Business Analyst - Retirement Systems

Summary

JSR Tech Consulting is a major investment firm seeking a Business Analyst with Retirement Systems experience. The ideal candidate will work closely with Product Owners and Agile teams to define business requirements and write user stories in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers and Product Owners to gather and refine business and technical requirements
• Translate business needs into clear, concise user stories with acceptance criteria, maintaining a well-groomed product backlog
• Participate in PI (Program Increment) Planning
• Support the Agile team during iteration planning and execution, ensuring alignment with business objectives
• Analyze and document business processes and workflows; identify areas for improvement
• Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and the technical team, ensuring a shared understanding of requirements and goals
• Assist in defining and validating solution features and capabilities during the development cycle

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline preferably in business, engineering or related field
• Significant experience in U.S. retirement industry specifically around recordkeeping retirement plans operations and services is highly preferred or related experience in more than one financial services area including wealth management, asset management, investment management, payroll management and banking
• Experience with defined contributions is a must
• 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst or Product Owner in an Agile environment
• Excellent analytical, communication, and facilitation skills
• Retirement Systems experience is highly desired
• Omni experience is a plus
• Experience writing Features and User Stories within a SAFe framework strongly preferred
• Proficient in tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar Agile project management tools is a nice to have

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline preferably in business, engineering or related field
• Significant experience in U.S. retirement industry specifically around recordkeeping retirement plans operations and services is highly preferred or related experience in more than one financial services area including wealth management, asset management, investment management, payroll management and banking
• Experience with defined contributions is a must
• 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst or Product Owner in an Agile environment
• Excellent analytical, communication, and facilitation skills

Nice to Haves

• Retirement Systems experience is highly desired
• Omni experience is a plus
• Experience writing Features and User Stories within a SAFe framework strongly preferred
• Proficient in tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar Agile project management tools is a nice to have

Benefits

• Fully remote — candidates can be located in United States or Canada (EST work hours)
• Contract to hire opportunity