Sr Specialist - Business Systems Analysis

Your Opportunity

Schwab remains committed to providing increased visibility to career growth opportunities and job requirements. This posting announcement is part of increased transparency and while all qualified applicants will be reviewed and considered, this organization has a preferred candidate identified for this role.

At Schwab, you’re empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us “challenge the status quo” and transform the finance industry together.

STS Description 

Schwab Technology Services enables the future of how clients manage their money by providing innovative and reliable technology products and services as part of our ongoing commitment to democratize access to investing and financial planning.

Organization / Role Description

At Schwab, the Finance and Regulatory Reporting Technology team provides business technology strategy, solutions and support for Schwab's Corporate Controller, Financial Planning & Analysis, Regulatory Reporting and Profitability Analysis functions.

Our team is committed to providing innovative technology solutions to our business partners in alignment with Schwab’s purpose and values, and our Corporate Strategic Plan.

We are looking for a Business System Analyst to create, maintain, support, and improve complex technology operations for our core accounting platform, with special emphasis around continuous improvement (CI/CD) of processes by applying modern engineering principles around DevOps.  You will be working with a team of talented technologists and SMEs who bring a lot of energy, focus and fresh ideas that support our mission to provide value by seeing the world “Through Clients' Eyes.”

Key Responsibilities

- Analyzing and identifying trends and patterns in datasets.
- Identifying data anomalies and providing recommendations on additional data needed to support analytics.
- Analyzing the work at hand and making decisions based on specific objectives.
- Performing configuration changes
- Analyzing business requirements and translating them into technical requirements

What you have

Required Qualifications

▪ Executes strategies to safeguard business assets by integrating current best practices
▪ Implements advanced strategies to generate deeper data insights
▪ Utilizes analytics tools to generate impactful graphical data representations
▪ Applies measurement systems to assess performance and address process issues
▪ Optimizes planning and development through advanced tool integration
▪ Executes predictive and adaptive methodologies to improve stages of the product development life cycle
▪ Deploys effective program management tactics to manage interrelated projects and overcome operational hurdles
▪ Validates requirements and constraints to support effective development and operations
▪ Strong understanding of domain-specific toolsets for conducting analysis.
▪ Ability to consolidate, organize, and convey complex problems.  
▪ Skill to perform general integration/acceptance testing.
▪ Clear and concise communication skills.
▪ Experience with business analytics.
▪ Curious Learner
▪ Experience with SQL
▪ Understanding of basic accounting
▪ Strong understanding of SDLC
▪ Understanding of DevOps/Operations

Preferred Qualifications

▪ Conducts in-depth analysis, evaluates factors, and influences decisions with insights
▪ Ensures stakeholders has the necessary information for informed decisions
▪ Networks with key stakeholders to exchange insights and foster cooperation
▪ Analyzes market dynamics, provides guidance to peers, and aligns work with business goals
▪ Analyzes trends and preferences to enhance customer experiences
▪ Acts as a resource for colleagues by providing insights and support
▪ Seeks diverse perspectives for a comprehensive understanding of issues
▪ Trusts colleagues to manage outcomes
▪ Anticipates consequences of situations and acts to prepare for contingencies in assigned tasks
▪ Identifies opportunities for process improvements and implements creative solutions
▪ Influences team quality and effectiveness with decisions
▪ Verbally presents ideas confidently, ensuring mutual understanding
▪ Builds credibility with expertise, transparency, and confidentiality
▪ Delivers powerful messages with persuasive language to drive viewpoint adoption
▪ Chooses effective methods to reach ambitious goals and measure outcomes
▪ Applies specialized expertise to support initiatives that optimize performance
▪ Writes concise, well-structured, and engaging business documents
▪ Understands software planning and tracking tools (JIRA/TFS/Rally)

Job Sub-Family Specific Competencies

• Analytical Thinking – Approaching a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach

• Data AnalysisData AnalysisData AnalysisAnalytical Thinking - Approaching a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach

• Data Analysis - Deriving insights from data sets that enable informed decision making and action toward organizational effectiveness and efficiency

• Results Orientation - Focusing on the desired end result of one’s own or one’s units work
  
  Setting challenging goals, focusing effort on the goals, and meeting or exceeding them

• Written Communication – Expressing oneself clearly in business writing

• Requirements Management – Streamlining requirement analysis, organization, and validation for efficient development and operation throughout the life cycle

• Diagnostic Information Gathering – Identifying the information needed to clarify a situation, seeking that information from appropriate sources, and using skillful questioning to draw out the information when others are reluctant to disclose it