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Principal Systems Analyst

Principal Systems Analyst

locationSmithfield, RI, USA
PublishedPublished: 1/17/2026
Full Time

Job Description:

Job Description:

The Role

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced individual with a proven track record of collaborating with business partners, understanding business requirements, translating business requirements into system requirements, and making recommendations regarding system functionality.

This role will work closely with development teams, stakeholders, technology leads, and agile teams to ensure successful delivery of program milestones and adherence of the deliverables to the product roadmaps. It’s a fast-paced environment where decisions are customer-centric, collaborative, and iterative.

Your problem solving and technical skills along with ability to synthesize findings, developing practical and realistic recommendations, and communicate results will help you excel at this position. It’s a fast-paced environment where decisions are customer-centric, collaborative, and iterative.

The Team

This is an exciting role within the Workplace Investing (WI) Managed Accounts team, partnering. The team is a global, fast-paced, Agile team, looking for a Principal Systems Analyst who brings experience in business and systems analysis, and has a passion for teamwork and a deep interest in building a world class product that make lives better.

The Expertise You Have

  • 6+ years relevant experience in various systems analysis methodologies, including data analysis, data mapping, flowcharts, uses case development, story writing, set-up / configuration of systems, user acceptance testing and product documentation

  • Outstanding conceptual thinking, and problem-solving capabilities including synthesizing findings and developing practical and realistic recommendations

  • Strong project management skills with ability to take ownership of a business issue, lead triage and resolution discussions with a sense of urgency, communicate client and participant impact to Legal, Risk, Compliance and appropriate business partners, and see resolution of issue through to completion

  • Proven capacity to lead analysis of business systems and/or business process to identify user needs, document requirements, and address operation/ process issues/ improvements to accomplish business objectives.

  • Proven capacity to lead clarification and ‘translation’ of less-technical documentation and/or requirements into highly technical subject-matter

  • Leadership ability to train key partners and other constituencies in new solutions - architecture and implementation.

  • Solid grasp of Fidelity’s unique landscape with experience in multiple product offerings, preferred

  • Superb communication skills – written, verbal and presentation artifacts.

  • Bachelor’s degree encouraged, MBA or MS preferred.

The Skills You Bring

  • Outstanding analytical skills and ability to lead distillation and translation of sophisticated customer needs into Agile stories with clear, substantial acceptance criteria

  • Demonstrated good interpersonal skills; highly compassionate emotional intelligence blended with analytical rigor and passion for technology.

  • Ability to build reputation and influence across the firm and at all levels of management.

  • Customer-obsessed with validated dedication to and success with delivering measurable business value

  • Innovative yet pragmatic – able to lead teams toward risk-taking with the highest likely marginal return.

The Value You Deliver

  • Understand the end-to-end associate experience and problems that require systems analysis to settle potential opportunities and problems to be solved

  • Confer with team and business partners to resolve problem and type of data to be processed for assigned project or work stream within a larger project.

  • Capture information related to customer experiences, products, and/or services and perform analysis and reporting to detect and disclose relevant patterns

  • Identify root causes and validate business problems in terms of business and systems requirements

  • Quantify the scope and impact of the opportunity that will add new value for the organization and help lead prioritization according to business value or critical metrics

  • Build and implement test scenarios and settings to evaluate solution efficiency and identify the right metrics and approach to measure business value

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Category:

Information Technology

Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.