Senior Business Data Systems Analyst

Wintrust is a financial holding company with approximately $50 billion assets under management and traded on the NASDAQ:WTFC. Built on the "HAVE IT ALL" model, Wintrust offers sophisticated technology and resources of a large bank while focusing on providing service-based community banking to each and every customer. Wintrust operates fifteen community bank subsidiaries with over 170 banking locations in the greater Chicago and southern Wisconsin market areas. Additionally, Wintrust operates various non-bank business units including commercial and life insurance premium financing, short-term accounts receivable financing, out-sourced administrative services, mortgage origination and purchase, wealth management services and qualified intermediary services for tax-deferred exchanges.
Why join us?

• An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 8 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)
• Competitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible
• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few
• Promote from within culture

Why join this team?

• This position has the opportunity to interface with and have a positive impact on multiple areas of Wintrust's business.
• We hold ourselves accountable to high standards, share wins, operate ethically, and have fun

Position Overview
Business Data Systems Analysts serve as consultants to business units in planning and coordinating systems analysis, design and implementation projects to automate processing or improve business systems through the use of Data Related Capabilities and Services. Gathers business needs as well as the design of solutions through direct interaction with business and technical unit leaders. Performs a liaison role between user areas to assist in the identification of process improvements, system design, testing and implementation of large and/or complex Data technical projects, often requiring coordination of multiple functional areas.
What You'll Do

• Collaborates with business and technical clients to derive requirements and technical specifications from business needs and coordinates the technical solution, testing methodologies and timing of the solution delivery
• Writes detailed functional specifications of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify data capabilities and services
• Facilitates system development and design. Ex: software programming and table, report and panel design
• Acts a liason for business and technical areas to commuinicate the business needs and develop testing processes to exercise the developed code.
• Works with technical resources to ensure accurate translation of specifications into workable application code and data processes
• Performs vendor evaluations, especially RFI, RFP and quality function deployment (QFD)

Qualifications

• Bachelor level degree in a technology related area, analytical (i.e. Engineering, Mathematical, Physics) or MBA Knowledge of SQL preferred desirable
• 5+ years of IT or business/industry-specific work experience. 3+ years of business data systems analysis experience plus solid experience in systems analysis, structured analysis, or methods and procedures.
• 3+ years of experience in process design and documentation methodologies, and design and production of quality deliverables, process and use case modeling (UML), business case development and testing methodologies
• Knowledge in facilitation in Joint Application Design (JAD) or Dynamic Systems Development Methods (DSDM)
• 2+ years of experience with and working knowledge of SQL
• Outstanding organizational skills and ability to communicate to various levels and roles throughout the organization in both written and oral formats
• 4+ years of experience in using business productivity tools like Microsoft Office, Excel, Power Point, MS Project and Visio to communicate requirements.
• Experience and knowledge in Systems Development Life Cycle; working experience Agile Methodologies
• Working knowledge and experience with Data Management areas in terms of architecture, Extract Transform and Load processes, and Data Movement processes both in batch and on demand.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; must be able to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical roles at senior and junior levels.
• Ability to be creative and think outside of the box to see the whole business picture while maintaining an exceptional eye for detail
• Desirable Certifications:
• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CCBA)
• Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA)

# LI-REMOTE
From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To be Chicago's Bank® and Wisconsin's Bank®, we need to reflect that diversity both in all the communities we serve, the people we employ, the organizations we work with, and our banking and lending practices. Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.