Business Analyst / Product Owner

Qode

$90K — $120K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business, Finance, IS, CS, or a related field.
  • 5-10 years of business analysis experience, including 3+ years in Wealth/Asset Management or Broker-Dealer environments.
  • Strong understanding of account opening and onboarding processes with advisor tools.
  • Experience in Agile/Scrum methodologies; skilled in drafting BRDs, FRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria.

Responsibilities

  • Gather, analyze, and document requirements for advisor platform modernization initiatives, translating them into user stories and acceptance criteria.
  • Analyze and redesign account opening and onboarding workflows to eliminate friction and reduce manual touchpoints.
  • Collaborate with advisors and operations teams to identify pain points and recommend automation-driven improvements.
  • Facilitate Agile delivery processes, including backlog grooming and sprint ceremonies, ensuring alignment with business intent.
  • Support user acceptance testing (UAT) by defining test scenarios and coordinating defect triage for platform releases.

Benefits

  • Full-Time employment with a leading firm in Wealth/Asset Management.
  • Opportunity to drive digital transformation initiatives.
  • Collaborative work environment with direct impact on advisor and client experiences.
  • Engagement with cross-functional teams including product, engineering, and business stakeholders.
Full Job Description
Job Title: Business Analyst / Product Owner

Location: Austin, TX

Job Type: Full-Time

Industry: Wealth / Asset Management

BA to drive modernization of advisor platforms and account opening/onboarding experiences within wealth management. Partners with business stakeholders, product owners, and engineering to define requirements and deliver digital transformation of advisor and client-facing workflows.

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in business, Finance, IS, CS, or related field.
  • 5-10 years BA experience, incl. 3+ years in Wealth/Asset Management or Broker-Dealer, with direct exposure to advisor platforms or account opening systems.
  • Strong understanding of account opening/onboarding processes and advisor workflow tools.
  • Agile/Scrum experience; skilled in BRDs, FRDs, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, data mapping.


Key Responsibilities
  • Gather, analyze, and document requirements for advisor platform and account opening modernization initiatives; translate into user stories, acceptance criteria, and process flows.
  • Analyze and redesign end-to-end account opening and onboarding workflows (new accounts, householding, account maintenance, money movement) to reduce friction and manual touchpoints.
  • Partner with advisors and operations teams to identify pain points in current platform tools and recommend digital/automation-driven improvements.
  • Support Agile delivery (backlog grooming, sprint ceremonies, demos) for platform modernization workstreams; validate delivered functionality against business intent.
  • Support UAT, define test scenarios, and coordinate defect triage for onboarding/platform releases.

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