
Principal Business Systems Analyst
Empower
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $114,000 - $165,300 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Lead cross-functional collaboration in an Agile environment to gather, document, and manage requirements for software development projects
- Translate business needs into user stories and supporting artifacts, ensuring alignment with project goals and shared understanding across stakeholders and development teams
- Conduct complex analysis of current systems and processes to identify improvement opportunities, efficiency gains, and impacts of change
- Partner with Engineers and Quality Assurance to review requirements, validate functionality, and support delivery outcomes
- Troubleshoot issues, conduct impact analysis, recommend solutions, and support business queries, particularly during major incidents
- Review and socialize system enhancements with project stakeholders, ensuring solutions align with high-level technology and organizational objectives
- Create and maintain documentation such as flow diagrams, workflows, specifications, reports, and manuals outlining system and technical solutions
- Coach and mentor other Analysts; lead the COE for the Analyst community within the value stream
- Collaborate with Architects and System Analysts to solve complex business problems and contribute to future application roadmaps focused on scalability and resiliency
- Stay informed on best practices and emerging trends in business analysis and Agile methodologies, influencing discipline standards and practices
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant experience working with development and systems teams as a Lead Business Systems Analyst
- Ability to perform complex, high-impact work with broad independence and sound judgment
- Strong skills in requirements elicitation, documentation, and translating needs into clear deliverables for technical teams
- Ability to analyze complex business processes and multi-platform systems, including databases, to bridge business needs and technical solutions
- Strong problem-solving skills, with practical and innovative approaches to business challenges
- Clear stakeholder communication skills, including the ability to convey technical information in an understandable way
- Strong documentation skills to produce workflows, specifications, reports, manuals, and other artifacts
- Ability to manage tasks, timelines, and resources to support successful project delivery
- High proficiency with technology including SQL, Toad, MS Access, Excel, and/or SharePoint
- Strong knowledge of Agile development, including experience with Jira and Confluence
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
- Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
- Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
- Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
- Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
- Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
requirements elicitationdocumentationbusiness analysisimpact analysisproblem-solvingAgile methodologiesmulti-platform systems analysisSQLToadMS Access
Soft skills
cross-functional collaborationstakeholder communicationmentoringtask managementindependent judgmentinnovative thinkingclear deliverablescoachinganalytical thinkingorganizational skills