Business Analyst

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE

Business Analyst driving data transformation at IRC. Collaborating with teams to turn data into strategic assets for humanitarian initiatives.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $88,277 - $103,222 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Unity

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Engage with stakeholders to gather insights into business objectives, processes, and pain points.
Capture, analyze, and document comprehensive business and functional requirements, secure formal approvals.
Perform gap analysis to compare current processes, client needs, and system capabilities.
Define data requirements and processes while tracking related project deliverables and timelines.
Document current-state processes and design future-state processes resulting from data transformation initiatives.
Support project planning, scope definition, and requirement prioritization.
Participate in solution design discussions and provide business input to ensure requirements are met.
Map business requirements to technical capabilities and identify system constraints and dependencies.
Identify and propose new process improvement opportunities.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date system documentation.
Support deployment and ongoing management of the Enterprise Data Catalog.
Translate business definitions into technical metadata for tables, columns, schemas, and datasets in Databricks / Unity Catalog.
Evaluate incoming project requests and technology investments through a strategic lens by conducting gap analysis to inform executive decision making.
Implement project management frameworks, steering committee structures, and RACI models that enable technical delivery in line with strategic business needs.
Perform business stakeholder management acting as a conduit between business and technical teams.
Link business terms to data assets, dashboards, reports, and other data products.
Act as liaison between business users and data engineers to translate requirements into technical specifications and support data modeling.
Work with data owners and stewards to validate data classification and ensure correct application in Databricks/data catalog.
Assist in mapping and documenting source systems, data pipelines, data products and datasets.
Participate in testing and validation of delivered solutions to ensure requirements are met.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Management, or related experience.
Minimum 3-6 years of professional experience as a Business Analyst providing high quality and advanced analytics in private sector
Proven track record in leveraging leading-edge digital tools, providing advanced analytical reports, and proactively working to help promote data-driven strategic insights
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage with diverse stakeholders.
Knowledge of process improvement tools like Visio.
Experience working with Agile methodologies.
Project management experience is a plus.
Non-profit and international humanitarian aid experience is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

10 sick days
10 US holidays
20-25 paid time off days depending on role and tenure
medical insurance starting at $163 per month
dental starting at $6.50 per month
vision starting at $5 per month
FSA for healthcare and commuter costs
a 403b retirement savings plans with immediately vested matching
disability & life insurance
an Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support counseling and care in times of crisis and mental health struggles

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Hard Skills & Tools

business analysisgap analysisdata transformationdata modelingrequirements documentationprocess improvementdata classificationanalytical reportingAgile methodologiesproject management

Soft Skills

communicationinterpersonal skillsstakeholder managementcollaborationproblem-solvingcritical thinkingorganizational skillsstrategic thinkingengagementliaison

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in computer scienceBachelor's degree in Information Management