Job Description

About Raymond James:

Founded in 1962, Raymond James Financial, Inc. is a Fortune 500 diversified holding company providing financial services to individuals, corporations and municipalities through its subsidiary companies engaged primarily in investment and financial planning, in addition to capital markets and asset management. Headquartered in Florida, Raymond James Financial has approximately 8,000 financial advisors in 3,000 locations throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. With 130 consecutive quarters of growth and Service 1st culture, Raymond James Financial aims to be the premier alternative to Wall Street.

Job Summary:

Raymond James is seeking a well-rounded IT Business Analyst / Data Analyst to join their Technology team. Acts as a partner with the business to facilitate and implement technology solutions. Responsible for writing system requirements that will ensure the technology solution will meet the needs of the business. Leverages appropriate technical resources. Requires a high level understanding of systems, industry and end-user requirements. Applies specialized domain knowledge in monitoring, assessing, analyzing and/or evaluating processes and data. Makes judgements and recommendations based on analysis and knowledge.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Creates detailed business requirements for functional (e.g., business processes, rules) and non-functional (e.g., data, security) capabilities.
Validates test cases to ensure that scripts will evaluate the business function being performed.
Gathers and interprets information from multiple sources (including databases, interviews, etc.) and makes recommendations.
Provides support for application development teams including documenting business processes.
Translates technical concepts to business audience and business information to a technical audience.
Participates in developing estimates and implementation plans for technical solutions.
Partners with team members to develop project schedules, reports and documentation. May be required to act as project lead on small to medium projects and/or provide direction to others on the team.
Works with User Experience / Design resources to help visualize requirements into prototype.
Understands and applies principles in risk management, issue tracking and change management.
Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

Risk management.
Issue tracking.
Change management.
Requirements gathering.

Skill in:

Able to create simple (single table) to complex (multiple table) SQL queries for data analysis.
Able to correctly utilize SQL join clause functionality to target data selection.
Able to utilize SQL analytic functionality for target data selection or aggregation.
Proficient with Microsoft Office tools to include but not limited Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Visio and Team Foundation Server.

Ability to:

Perform data analysis and create detailed functional data mapping requirements inclusive of data transformation and exception handling rule sets.
Ability to translate business requirements into functional and non-functional requirements supported by web and Java enterprise services.
Ability to gather and interpret information from multiple sources (including databases, interviews, etc.).
Ability to translate technical concepts to business audience and business information to a technical audience.
Identify and understand issues, problems and opportunities; compare data from different sources to draw conclusions.
Clearly convey information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
Use effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; recommend or take action that is consistent with available facts, constraints and probable consequences.
Demonstrate a satisfactory level of technical and professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; remains current with developments and trends in areas of expertise.
Develop and use collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals.
Make internal and external clients and their needs a primary focus of actions; develop and sustain productive client relationships.
Occasionally work a non-standard shift including nights and/or weekends and/or have on-call responsibilities.
Work in a team environment or project room to facilitate collaboration.

Education/Previous Experience:

Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Business or related degree and three (3) years of relevant experience or a combination of education, training and experience.
Financial Services experience highly preferred.

Licenses/Certifications:

None required.