Senior Associate - Business Analyst (Golden Source)

Senior Specialist - Product Owner - IN

The role act as liaisons between different stakeholders, including engineering, operations, and business to execute product strategy. They maintain and manage the product backlog, or the prioritized list of requirements for future product development.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

Incumbents in this role may also be responsible for modernization and integration efforts.

Product Owners work very closely with Product Managers to create user stories.

They author documents relating to product life cycle including product roadmap, business requirements and functional specifications.

They participate in sprint planning, perform market research and competitive analysis leading to the iterative development of the product.

Educational Requirements

University (Degree) Preferred

Work Experience

5+ Years Required; 7+ Years Preferred

Physical Requirements

Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work

Career Level

8IC

Role Summary

Seeking a Lead Business Analyst / Senior Business Analyst to support enterprise MDM initiatives across GoldenSource and Nuveen data 360 program. The role will partner closely with Product, Business, Operations, and Technology teams to drive requirements management, process alignment, delivery coordination, and functional analysis across strategic data initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Gather, analyze, and document business and functional requirements for MDM initiatives.

Drive stakeholder discussions, requirement walkthroughs, and cross-functional alignment.

Create BRDs, user stories, process flows, functional specifications, and impact assessments.

Partner with Product Managers & Technology Leads to refine backlog priorities and acceptance criteria.

Support SIT/UAT planning, defect triage, and business validation activities.

Hands-on experience in working on large scale implementation and data transformation projects in financial services

Coordinate with Development, QA, and Operations teams to ensure delivery readiness.

Track dependencies, risks, action items, and timeline alignment across workstreams.

Support governance, audit, and process standardization initiatives where required.

Preferred Experience

8+ years in Business Analysis, Data Management and/or Product Management roles.

Strong SQL, PLSQL, OOPs concepts and hands-on exposure

Experience supporting MDM, reference data, capital markets or enterprise data platforms like GoldenSource, NeoXam, Markit, SimCorp, EDM preferred.

Exposure to Asset Management / Investment Management for buy and sell side products domain preferred.

Ability to work on large data transformation processes for profiling patterns, anomalies and exceptions for strategic initiatives

Strong communication, stakeholder management, and documentation skills.

Ability to work independently in fast-paced, complex delivery environments.

Related Skills

Continuous Integration and Deployment, Debugging, DevOps, Enterprise Application Integration, Problem Solving, Programming, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle, Software Testing, Systems Design/Analysis, Systems Development Life Cycle

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Company Overview

TIAA Global Capabilities was established in 2016 with a mission to tap into a vast pool of talent, reduce risk by insourcing key platforms and processes, as well as contribute to innovation with a focus on enhancing our technology stack. TIAA Global Capabilities is focused on building a scalable and sustainable organization , with a focus on technology , operations and expanding into the shared services business space.

Working closely with our U.S. colleagues and other partners, our goal is to reduce risk, improve the efficiency of our technology and processes and develop innovative ideas to increase throughput and productivity.

Our Culture of Impact

At TIAA, we're on a mission to build on our 100+ year legacy of delivering for our clients while evolving to meet tomorrow's challenges. We equip our associates with future-focused skills and AI tools that enable us to advance our mission. Together, we are fighting to ensure a more secure financial future for all and for generations to come. We are guided by our values: Champion Our People, Be Client Obsessed, Lead with Integrity, Own It, and Win As One. They influence every decision we make and how we work together to serve our clients every day. We thrive in a collaborative in-office environment where teams work across organizational boundaries with shared purpose, accelerating innovation and delivering meaningful results. Our workplace brings together TIAA and Nuveen's entrepreneurial spirit, where we work hard and work together to create lasting impact. Here, every associate can grow through meaningful learning experiences and development pathways—because when our people succeed, our impact on clients' lives grows stronger.

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