Data Mining / Analytics Senior Business Analyst

Company: a financial services company
Location: New York, NY
Web: www.kdnuggets.com/jobs

Job Description
Top financial firm is seeking a Senior Business Analyst with data mining and predictive analytics experience to lead the establishment of a decision support system that will drive major improvements in our business processes and marketing efforts. A key component of this platform is to mine our data warehouse to determine the analyst and client behaviors that drive profitability. To have an impact on our business, these insights and real-time recommendations will be integrated into our existing Business Intelligence (BI), Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platforms.

This position will be part of the Technology Management team within the Research business unit. The team consists of project managers and business analysts who manage a variety of technology initiatives on behalf of the business unit. They are responsible for managing projects from initial concept to deployment, working closely with stakeholders, including Research Analysts and management in the business unit, as well as IT colleagues in the development, support and training areas.

This role requires a candidate with a strong background in statistical analysis, predictive modeling experience, writing business requirements and managing complex projects. The successful candidate will provide end-to-end project management from requirements gathering and analysis, through implementation, and post implementation support. The role will therefore require interacting with Analyst teams, clients, developers, and Research Management.

Specific responsibilities

• Lead the establishment of a predictive analytics capability for the Research division
• Analyze and interpret data to develop and implement predictive models
• Work with other Research team members to proactively identify key indicators, validate results and monitor success
• Use experience in multivariate statistical analysis (linear & logistic regression, categorical analysis, cluster analysis, statistical sampling, decision trees, multidimensional scaling, etc.).
• Liaise with Analyst teams and Research management to understand their requirements, ensuring strategic business objectives are met and to co-ordinate usability and user-acceptance testing
• Gather, develop and own business requirements, and work with IT counterparts to ensure these requirements are delivered successfully and on schedule
• Produce charts, tables, and graphs to support stakeholders' reporting requirements
• Provide data and analyses in a timely manner and verify the accuracy of data analyses produced by self, or others using existing BI and EPM systems
• Plan and manage the deployment of a global, production-level, enterprise systems

• Expert with Data Mining tools e.g SPSS Clementine, SAS, Spotfire Miner
• Strong Project Management skills
• Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem-solving capabilities; ability to come up with solutions for complex business problems
• Familiar with all phases of the project lifecycle: requirements gathering, design, development, deployment, and support
• Proficient in developing business requirements, use cases, and user acceptance testing cases/plans
• Ability to manage multiple activities to aggressive deadlines
• Self-starter with can-do attitude and a strong sense of ownership

• Prior experience on global projects / global systems implementations
• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Statistics or Quantitative Management
• PMI Certification
• Knowledge of Research, Investment Banking or Financial Services
• Ability and analyze and write SQL queries to perform data analysis tasks

Please fax all resumes to 646-873-4729