What are the responsibilities and job description for the Systems Analyst position at Wasatch Global Investors?
Role: Systems Analyst
The Firm:
Wasatch Global Investors is a stable, independent, employee-owned investment management firm in Salt Lake City, Utah. We focus exclusively on investment management for large institutional investors and individuals through separately managed accounts and various pooled vehicles, including mutual funds. With dedicated small-cap strategies ranging from U.S. Small-Cap Growth to Emerging Markets Small-Cap and Frontier Emerging Small Countries, Wasatch considers itself the most comprehensive small-cap manager in the industry.
The Role:
Candidates must be excellent analytical thinkers, problem solvers, and effective communicators. They must also have exceptional written and oral communication abilities. Leadership, initiative, and advanced technical skills are integral.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Evaluating business processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement and automation, and developing and implementing solutions.
- Performing requirements analysis.
- Ensuring solutions meet business needs and requirements.
- Managing projects, developing project plans, and monitoring performance.
- Acting as a liaison between developers/software providers and end users to ensure technical compatibility and satisfaction.
- Analyzing data, developing reports and dashboards.
- Performing quality assurance and user acceptance testing.
- Updating, implementing, and maintaining procedures.
- Implementing, integrating, and maintaining information systems.
- Staying up-to-date on the latest process and IT advancements to automate and modernize systems.
Desired Skills / Experience:
- Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills
- Strong understanding of relational databases, SQL
- Advanced data analysis skills
- Experience in SSRS, PowerBI, Power Query, Python preferred
- Data warehousing and architecture
- Cloud experience; AWS, Azure, M365
- Detail-oriented, analytical and inquisitive
- Ability to work independently and with others
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science or a similar field from an accredited college or university.
- At least 5 years of applicable work experience
This job description is intended only to describe the general nature of the position and does not constitute an all-inclusive list of duties, nor of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the job.
Wasatch Global Investors is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Wasatch Global Investors will be based on merit, qualifications, abilities and other legitimate business factors. Wasatch Global Investors does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender), sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, national origin, ethnic background, age (40 and over), genetic information (including of a family member), military service, citizenship and/or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.