Hybrid Senior Business Analyst – Finance

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About the role

  • Senior Business Analyst driving operational excellence in BECU financial systems. Collaborate across teams to identify improvement opportunities and lead finance initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Requirements Gathering: Work closely with Finance Shared Services stakeholders to document and communicate business and user needs.
  • Design Technical Solutions: Guide teams in creating scalable, finance-aligned solutions that meet business goals and system capabilities.
  • Coordinate Vendor Delivery: Translate functional specifications into vendor requirements and manage delivery timelines and expectations.
  • Support Testing & Quality: Lead test planning and help resolve bugs to ensure smooth implementation of finance-related solutions.
  • Manage Application Updates: Oversee installation of patches, releases, and enhancements across environments, following change control protocols.
  • Project Management: Lead enhancements and small-scale projects, ensuring timely and effective execution within the finance domain.
  • Consult Across Business Units: Act as a trusted advisor to departments within and beyond Finance Shared Services, helping prioritize objectives and align technology strategies.
  • Lead Business Readiness: Drive enterprise analysis efforts, identifying people, process, and system impacts for projects of all sizes.
  • Provide Production Support: Assist with application-specific support as needed, including fourth-tier troubleshooting.
  • Document & Maintain Processes: Coordinate creation and upkeep of manuals, procedures, and documentation for finance application support.
  • Plan for Upgrades & Recovery: Maintain lifecycle roadmaps and develop disaster recovery plans for finance-related applications.
  • Mentor Analysts: Support and guide less experienced Business Analysts, fostering growth and knowledge sharing.
  • Drive Data Strategy: Develop and execute data management strategies, including automation and regulatory reporting support.
  • Contribute Beyond the Role: Take on additional duties as assigned, supporting the broader goals of Finance Shared Services and the enterprise.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical/related discipline, or equivalent work or education experience.
  • Typically requires a minimum of eight years of experience working with business software applications.
  • Advanced degree preferred.
  • Strong understanding of waterfall and agile project methodologies.
  • Knowledge of SQL and relational database concepts/languages.
  • Troubleshooting skills for functional issues during testing and training.
  • Experience with multiple problem-solving methods.
  • Experience with Snowflake and related tools (e.g. Databricks, Snowpark, Azure Data Factory, Fivetran, etc.).
  • Experience with building ETL processes.
  • Experience with Python.
  • Experience with Alteryx.
  • Experience with SSIS.
  • Ability to plan, organize, and implement projects using BECU and industry methodologies.
  • Advanced knowledge of SDLC practices.
  • Ability to draw technical diagrams for current and future state applications or data flows.
  • Proven ability to stay current with emerging technologies.
  • Experience managing solutions across multiple programming languages and environments.
  • Proficient verbal and written communication skills in English.
  • Experience creating strong business cases with financial, strategic, and risk analysis.
  • Skilled in data analysis and validation using methods like SQL queries.

Benefits

  • Employees and their eligible family members have access to a wide array of employee benefits, such as medical, dental, vision and life insurance coverage.
  • Employees have access to disability and AD&D insurance.
  • We also offer health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts, as well as health savings accounts, to eligible employees.
  • Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan and employer-funded retirement plan.
  • Newly hired employees accrue 6.16 hours of paid time off (PTO) on a per pay period basis based on hours worked (up to a maximum of 160 PTO hours per year) and receive ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

Job title

Senior Business Analyst – Finance

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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