Sr. Platform Analyst
New York, NY

Job Description

Israel Discount Bank of New York, also known by its registered service mark, "IDB Bank", is a full service commercial bank chartered by the State of New York and a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Our liquidity and capital ratios are strong, and we are ranked by Crain's New York Business as the 14th largest commercial bank in the New York area. the Bank provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic status, citizenship status, marital status, military or veteran status, current unemployment or any other legally protected category in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law.

Sr. Platform Analyst (SME) will work within the Technology organization of IDBNY. The role will gathering requirements from internal business users and determine the best approach to integrate, convert and implement to a new Core platform application at IDBNY. The position functions include working with the vendor and business to oversee requirements and determine gaps and guide development activities, testing and implementation of the Core Banking application at IDBNY. The SME will work closely with the vendor to assure best practices and approaches are used to configure the new platform and integrate with IDB required application. The SME will coordinate and advise on the conversion mapping of IDB data from ICBS to the new platform to achieve a timely, successful implementation of the new platform application at IDBNY.

This position is responsible for performing the duties of an SME Platform Analyst.

Responsibilities include:

* Performing various tasks relating to Requirements gathering, analysis and documentation
* Interface and work closely with the vendor and business to determine the best configuration of the application
* Manage and strongly interface with the conversion teams to assure data mapping for all conversions is defined, developed, tested and implemented successfully
* Work closely with the business community to recommend and advise on application functionality and best practices for process flows utilizing the application
* Own, manage, and improve upon a consistent approach to the Requirements & Design Phase of development.
* The candidate will work with business user community to ensure coordination between related efforts including the execution of user acceptance testing as well as issue tracking
* Participate in all meetings with the both the business and technology teams to receive advise on specifics for requirements.
* The candidate will also have the responsibility of ensuring that the delivered solution and the configuration in the application meets the business requirement
* Participate in peer reviews and inspections of requirement documents.
* Advise on changes to baseline requirements through the change control process
* Participate and advise on the creation of test scripts including specific test cases and expected results
* Review System Integration Testing (SIT) test plan to ensure coverage of test scenarios in SIT.
* Advise on User Acceptance Test (UAT) plans that will ensure business requirements have been met.
* Advise and participate in analysis to determine and verify business requirements and functional design
* Utilizes standard processes, design and testing tools throughout project development life cycle
* 8 or more years of experience working with the Core Banking applications (Subject Matter Expertise)
* 8 or more years of experience with Core Banking Applications is required
* Accomplished in using best practices for gathering and documenting complete and detailed requirements
* Experience with core banking implementations and conversion is required
* Experience with Fiserv Signature is a plus
* Experience interfacing with external vendors to define requirements and gaps is required
* Commercial Banking experience is required
* Experience converting commercial loans portfolios is required
* Experience as a Core Banking Administrator is a must

Skills:

* Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills
* Strong oral and written communication skills
* Analytical and detail-oriented
* Strong technical understanding
* Presentation Skills

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.