Systems Analyst - Lead

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At Pathward, we take tremendous pride in our purpose to create financial inclusion for all™. We are a financial empowerment company that works with innovators to increase financial availability, choice, and opportunity for all. We strive to remove barriers that traditional institutions put in the way of financial access, and promote economic mobility by providing responsible, secure, high quality financial products.

We are a team of problem solvers and innovators who celebrate our differences and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger and well-positioned for success. We celebrate, and embrace, our team members through our HUMBLEHUNGRY*SMART approach, and we believe that we are strongest when we embrace the voices of our employees, customers, partners, and the communities we serve.

About the Role:

Applies business and systems analysis expertise to lead and coordinate system planning, architecture, and requirements definition. Works closely with internal users and external customers (partners) to elicit, document, and translate business requirements into clear technical direction. Provides technical and business domain leadership throughout the full development lifecycle while managing multiple initiatives with strong organizational and prioritization skills.

What You Will Do:

• Leads system requirements analysis and validation activities using established industry methodologies, ensuring requirements are complete, consistent, traceable, feasible, and conform to standards.
• Builds and maintains deep knowledge of the business processes, capabilities, and services supported by the platform and applies that expertise to guide requirements definition, solution design and prioritization, collaborating with product stakeholders and revenue partners.
• Establishes, documents, implements, and continuously improves processes for system planning, requirements definition, and release planning.
• Partners with customers, project managers, and revenue stakeholders to understand needs and present solutions that align with business and technical objectives.
• Defines system and solution approaches based on experience, sound judgment, and creative problem solving.
• Provides system development effort and cost estimates in support of ROI analysis and resource planning.
• Produces and maintains initiative system documentation and platform system documentation.
• Works with engineering teams to develop user stories, use cases, and delivery plans.
• Creates and maintains technical documentation for use by engineering and operations teams.
• Continuously expands understanding of business processes, platform capabilities, and supported services to improve solution quality, decision-making and stakeholder outcomes.
• Troubleshoots and resolves issues in existing systems to improve reliability and performance.
• Provides work breakdowns, schedules, and coordination for assigned initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and work experience. Master’s degree preferred.
• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a bachelor’s or equivalent.
• Effectively work within a team environment
• Effective written and oral communication
• Ability to teach and mentor other software engineers
• Knowledge of the software development lifecycle, including Agile / Lean or Kanban.
• Knowledge of Amazon Q/Kiro, Python, .NET, C#, Azure DevOps.
• Experience in creating system workflows and documentation.
• Experience in Cloud development with Azure or AWS a plus.

The responsibilities listed above are not all inclusive and may be changed at any time.

Salary range: $86,000 – $145,000

The salary range reflects the minimum and maximum target for a new hire in this role. Individual pay within the range will be determined by multiple factors which can include but are not limited to a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary for your location during the hiring process. Ranges may be modified in the future.

This role is also eligible for an annual performance-based incentive opportunity. Pathward offers a comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees, including health insurance, 401(k) retirement benefits, life insurance, disability benefits, paid time off, and more.

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Don’t have everything listed under qualifications? If you’re excited about this role but your experiences don’t match exactly to everything in the posting, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other Pathward roles. Pathward is an equal employment opportunity employer and considers candidates for roles without regard to their race, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability or any other category protected by law.

Who We Are:

Our commitment to inclusion is woven into our DNA. We believe that we are strongest when we embrace the voices of our employees, customers, partners, and the communities we serve.

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