Business Analyst--Reporting - (US-CA-Pasadena)

Business Analyst--Reporting - (US-CA-Pasadena)

Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: WJKJA36

Rate to $600 p/d corp to corp. Less on a W-2 

· Has good understanding of asset management principles and skills associated with domestic and international investing 
· Clearly understands purposes, objectives, practices, and procedures of the department and business units. 
· Maintains a solid knowledge of corporate and departmental information system strategies. 
· Has advanced written and oral communication skills to make technical or non-technical material understandable into the business units, to make presentations to management and other personnel, and to conduct meetings and training sessions. 

Specific Technical Knowledge and Experience Required: 
· Superior knowledge of all phases of reporting system development life cycle, rapid application development methodology preferred. 
· Experience with Crystal Reports or other reporting tools. 
· Knowledge of relational database environment, Oracle preferred, Sybase a plus. 
· Client-server concepts, 3 tier architecture concepts preferred. 
· GUI development concepts. 
· Microsoft Access or other PC based database application. 
· Microsoft Windows NT, word processing and spreadsheet applications. 
· Requires 4-8 years of highly related information systems experience. 

· Responsible for reporting data and translating information into The Company’s environment business-specific application(s). 
· Handles multiple applications development projects. 
· Produces project documentation including formal proposals and schedules, system requirements and testing plans. 
· Works with business partners and systems personnel to identify new business workflow or change current processes to enhance their effectiveness. 
· Communicates system changes and processes to appropriate personnel, documenting any processes as necessary. 
· Communicates discrepancies determined in testing to impacted areas and monitors resolution. 
· Designs and tests systems and/or system changes accurately to insure system efficiency, integrity, productivity and maintainability. 
· Sets appropriate goals and priorities that coordinate with the business areas and other organizational units and resources.