Moody’s Investors Service | AVP – Business Analyst | New York, NY | United States | BigDataKB.com | 11/12/2022

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MIS Tech

The successful candidate will serve as the Delivery Lead and/or Business Analyst in regulatory reporting portfolio. The immediate role requires rapid learning of the business environment and underlying business data. A history of working with ratings data or reporting is a plus. The candidate will work in an Agile development environment to support both enhancements to existing systems and new development. Additionally they will work with stakeholders to understand, refine, document business and functional requirements. This individual will be responsible for detailed, high-quality documentation, use cases, business system concept documents, user stories and well-defined acceptance criteria which meets the needs of the various project stakeholders. The successful candidate will be a trusted advisor to senior leaders and key stakeholders across MIS with responsibilities including, but not limited to the following:

• Provide day-to-day direction and enable issue resolution/escalation for the squad.
• Incorporate user needs into stories & validate within each sprint or capability launch.
• Support demos, Backlog Refinement, Go Live Readiness including user acceptance testing and training coordination.
• Develop data flow diagrams for reporting integrations that will support the technical design and build processes.
• Collaborate with project managers, technical leads and quality assurance leads to ensure effective cross-portfolio communication and issue management.
• Lead user acceptance testing by gathering test scenarios, developing scripts, triaging defects and capturing sign-off from stakeholders and project leads.
• Collaborate with external consultants on technology initiatives throughout the duration of an implementation by reviewing and providing feedback on project artifacts, helping coordinate meetings with stakeholders and testing new functionality.
• Provide demonstrations of and documentation for new features in the system/reports.
• Actively participate in process improvement initiatives to enable operational efficiency.
• Partner with the Data Management and Analytics Teams to ensure technology solutions adhere to data quality requirements and meet stakeholder reporting objectives.

• Undergraduate/first-level degree (e.g., Bachelor’s degree) in a related field required.
• 8+ years of relevant experience required.
• Scrum Master and Business systems analysis experience required. Certified Scrum Master preferred.
• Strong Excel, Visio, MS Project, and SQL skills, experience with Miro and Power BI is a plus.
• Experience with JIRA or other issue and project tracking software applications.
• Strong quantitative analysis skills and the ability to translate analysis into actionable tasks.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects with tight deadlines.
• Must possess strong initiative and a get-it-done attitude.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, and ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to coordinate and assist large teams in resolving complex analytical and technical issues.
• Excellent problem solver and independent thinker with the ability to create innovative solutions.
• Client focused, proactive and results oriented with ability to support clients across multiple locations.

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