Business Analyst - Fund Accounting

Vichara is a Financial Services focussed products and services firm hedquartered in NY and building systems for some of the largest i-banks and hedge funds in the world.

Understand key business processes and support efforts to streamline and standardize these processes, by introducing automation or eliminating redundancies. Domain of internal accounting investment operations, loan workflows will be key areas of focus.

• Collaborate with internal and external groups to analyze and document software features, platform capabilities, and processes.
• Perform detailed finance data analysis working with our Fund management, Operations, and Deal teams
• Collate and document requirements according to internally established standards:
• Create user stories
• Define and maintain acceptance criteria
• Review test plans and test cases
• Document and maintain business context and processes
• Act as a subject matter expert (especially in areas relating to finance, accounting, and tax).

• Minimum 8 years of business analyst experience required
• Experience with SS&C Geneva as an internal accounting system required
• Financial services industry experience required
• Minimum of 6 years of experience working with/in finance and account functions
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum framework preferred
• Strong communication skills required
• Willingness to take on new responsibilities as the environment evolves and new skills are needed
• Self-starter who takes initiative to accomplish tasks independently or with minimal guidance from supervisor
• Experience working with loan systems (e.g. WSO, Virtus) and accounting systems (e.g. Broadridge Sentry, PAM) strongly preferred

Compensation - 150K USD + Benefits ( 401K, Dental etc.)