Location: Can be based hybrid anywhere in the M&T/Wilmington Trust footprint
The Wilmington Trust Institutional Services (IS) division is experiencing rapid business growth and has initiated a strategic digital transformation program. The goals of the program are to grow revenue through new and transformed digital-first trust and agency service products, to move from a product-centric to client-centric operating model, to move from market-specific to global solutions, and to dramatically lower the cost to serve.
In alignment with our business strategy, we are seeking a Digital Business Analyst to support the evolution of our Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) deal administration capabilities, with responsibility for supporting the associated IS suite of tools. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to help shape IS’s M&A capabilities and contribute to one of the largest and fastest growing business segments in the division. They will support product vision and roadmap execution, maintain backlog hygiene, document requirements, and measure enhancement outcomes across both client and employee-facing solutions.
The successful candidate thrives in complexity, executes structured discovery, has strong attention to detail, can produce clear and comprehensive deliverables, and can work in a collaborative manner toward defined outcomes.
No direct management responsibility. As an individual contributor, the jobholder must manage activities through matrixed influence, working with essential business partners across the organization, often at a more senior level and irrespective of hierarchy or division, to advocate for client, business, and operational outcomes.
Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years related business line experience,
OR in lieu of,
A combined minimum of 8 years higher education and/or work experience
Working knowledge of financial services, banking, corporate trust, and mergers and acquisitions.
Demonstrated ability to document business requirements, functional requirements, reporting specifications, data requirements, business rules, process flows, acceptance criteria, and testable outcomes.
Agile delivery experience, including backlog refinement, feature/story decomposition, acceptance criteria definition, sprint planning support, and backlog management in Jira or similar tools.
Strong analytical, communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work across business, operations, technology, risk, compliance, and reporting stakeholders.
Knowledge of Design Thinking principles and experience applying user-centered discovery and solution validation in digital product design and development.
Business analysis experience with mergers and acquisitions, client facing user applications, document management, and payment processing.
Business analysis experience defining efficient workflows and data requirements.
Agile, product, or business analysis certifications such as CSPO, SAFe POPM, CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA, or similar.
No direct management responsibility. As an individual contributor, the jobholder must manage activities through matrixed influence, working with essential business partners across the organization, often at a more senior level and irrespective of hierarchy or division, to advocate for client, business, and operational outcomes.
M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $82,100.00 - $136,900.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.
Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America
Great companies have an enduring sense of purpose. At M&T, our purpose is a simple one: make a difference in people’s lives and uplift the communities we serve. Founded in 1856 in Buffalo, NY we are now a top 11 full-service US-based commercial bank with a retail footprint across the east coast and wealth services available nationwide and abroad. As a bank, we offer advice, guidance, expertise, and solutions across the entire financial spectrum that combines M&T’s traditional banking services with the wealth management and institutional capabilities offered by Wilmington Trust. We are a community-minded organization with more than 167 years of experience. We serve customers, community, and colleagues whether they be across the street, across the state or across the country.
As an employer of choice, we are proud to offer competitive benefits ranging from medical and retirement to forty hours of paid volunteer time, each year. Our core values drive the work we do – integrity, ownership, collaboration, curiosity, candor and we seek to further build upon our record of success by bringing in top talent and fresh skill sets while continuing to support the growth and development of all our team members.
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