Product Owner/Business System Analyst

Hi,

Job Title :Product Owner/Business System Analyst

Location: Berkley Heights NJ

Local candidates only, they might ask candidates to appear for an in-person meeting

What you'll do:

• Lead business discovery and analysis to define system needs, identify improvement opportunities, and drive clarity on scope and success criteria.
• Partner with product, technology, and business stakeholders to design scalable, innovative solutions aligned with organizational and market demands.
• Provide leadership to BSA team members—overseeing requirements quality, guiding analysis activities, and supporting large scale project delivery.
• Own end to end system implementation activities, including requirements validation, solution design, UAT coordination, deployment readiness, and post implementation support.
• Maintain and govern business rules and decision logic to ensure consistency, traceability, and long-term maintainability.
• Manage change intake and prioritization, balancing business value, feasibility, risk, and regulatory considerations.
• Create clear as is/to be workflows and process documentation to support shared understanding and effective delivery.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, security, risk, and SDLC standards throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• UAT ownership/support.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and leadership—escalating risks, providing updates, and influencing decisions to support delivery outcomes.

Experience you'll need to have:

• 10+ years of experience in business systems analysis.
• 10+ years producing high‑quality functional and technical documentation using industry‑standard tools such as Confluence, Jira, and Visio.
• 6+ years managing end‑to‑end system process flows across complex financial and/or operational platforms.
• 3+ years of hands‑on SQL (e.g., MySQL, SQL Server) for data validation, analysis, and troubleshooting.
• 3+ years executing system implementations across the full lifecycle (requirements through post‑production support).
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with the ability to lead cross‑functional workshops and drive consensus.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and related experience, including military experience.

Experience that would be great to have:

• Experience with Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and modern product practices (backlog management, story mapping, acceptance criteria).
• Experience in the financial services domain (e.g., payments, banking, risk/compliance).
• Exposure to integration/API design and validation, data modeling, and workflow automation.