As a Business Systems Analyst you will support systems applications reports and data for middle and back office operations of Thrivents Asset Management Division. You will join a Scrum Team that includes Business Systems Analysts Application Engineers a Product Owner and a Scrum Master. This is an influential role with high visibility working closely with business partners requiring strong collaboration business analysis ownership and quality assurance acumen to effectively support Mutual Fund Accountings business priorities deliver value and drive impactful change. This position provides an excellent opportunity to grow in the field of business analysis quality assurance and software development and gain experience working with both technical and business teams.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Designing Solutions
Review analyze & evaluate moderately complex business systems applications processes data and user needs
Refine user and functional requirements to guide development work
Create visual representations using diagrams maps and models to enhance analysis understanding and communication
Support change that is focused on maximizing business value and meeting user needs
Accountable for compliance with applicable laws rules and regulations
Quality Assurance
Design and execute moderately complex test strategies plans and cases
Identify and communicate the root cause of issues and defects
Collaborate with team to resolve issues and defects
Maintain effective and efficient testing methods tools and procedures
Data Management
Maintain high standards of data quality and integrity
Participate in Asset Managements Data Governance Strategy
Contribute to maturing data management practices
Conduct moderately complex data research and mining to support business decisions
Team Collaboration
Participate in product planning and implementation
Decompose work by creating user stories tasks and acceptance criteria
Participate in team development maturity and accountability
Provide basic business expertise and analysis to solve problems and remove roadblocks
Collaboration with Stakeholders and Business Partners
Contribute to effective and efficient communication and interactions for your team with stakeholders and business partners
Build relationships with key stakeholders
Learn key business systems applications processes and data.
Work with subject matter experts to understand capture and communicate moderately complex business and user requirements
Additional Business Support
Participate in a weekly on-call rotation to intake diagnose and support resolution of business issues
Build and support business reporting
Create and execute moderately complex SQL queries
Driving Growth and Building Talent
Seek out opportunities to learn new techniques approaches and technology to enhance our product
Contribute to identifying and implementing best practices to drive continuous improvement
Desired Traits:
Collaborative - You can win the trust of others and help your team problem solve
Growth Mindset - You are open to new and better ways of doing things
Critical Thinking - You apply critical thinking to identify understand and manage key details
Adaptable - You can adjust to changing situations and priorities
Analytical - You can gather information and drive to solutions
Change Influencer - You can work with your team and partners to enact change
Big Picture Thinking - You understand the end-to-end process and data flows through the organization and the impacts of decisions
Action Oriented When you see something that needs to be done you take ownership and do it
Required Job Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in Business Computer Science Information Systems or a related field
4-6 years of experience in the business system analyst field or related area
Technical expertise and strong understanding within multiple (3) functional areas
Moderate levels of analysis and independence
Solid working knowledge of systems design process and methodology as well as knowledge/use of systems tools including but not limited to Microsoft Office Suite
Familiarity with testing tools
Desired Job Qualifications:
Intermediate quality assurance/testing experience
Intermediate experience refining functional and user requirements
Basic Domain Expertise: Accounting Investment/Asset Mgmt and related functions and data
Experience working in an agile environment particularly on a Scrum Team
Intermediate SQL knowledge and experience
Experience with tools:
Jira Xray Miro Visio Microsoft 365 (including PowerBI Excel Power Query Access SharePoint)
Additional Information
This position requires you to work on-site in Appleton WI or Minneapolis MN on Mondays Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Pay Transparency
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Required Experience:
IC
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