Senior Business Systems Analyst

Role Description

The Senior Business Systems Analyst is responsible for translating business data needs into data warehousing and reporting solutions through close collaboration with business teams to identify business requirements enabling data driven decision making throughout the enterprise.

• This role covers all aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle with respect to data warehousing and reporting solutions.
• Requirements analysis, report content identification and report functionality analysis, SDLC documentation, and other recommend designs/solutions will be necessary to meet business or other requirements.
• Determine and recommend reporting enhancements or improvements for existing as well as new processes through the use of enterprise business intelligence tools.
• Document business requirements (BRDs) and functional design specifications (FRDs) for conversions, interfaces and reports.
• Drive efficient and effective joint business/IT requirements and solution discussions in addition to stakeholder review meetings.
• Identify functional gaps and opportunities of improvement.
• Coordinate and drive issue resolution with cross-functional teams during the design and development process.
• Work closely with users to define and document use cases, scenarios and test scripts.
• Prepare and execute test plans to ensure solution/design meet business requirements.
• Create documentation for processes, training and operational support.
• Ensure requirements are delivered in timely stages, allowing the design and development to make the necessary progress.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of state and federal laws and regulations related to credit union compliance.
• Ensure solutions within the environment follow established guidelines.
• Research, define and evaluate data requirements and specifications for departmental projects.
• Perform evaluations of data and data structures from disparate systems.
• Mentors and trains other Business Systems Analyst as needed.
• Act as liaison between business clients and technical staff throughout the life cycle of projects or process improvements.
• Stay current with technology trends, solutions and vendors.
• Perform other job-related duties as necessary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience.
• Combined minimum 7-10 years’ progressive experience in business requirements analysis and data analysis.
• High intermediate to expert SQL skills are a must.
• Previous experience with data modeling, data analysis, data quality analysis and report development desired.
• Exposure to a diverse enterprise application landscape with a solid understanding of how data flows through a business is critical.

Requirements

• Must be proficient at analyzing data with SQL, TSQL PSQL or Excel.
• Ability to access and analyze data in complex data models with little supervision or input is a must.
• Scripting experience with Bash, Powershell, Python or Perl desired.
• Excellent analytical and technical skills in varied IT technologies.
• Excellent complex problem-solving skills.
• Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new and existing technologies.
• Project and program management capabilities.
• Proven experience in executing system and integration testing.
• Proficient in requirements definition, evaluation and documentation.
• Excellent planning and organization skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical parties.
• Ability to work with technical and business-oriented teams.

Benefits

• Carry and respond to a cell phone 7 days a week.
• Prolonged sitting throughout the day.
• Must possess sufficient manual dexterity to skillfully operate applicable computer hardware, software and a variety of hand tools and standard office equipment.
• Corrected vision in the normal range.
• Corrected hearing in the normal range.
• Occasional bending, stooping, and standing on a stepladder.
• Lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds.

Company Description

This job description provides an overview of the general scope and level of work expected to be performed, but it is not an exhaustive list of all duties or responsibilities associated with the position. The Credit Union reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties as needed without advance notice.