Job Details

Title: Junior Business Analyst

Duration: 2 year contract (potential for extension)

Location: Raleigh or Phoenix

Calculated Hire is partnered with a leading bank in the US. Our client is going through a major enterprise payments modernization program and is ramping up their Payment Strategy team. The goal is to consolidate numerous legacy systems into one, next-generation core wire platform with an enhance SWIFT network integration. This multi-year assignment is highly-visible to bank executives and will reshape how the bank processes wire transactions. Business Analyst on the team will lead and be involved with requirement gathering, process design, policy documentation, and data analysis.

This team will work across Payment Operations and Technology stakeholders. The Business Analyst needs span across Senior and Junior level resources.

Requirements:

• Document and validate business and functional requirements for wire platform integration and middleware development
• Translate complex payments business rules into clear, actionable specifications for IT and vendor teams
• Develop and maintain policy and procedure documentation across program workstreams
• Author business requirements documents (BRDs), process flows, user stories, and use cases

Program and Workstream Support

• Support the sequencing and prioritization of consolidation work across many legacy applications
• Participate in and help facilitate requirements gathering sessions with business and technology stakeholders
• Track open items, decisions, and action items across workstreams; maintain program-level documentation
• Assist in decommission planning activities, including application dependency mapping and transition documentation

Qualifications:

JUNIOR:

• 1-3 years of Business Analyst experience
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; structured and detail-oriented approach
• Proficiency in documenting requirements, process flows, and meeting outputs
• Comfortable collaborating in cross-functional teams with technical and business stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Financial services background not required but helpful