JSR Tech Consulting
Contract position with a leading investment firm.
Hybrid, in Newark, NJ 3 days/week
Payrate: 75 - 100 /hr
Job Title: Senior Business Analyst Consultant - Credit Research Technology Team: Credit Research Technology
Your Role We are seeking a highly analytical and technically savvy Senior Business Analyst [Consultant] to join our Credit Research Technology team. You will be embedded within a dynamic group focused on building innovative research and investment tools used by credit analysts and portfolio managers. Working closely with product owners, developers, and investment professionals, you will play a pivotal role in shaping solutions that drive smarter investment decisions across our fixed income portfolios.
Your Impact s a Senior Business Analyst [Consultant], you will: • Lead the definition and delivery of business and system requirements to support credit research, model-driven analysis, and portfolio management tools. • Serve as a key liaison between credit analysts, portfolio managers, and technology teams to ensure business needs are translated into scalable, high-performance technical solutions. • Drive end-to-end documentation and stakeholder alignment across agile delivery cycles. • Help shape the data strategy for credit research by integrating credit model data, issuer fundamentals, ESG inputs, and alternative datasets into the research ecosystem. • Influence the firm's digital transformation initiatives through delivery excellence and thought leadership
Your Required Skills • 10+ years of experience in Business Analysis at a buy-side Fixed Income asset management firm. • Deep understanding of credit research workflows, with proven experience working alongside credit analysts and portfolio managers. • Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data and investment processes. • Proficiency in: o SQL - for data validation and exploration. o AWS - particularly data services (e.g., S3, Redshift, Lambda). o Python - for prototyping analytical tools and performing data analysis. • Strong command of business analysis practices, including: o Agile methodologies o Use case and workflow documentation o Data mapping and transformation o Acceptance criteria and test planning • Excellent communication skills - capable of clearly translating technical issues into business context and vice versa.
Your Desired Skills • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related discipline. • CFA Certification or progress toward completion. • Familiarity with third-party credit platforms (e.g., Bloomberg, FactSet, MSCI). • Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI). • Exposure to machine learning or AI frameworks in financial modeling is a plus.
Join us to help redefine how credit research and investment insights are delivered in a modern, data-centric asset management environment. If you thrive in a collaborative, impact-driven setting where technology meets finance, we want to hear from you.
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Job Title: Senior Business Analyst Consultant - Credit Research Technology Team: Credit Research Technology
Your Role We are seeking a highly analytical and technically savvy Senior Business Analyst [Consultant] to join our Credit Research Technology team. You will be embedded within a dynamic group focused on building innovative research and investment tools used by credit analysts and portfolio managers. Working closely with product owners, developers, and investment professionals, you will play a pivotal role in shaping solutions that drive smarter investment decisions across our fixed income portfolios.
Your Impact s a Senior Business Analyst [Consultant], you will: • Lead the definition and delivery of business and system requirements to support credit research, model-driven analysis, and portfolio management tools. • Serve as a key liaison between credit analysts, portfolio managers, and technology teams to ensure business needs are translated into scalable, high-performance technical solutions. • Drive end-to-end documentation and stakeholder alignment across agile delivery cycles. • Help shape the data strategy for credit research by integrating credit model data, issuer fundamentals, ESG inputs, and alternative datasets into the research ecosystem. • Influence the firm's digital transformation initiatives through delivery excellence and thought leadership
Your Required Skills • 10+ years of experience in Business Analysis at a buy-side Fixed Income asset management firm. • Deep understanding of credit research workflows, with proven experience working alongside credit analysts and portfolio managers. • Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data and investment processes. • Proficiency in: o SQL - for data validation and exploration. o AWS - particularly data services (e.g., S3, Redshift, Lambda). o Python - for prototyping analytical tools and performing data analysis. • Strong command of business analysis practices, including: o Agile methodologies o Use case and workflow documentation o Data mapping and transformation o Acceptance criteria and test planning • Excellent communication skills - capable of clearly translating technical issues into business context and vice versa.
Your Desired Skills • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related discipline. • CFA Certification or progress toward completion. • Familiarity with third-party credit platforms (e.g., Bloomberg, FactSet, MSCI). • Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI). • Exposure to machine learning or AI frameworks in financial modeling is a plus.
Join us to help redefine how credit research and investment insights are delivered in a modern, data-centric asset management environment. If you thrive in a collaborative, impact-driven setting where technology meets finance, we want to hear from you.
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