Senior Business Analyst – Alternatives Job recruitment

Job Description
Available Openings: 1
Job Title: Senior Business Analyst
- Alternatives
Job ID: 84988

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Business Unit: US Asset Management
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Eligible for Relocation: N
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Travel Percentage: None
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About Ameriprise

Focused on people, not just our bottom line.

Here, you'll be part of an inclusive, collaborative culture that rewards you for your contributions. You'll work with other talented people who share your passion for doing great work that's in the best interest of our clients. And you'll have plenty of opportunities to make your mark at the office
- and a difference in your community. So if you're talented, driven and want to work for a company that cares, put a rewarding career more within reach at Ameriprise Financial.

Responsibilities
Columbia Management, a division of Ameriprise Financial, is seeking a Senior Business Analyst
- Alternatives to provide technical, analytical, and quantitative support to the Alternatives team.

Duties and Responsibilities:

* Enhance, support, and maintain existing applications and reporting.

* Develop new applications and reporting.

* Maintain, support, and monitor existing batch jobs.

* Query, filter, sort, and group large volumes of data from department databases.

* Conduct regular trade attribution reporting and analysis.

* Work directly with senior investment management professionals to gather requirements, problem solve, and communicate status and results of current projects.

Required Qualifications

* 5 years or more experience working with SQL, VB.Net and/or C#, SSIS or other ETL tool, Visual Studio, and SQL Server or other relational database.

* 5 years or more experience working with Excel, Access, Word, and automating using VBA and macros.

* Strong understanding and experience working with large datasets, XML, and text files.

* Strong understanding and experience joining multiple data sources together to create a new dataset or report.

* Experience working with Bloomberg.

* BA or BS degree in MIS, Computer Science, Finance, Mathematics, Engineering, Business or other field plus equivalent experience.

* Proven attention to detail, strong analytical and problem solving skills, and ability to analyze large volumes of data and evaluate for reasonableness.

* Strong communication and organizational skills.

* High level of initiative and motivation.

Preferred Qualifications

* 5 years or more experience in the financial services industry.

* Progress towards CFA.

Disclosure

Brokerage, investment and financial advisory services are made available through Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Member FINRA and SIPC. Some products and services may not be available in all jurisdictions or to all clients. Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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