About this role
Role Overview We are seeking a technically adept, self-sufficient, client-facing Business Analyst who can operate independently and partner with senior stakeholders to deliver high-impact projects. The ideal candidate will possess strong stakeholder management, analytical rigor, and practical technical skills, including proficiency in AI tools, SQL, Excel. This is a role that also requires the candidate to perform scrum master activities within the team.
Required Qualifications & Experience (must have)
- A minimum of 5 years of experience as a business analyst
- Proven client-facing experience and comfort engaging with senior stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, troubleshoot problems, and provide quick, actionable guidance.
- Ability to think through challenges critically and utilize AI tools to resolve issues independently.
- Experience working in the financial services sector, preferably capital markets and/or private equity
- Solid foundation in core business analysis techniques including requirements elicitation, process mapping, stakeholder analysis, and UAT.
- Experience combining frontline support responsibilities with project management and diagnostic troubleshooting tasks.
- Experience working as a scrum master, able to manage, track, and own the necessary agile ceremonies and activities.
- Project-management oriented mindset with experience in planning, tracking, and coordinating project activities.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to present findings and troubleshoot guidance to varied audiences. Technical Skills
- Excel: advanced use for analysis and reporting.
- SQL: intermediate competency—able to write joins, aggregations, window functions, and transform datasets for analysis.
- Practical experience with AI tools such as Cursor, Claude.
- Experience with common BA and support tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Visio) with ability to manage and escalate issues effectively