Business Systems Analyst IV (Mainframe)

Job Title: Business Systems Analyst IV

Location: Buffalo, NY
Hire Type: Contract
Work Model: Hybrid, BUFFALO, NY

No C2C or Sponsorship Available

Nature & Scope

Positional Overview
We are seeking a Business Systems Analyst IV to join a high-impact group supporting enterprise-level systems and technologies. This team delivers foundational services across multiple platforms and environments. In this role, you will help connect engineering teams to successful outcomes by translating business needs into functional deliverables and helping ensure solutions are properly scoped, designed, tested, and implemented.

Role & Responsibility

Tasks That Will Lead To Your Success

• Responsible for preparing well documented functional specifications for assigned projects, test plans, test cases and execution of test cases.
• Responsible for research analysis of complex data ensuring functional design of assigned projects is accurate. Serve as mentor to less experienced staff by assisting in application training, research analysis and project methodology consultation.
• Serve as functional lead on complex projects for assigned applications.
• Schedule and facilitate project team meetings, document and distribute meeting minutes as applicable.
• Meet with business client to discuss requested application changes related to an enterprise-wide or business initiative, compliance/regulatory requirement, required system change due to contractual agreement or system maintenance (business as usual [BAU]) ensuring a thorough understanding of specifications for assigned applications.
• Participate in design discussions and document/deliver required functional specifications.
• Review business requirements with technology team to ensure understanding of project requirements.
• Coordinate and provide estimates for large projects and complete estimates for assigned component on assigned projects, inclusive of timelines and project phases.
• Serve as subject matter expert to consult and advise on how applications may be impacted by enterprise-wide initiatives, like an acquisition or major change in products/services provided to customers.
• Work with vendor and technical team to gain a thorough understanding of project functionality and provide insight on implementation.
• Work with other testing teams, when applicable, to prepare test plans and scripts based on functional specifications, and manage and/or execute test cases verifying that changes and enhancements work and perform as required. Serve as functional lead with other project team members on other systems that impact the project.
• Monitor functional specifications and change requests to ensure project stays within scope and meets regulatory requirements, while ensuring adherence to business requirements and Corporate Technology standards. Ensure the Bank process and documentation is followed to ensure adherence to Corporate Technology standards and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure change requests are consistently documented, reviewed and resolved to ensure application is working to support products/services required by line of business.

Skills & Experience

Qualifications That Will Help You Thrive

• Minimum of 5 years combined experience in business analysis, technology operations, or higher education.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills and the ability to clearly present technical and business concepts.

• Business and System Analyst experience, Banking and Lending (Commercial Preferred) Systems.

• Business and System Analyst experience, Banking and Lending (Commercial Preferred) Systems.
• Mainframe and/or Distributed Technical skills, Report writing/building (PowerBI, etc) , SQL.
• Bachelor s degree preferred.
• Experience working in regulated or enterprise-scale environments is a plus.