizing and scheduling project team meetings
• Gathering business, system, and functional requirements by conducting detailed interviews with business users, stakeholders, and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
• Coordinating overall project documentation across all bank functions including requirements, meeting agendas, meeting minutes, weekly status reports, etc
• Creating and updating project plan; tracking upcoming deliverables and ensuring completion of project milestones and tasks
• Being responsible for the delivery of projects on-time, within budget and with quality
• Performing daily administrative tasks including time management, training
• Ensuring projects are completed according to time and budget schedules, and that objectives conform to line of business' overall standards, operations objectives
• Being responsible for learning basic functionality of the application stack to be able to participate in requirement and design conversations

What we’re looking for:

• Several years of project management and Business Analyst experience, supporting clients
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, presentation skills, and ability to facilitate cross-functional cooperation across senior stakeholders
• Extensive experience of working in Agile methodology ideally within financial services with compliance or financial crime
• Deep practical knowledge and understanding of business analysis tools including JIRA and Confluence

Skills that will help you in the role:

• Professional Business Analysis certifications desirable
• Professional Agile certifications desirable
• Technology / Computer Science background desirable

Where will you be working?

Our next-generation workplace in Whippany allows talented, passionate, down-to-earth colleagues to connect daily. With state-of-the-art work facilities and many added features like pool tables, cafés and a gym – it’s a place you can call home. Our office is minutes away from Morristown, known for its rich history and lively modern spirit. With bustling Manhattan easily accessible and a picturesque landscape here on the doorstep, Whippany really does offer the best of both worlds.

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