Senior Business Solutions Analyst

Overview Description Department: Business and Data Operations Job Type: Regular Full Time Education Level: BA/BS or combination of education and experience Required Years Experience: 7 Church Pension Group (CPG) is a financial services organization that serves the Episcopal Church, located in Midtown Manhattan. CPG was founded in 1917 to provide pension benefits to eligible clergy of the Episcopal Church. Since then, its mission has expanded to include life and disability insurance, health benefits, property & casualty insurance, and publishing. Responsibilities Business Requirements Gathering: Provide detailed business requirements and ensure that they align with business needs. Support technical teams with functional requirements documentation, bridging the gap between technical and business teams by adeptly translating business requirements to technical teams, conveying tech specifications to business stakeholders, and ensuring solutions meet business objectives. Business Process Partnership: Partner with business SMEs to deeply interrogate, understand, and document business processes and procedures. Drive teams towards continuous process improvement and thorough documentation of procedures and policies. Data Analytics & Business Intelligence: Extract, interpret, and analyze data to generate actionable business insights. Design and implement BI reports and dashboards, ensuring data accuracy and relevancy. KPI Development: Collaborate with stakeholders to identify, define, and track key performance indicators, providing insights based on trends. Management Reporting: Construct and maintain management reports and dashboards to visualize KPIs and other critical metrics. Cultivation of Business Knowledge: Cultivate a culture where business knowledge is sought, shared, and utilized across teams, mentoring peers and colleagues in deepening their expertise in the business domain. Recommend resources and training as necessary. Continuous Learning & Improvement: Stay abreast of industry trends in data analytics, BI, and business process management. Identify forward-thinking, data-driven solutions to enhance business operations and guide the team through design and implementation as a pivotal contributor. Lead initiatives for the documentation of procedures and policies. Team Collaboration: Drive teams toward standardization, process improvement, and a unified approach to business & data operations. Communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership. Effective performance of the essential functions of this position requires regular in-person, on-site interaction with colleagues, both for purposes of relationship building and meaningful collaboration. Qualifications Analytical Leadership & Insights: Capability to guide and mentor teams with robust business & data insights and business intelligence. Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills with keen attention to detail. Aptitude for making or directing informed decisions. Insightful Inquiry: Demonstrated ability to ask strong, thought-provoking questions that challenge conventional thinking. Skilled at engaging with business stakeholders to elicit deep insights, prompting them to re-evaluate and innovate their approaches to work. Data-Driven Strategy: Experience in harnessing, refining, and leveraging data analytics and business intelligence to shape and influence operational strategies. Industry Insight: Comprehensive understanding of industry trends, data analytics, business intelligence, and process transformation. Process Transformation: Qualified in transforming processes and documenting process flows. Proven ability to drive teams toward innovative thinking to change and improve existing processes, ensuring efficiency and modernization. Communication Excellence: Ability to convey complex business concepts to diverse audiences, foster collaborations, and navigate various levels of leadership. Skilled in effectively communicating with and influencing key stakeholders to support proposed strategies, process improvements, and operational decisions, ensuring alignment with business priorities. Autonomy and Initiative: Can produce results autonomously but knows when to seek advice for complex challenges. Relationship Cultivation: Skilled in fostering and maintaining strong, productive professional relationships. Organizational Skills: Exceptional at planning, coordinating tasks, overseeing timelines, time management, and prioritizing activities to ensure successful completion of initiatives. Adaptability: Agile in handling multiple simultaneous tasks with competing priorities and adapting to change swiftly. Advanced skill with data visualization tools (e.g., Domo, Tableau, Power BI) and data analytics platforms (e.g., SQL, Python, R). Comprehensive knowledge of business modeling, KPI tracking, and process documentation. Advocacy for continuous learning and team collaboration culture. Education and/or Experience Advanced degree preferred with a focus in Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related fields. A combination of education and experience will be considered. 7+ years as a Business/Solutions Analyst required, with experience in data analytics, business intelligence, process transformation and systems implementation, having an established background in bridging business requirements with technical solutions. Certifications in Business Analysis (e.g., CBAP, PMI-PBA) are preferred Experience in benefits administration is preferred Physical Demands Commuting to the office, on average, three days a week. Extensive use of a computer keyboard is a demand of the position to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable someone with a disability to perform the essential functions of this position. Some incidental travel may be required. Travel conditions may vary Work Environment Hybrid (two days working from home, three days working in a standard office environment). Church Pension Group employees must maintain a professional, compassionate, and trustworthy work environment always. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable someone with a disability to perform the essential functions of the job within this environment. Salary Range: $110,000 - $143,000 In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire. Please understand that, as a general policy, CPG does not sponsor visas. CPG is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fair hiring practices and do not discriminate against job applicants or employees based on any protected characteristics. We also celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. #J-18808-Ljbffr Church Pension Group