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Job Description: Apex Systems is currently hiring for a Business Analyst (Portfolio Management Platform) with one of our large Banking clients. Location: Hybrid – CHARLOTTE, NC; IRVING, TX. Onsite expectation: 3 days onsite per week. Pay range: $45.63 - $49/HR. Contract Length: 12 months. Note: We are unable to consider C2C or third-party submissions. Role Summary: Seeking an experienced Business Analyst (Contractor) to support the ongoing development and enhancement of a Portfolio Management (PM) platform within Commercial Banking. This role is focused on requirements gathering, user story development, data mapping, and agile delivery execution, working closely with business stakeholders, product owners, technology teams, and data/AI partners. The PM platform includes both traditional workflow and AI enabled components, so the ideal candidate will have strong core BA skills along with a working understanding of AI concepts to effectively collaborate with AI and engineering teams.
Job Responsibility
Lead requirements gathering activities with business users, product owners, and subject matter experts, including interviews and working sessions
Elicit, analyze, document, and validate functional and non functional requirements
Translate business needs into clear, structured requirements that support scalable platform design
Ensure requirements align with Commercial Banking credit and portfolio management processes
Translate requirements into well defined user stories, features, and acceptance criteria
Partner with Product Owners to maintain and refine the backlog
Participate actively in scrum ceremonies including backlog grooming, sprint planning, stand ups, reviews, and retrospectives
Collaborate with development teams to clarify requirements, answer questions, and support sprint execution
Support UAT planning, execution, defect triage, and validation
Perform data mapping (source to target) across systems supporting the PM platform
Document data definitions, transformations, and business rules
Partner with data, engineering, and upstream/downstream system teams to validate data flows and data quality
Support requirements related to integrations, APIs, and reporting where applicable
Work with AI, analytics, and engineering teams to define requirements for AI enabled features (e.g., agent assisted workflows, recommendations, insights)
Translate business needs into requirements consumable by AI and data science teams
Understand high level AI concepts (e.g., AI agents, model inputs/outputs, human in the loop workflows) to support effective requirement definition and validation
Help ensure AI features are usable, explainable, and aligned to business workflows
Serve as a key liaison between business, product, and technology teams
Document decisions, assumptions, dependencies, risks, and open questions
Maintain clear, organized documentation for requirements, data mappings, and delivery artifacts
Requirements
5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst supporting technology or platform initiatives
Strong experience in requirements elicitation, documentation, and validation
Proven ability to write high quality user stories and acceptance criteria
Hands on experience working within Agile/Scrum teams
Experience with data mapping, data analysis, and integration requirements
Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
Experience using tools such as JIRA, Confluence, or similar agile delivery tools
What we offer
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
Disability
ESPP (employee stock purchase program)
401K program with company match after 12 months of tenure
HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan)
SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions
Corporate discount savings program
On-demand training program
Access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars after 6+ months of tenure