Sr Business Systems Analyst/Data Engineer (Technical Role not a regular BA)

Title

Sr Business Systems Analyst/Data Engineer (Technical Role not a regular BA)

Department

Finance Shared Services (These roles at a high level will help support Finance in the EDP (Enterprise Data Platform) adoption and there is complexity as they may help support this team in other areas like SAFE integration, ERP, Asset Acquisitions and ongoing production)

Duration

1 Year

Experience

Work Authorization

Any

Work Location

Hybrid, 2 days a week in the Tukwila, WA office but for the exceptional candidate may consider remote.

Work Hours

Must work in the PST Time Zone

Summary

The Senior Business Systems Analyst Business Unit (BU) is responsible for identifying opportunities for improving services and products to BECU members and processes internal to BECU through the use of technology, exhibiting a broad knowledge base of multiple applications and BECU business units in a highly collaborative environment. The SBSA accomplishes this through leveraging the functionality of applications, management of vendor relationships and maintenance of a professional working relationship with the end user of the applications. This role acts as a liaison between business and IT departments to translate business needs and objectives into technology solutions. The Senior Business Systems Analyst BU works on complex projects/teams and acts as a mentor and lead to Business Analysts. Role incumbents will be self-motivated, display leadership and forward-thinking skills and be capable of operating at strategic and tactical levels.

Responsibilities:

• Perform all responsibilities in accordance with BECU Competencies, compliance, regulatory and Information Protection requirements.
• Elicit, document and communicate business and user requirements and functional specifications.
• Lead team with design of technical solutions to meet business requirements.
• Translate functional specifications to software vendor requirements and coordinate vendor delivery.
• Lead test planning of technical solutions and support testing by facilitating resolution of identified bugs.
• Manage the installation of application patches, releases and enhancements on development, test, disaster recovery and production systems, following IT Change Control guidelines.
• Act as project manager for some enhancements and small projects.
• Consult with and advocate to multiple BECU business units outside of project efforts.
• Partner with the business units in documenting and prioritizing business objectives.
• Lead Business Readiness (Enterprise Analysis) efforts for complex projects/teams. Lead activities to identify people, process and system impacts of business objectives for all sizes of projects/teams.
• Assist Technical Analysts with application specific production support, as needed (4^th tier support).
• Coordinate the development and maintenance of manuals, procedures and other documentation required for the effective operations of the application support team.
• Maintain application upgrade and life-cycle activity roadmaps.
• Develop disaster recovery plans for business applications.
• Act as a mentor to and resource for less experienced Business Analysts.
• Develop and execute strategies for data management, including automation of data flows between systems and data required for external regulatory reporting.

• Perform additional duties, as assigned.

Skills

No. of Years of Experience

Detailed Write Up

Total No. of Years of Experience

Total No. of Years as a Senior Business Systems Analyst

Soft Skills: Ability to distill complex technical topics into understandable processes

Technology: Snowflake and Azure are a Must Have

Minimum of 8 years of experience working with business software applications required.

Must have project methodologies, including waterfall and agile.

Must have SQL and/or various relational database concepts and languages.

Excellent troubleshooting skills to identify problems from a functional perspective, specifically when supporting end-user testing and training.

Experience with multiple problem-solving methods and ability to use them as situationally appropriate.

Ability to plan, organize, schedule, and implement projects and in accordance with BECU and industry project management methodologies.

Advanced knowledge of SDLC practices.

Ability to draw technical diagrams to represent existing application relationships as well as designs for future state applications or data/process flows.

Proven ability to stay current with emerging technologies and new applications of existing technologies.

Proven ability to manage solutions delivered in multiple programming languages and technical environments.

Proficient verbal and written skills to effectively communicate in the English language.

Experienced with multiple methods for creating and communicating strong Business Cases, including financial analysis, strategic alignment and risk analysis.

Skilled in multiple methods for analyzing and validating data at the source (eg. SQL queries).