Business Analyst
Solera, Inc.
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Map current-state capabilities, value streams, data flows, and systems using BPMN or similar notation.
- Identify gaps against target architecture; quantify cost, risk, and customer-experience impacts.
- Facilitate workshops, interviews, and direct process observations to capture business needs.
- Translate findings into epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria traceable to strategic objectives.
- Build ROI-focused cost-benefit analyses that forecast value creation, savings, and risk mitigation.
- Sequence initiatives into an architecture roadmap aligned with enterprise priorities and funding cycles.
- Design, automate, and maintain executive dashboards (Power BI / Tableau) that track initiative health, KPI trends, and realized benefits.
- At project close-out, calculate actual value delivered, compare it with initial ROI forecasts, and highlight variance drivers in concise reports for steering committees.
- Evaluate solution designs for compliance with requirements, architecture standards, and reference patterns.
- Perform detailed gap analyses, document findings, and recommend corrective actions.
- Support agile planning, sprint execution, reviews, and retrospectives; manage backlogs and oversee UAT, training, and go-live readiness.
- Present proposals to architecture review boards; document design decisions and rationale.
- Monitor implementation health (scope, schedule, budget, risk) and escalate issues early.
- Plan and deliver stakeholder communications, workshops, and training sessions.
- Track post-launch performance, capture lessons learned, and feed insights into continuous-improvement backlogs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field; Master’s or MBA is advantageous.
- 8+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Process Analyst, or similar role—preferably in a SaaS, fintech, or technology-enabled services environment.
- Proven track record of building ROI-driven business cases and later validating actual value delivered versus initial forecasts.
- Hands-on expertise in mapping business capabilities and end-to-end processes (BPMN, value-stream mapping) and translating them into user stories and backlogs.
- Advanced data analysis and visualization skills: Excel, Power Query, Power BI or Tableau; ability to write SQL or DAX for self-service analytics.
- Proficiency with collaboration and modeling tools such as Visio, Lucidchart, Miro, Confluence, and Jira.
- Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, BIZBOK) and application of architecture standards.
- Working knowledge of agile planning concepts and tools (sprint planning, backlog management, user-story refinement).
Benefits
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
BPMNdata analysisvalue-stream mappingSQLDAXcost-benefit analysisgap analysisagile planninguser storiesacceptance criteria
Soft Skills
stakeholder communicationfacilitationworkshop deliverytrainingproblem-solvingcritical thinkingcollaborationpresentationorganizational skillscontinuous improvement
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMaster's degreeMBA