Business Analyst - Tranaction Codes, Small Business & Consumer Operations - Florham Park, NJ

Business Analyst - Tranaction Codes, Small Business & Consumer Operations - Florham Park, NJ

Florham Park, United States of America

Business Analyst Associate - Transaction Codes within Small Business & Consumer Operations

• The Transaction Code Team is responsible for the governance, project tracking, development, implementation, and maintenance of existing and new transaction channels and types throughout the bank.
• The team is cross-functional between operations, accounting/controllership, and technology and functions as a core workstream on bank-wide projects.
• This is a hybrid position located in Florham Park, NJ.

Job Functions/Responsibilities:

• Executes varied and complex transactions/processes utilizing standard procedures.
• Maintains and develops procedures and working documentation.
• Maintains tracking for weekly and monthly governance meetings.
• Partners with IT to prioritize enhancement requests.
• Partners with internal and/or external business partners to route communications, documents, or other action items.
• Provides timely responses and documentation to inquiries and ad hoc requests.
• Completes research and provides feedback.
• Review transactions and related documents and verify work processes to ensure completeness, accuracy, and conformance to established regulations.
• Analyzes and reviews data tools, business processes, and operational standards to complete deliverables.
• Research existing Systems to identify areas of simplification and improvement.
• Understand cross-functional impacts from changes in channels or transaction types and engage necessary stakeholders.
• Evaluates and will ensure that operations meet company objectives, business needs, service agreements, and relevant requirements.
• Acts as a subject matter resource for the team.
• Provides strategic input based on functional expertise.
• Identifies and resolves exceptions; escalates appropriately.
• Capable of utilizing Excel formulas to address data quality problems and data transformations.
• Identify patterns in data sets to help propose incident action items.
• Able to work in an Agile environment with short deadlines.
• Can utilize data sets and context to formulate conclusions.
• Communicate with incident stakeholders as well as Risk and Audit teams.
• Able to find, track, and execute action items.

Qualifications:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience in Finance, Business, Accounting, Information Systems, or an equivalent field. (Required)

Work Experience:

• Consumer operations experience, preferably in a lending/banking or financial services environment. 5+ years (Required)

Skills and Abilities:

• Excel (VLOOKUP, index/match, pivots, etc.) - Required.
• SQL (queries, joins) - Required.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.
• Ability to drive escalation and resolution of production problems.
• Understanding of technology project life cycle, the business requirements, and technical requirements documentation.
• Understand the necessity and value of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Knowledge of successful approaches, tools, and techniques for dealing with changes and adapting to a changing environment.
• Knowledge of and ability to design, implement, and evaluate standard operating procedures.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite with emphasis on Outlook, Word, and Excel usage or comparable software applications.

Extra Skills:

• Python (Pandas) is a plus.
• VBA/Macros are a plus.
• VBA/Macros (Excel, Access, Outlook, etc.).
• Knowledge of SQL queries in SAS is a plus.
• Understanding Corporate Accounting is a plus.

Diversity & EEO Statements:

• At Santander, we value and respect differences in our workforce and strive to increase the diversity of our teams. We actively encourage everyone to apply.
• Santander is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Working Conditions:

• Frequently minimal physical effort such as sitting, standing, and walking.
• Occasionally moving and lifting equipment and furniture are required to support onsite and offsite meeting setup and teardown.
• Physically capable of lifting up to fifty pounds, able to bend, kneel, and climb ladders.

Employer Rights:

• This job description does not list all the job duties of the job.
• You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. You may be evaluated in part based on your performance of the tasks listed in this job description.
• The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time.
• This job description is not a contract for employment and either you or the employer may terminate at any time for any reason.

Bachelor of Science (BS) English More than 5 years of relevant work Microsoft Excel

Primary Location: Florham Park, NJ, Florham Park

Other Locations: New Jersey-Florham Park

Organization: Santander Bank N.A.