Product Owner - Security Sanctions

Remote - USA,USA

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SolomonEdwardsGroup, LLC (“SolomonEdwards”) is a full-service professional services firm offering financial, operational and technology consulting and operations support. We work with some of the world’s most prominent companies to help them envision and achieve a better future. We know that our consulting services are only as meaningful as the people and talent behind them, and we are committed to recruiting incredibly talented, committed, collaborative individuals who can help us deliver exceptional client service. For more information, visit www.solomonedwards.com.

Position Summary:

SolomonEdwards is assisting a large commercial bank with product analysis for Global Compliance across various workstreams. The client's Agile internal consulting group bridges business and technology. Strong stakeholder management and the ability to drive Agile adoption are essential. The SolomonEdwards Product Owner Consultant will join the Sanctions team, defining acceptance criteria, system readiness, change management, and user training. The ideal candidate has extensive experience as a Product Owner/Product Analyst/BA with Agile, SAFe, and Jira. Flexibility to work with partners in different US time zones is required. This is expected to be a 12 month engagement.

Essential Duties:

• Act as Product Owner/Product Analyst in Global Compliance supporting Sanctions and driving product analysis around risk measurement and performance.

• Provide input to status reporting for compliance product side of project-oriented work efforts.

• Provide input to the business value stream roadmap for assigned product.

• Utilize detailed domain knowledge to determine FCRM system impacts and create Epics, detailed user stories and acceptance criteria (KYC, Sanctions, AML, Fraud, Payments and Channels Product Knowledge).

• Identify and define current ‘As-Is’ business processes and ‘To-Be’ business processes, conduct gap analysis, analyze requirements, and deliver various project artifacts: User stories/Backlog/BRDS, Acceptance Criteria, Definition of Done, User persona, Visio screen mock-ups, Interface designs, Data Mapping and other functional configuration documentations, Conduct JAD sessions.

• Analyze requirements and deliver various artifacts if needed: Visio screen mock-ups, Interface designs, Data Mapping and Configure business workflows in Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications (OFSAA) 8.0.5 product and/or other platforms as needed.

• Organize and participate in Product Increment Planning, sprint planning, story pointing, story sizing and stakeholder demos, for assigned work area.

• Design and implement effective change management strategies and plans that include the communication strategy, education and training approach, resistance to change, sustaining change after implementation, measuring expected benefits and ROI.

• Provide input to Business Architecture diagrams and workflows.

• Document and Execute user story acceptance criteria (UAT Test cases and Test scripts).

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required.

• 5-7 years of experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst is required.

• 5-7 years of GRC, Financial Crimes, BSA, or OFAC experience is required.

Job Specific Competencies:

• Experience in SAFe framework is required.

• Prior experience required in the capacity of PO/Product Analyst/BA driving the capabilities definition, user story creation, acceptance criteria, and end of sprint demonstration to stakeholders.

• Experience in drafting backlogs, PI and sprint planning, burn down and burn up metrics, KPIs.

• Hands on experience in Jira, Confluence.

• Hands on experience in drafting Map and Gap analysis, Workflows and Wireframes, User Stories/Business Requirements, UAT, SQL queries, Data Mapping, Deployment plan, Business Roll Back plan, Change Management, Training.

• Experience working with transaction screening systems, Core Banking Systems, Payment Systems, and Middleware.

• Technical knowledge of FCRM related Systems and Tools inclusive of OFSAA, Fircosoft Accuity, Bottomline, SAS AML alert engine, LexisNexis, MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project, Outlook, SQL, Data Warehousing, OBIEE, Reporting, SharePoint, Pivot Charts, Pivot Tables.

• Demonstrate prior experience in developing seamless end-to-end digital solutions across organizational boundaries.

• Flexibility to work in global time zones to support international business stakeholders and project teams.

• Strong presentations and communication skills.

Travel Requirements: No travel required, unless requested by the client.

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be provided to qualified applicants or candidates with disabilities upon request to enable them to perform essential functions. This role may require mobility to attend in-person meetings, sitting or standing for extended periods of time, and the use of telephone, computer, or other electronic communication devices.

Salary Range: SolomonEdwards values your unique and individual experience and background. As such, we take a comprehensive approach when determining compensation for our roles. The compensation for this specific role is based on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to, education, licensure and certifications, location, experience, and training. A reasonable estimate for the current hourly range for this role is $65 - 72 on W2.

Benefits: We are committed to providing health and financial stability by offering a comprehensive suite of benefits. Benefits include access to top-tier employers and job opportunities, health insurance, sick leave, and 401(k).

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