Business Systems Analyst III – API's
Posted 33ds ago
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Job Description
Business Systems Analyst III at Velera facilitating agile delivery of innovative fintech solutions. Collaborating across teams and documenting business requirements to enhance financial services.
Responsibilities:
- Create, refine, and maintain the User Stories/Requirements for a project, map the user stories to features, develop epics and features, define the acceptance criteria, and partner with the Product Owner for user story traceability and refinement
- Maintain, manage, and refine a prioritized backlog in partnership with the Product Owner
- Adhere to Agile principles and philosophies (Scrum or Kanban, as applicable) in fulfillment of the role.
- Mentor and guide other team members on Agile best practices and analysis techniques & tools.
- Foundational understanding of API technologies and data flows to translate technical jargon between the Product Owner, QA analysts, developers and the stakeholders of the business so that all partners are working towards a common goal.
- Utilize advanced critical/analytical thinking skills to identify process gaps and potential project risks, then use problem solving skills to brainstorm solutions with the team.
- Document business processes, functional specifications, non-functional specifications, and technical specifications.
- Perform detailed data mapping and data modeling, as well as create network topology diagrams, and process flow diagrams.
- Ensure compliance with all the audit requirements of the company.
- Lead research and analysis to identify trends, patterns, and insights that support the product owner and stakeholders in the decision-making process.
- Create complex SQL queries and help map the data elements as needed, collaborate with multiple stakeholders to elicit requirements and lead story estimation for data or application development projects.
- Develop expertise in systems’ gap and impact analysis to eliminate product inefficiencies.
- Remain up-to-date on current technology trends, software development life cycle methodologies and best practices.
- Lead department initiatives with limited supervision.
- Provide mentoring and training to junior team members.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
- Excellent understanding of the Agile/Lean methodologies.
- Additional certifications in Agile, Scrum, or DevOps strongly preferred.
- 5+ years’ writing complex SQL querying.
- 5-8 years of business analysis experience required.
- Experience in the financial and card payment industry required.
- 1+ years’ experience in modeling / mapping business processes.
- 1+ years’ experience planning, facilitate UAT for projects and enhancements.
- Experience with Azure Development Ops (ADO) or JIRA is a plus.
- Strong knowledge of API technologies.
- General knowledge of the following: Oracle, Microsoft SQL and .NET and/or MySQL, Java, and web based applications. (not a hands on coder)
- Practical knowledge of debit/credit card processing, financial systems, mobile solutions, high-availability systems, and data safe-keeping practices.
Benefits:
- Competitive wages
- Medical with telemedicine
- Dental and Vision
- Basic and Optional Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Maternity, Parental, Family Care Community Volunteer Time Off
- 12 Paid Holidays
- Company Paid Disability Insurance
- 401k (with employer match)
- Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with company provided contributions
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Supplemental Insurance
- Mental Health and Well-being: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Wellness program


















