Lead Business Analyst

San Diego, CA, US β€’ Posted 2 days ago β€’ Updated 2 days ago
Contract W2
On-site
$20 - $70/hr
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Skills

  • API
  • Functional Requirements
  • Microsoft
  • Modeling
  • Optimization
  • Orchestration
  • Process Analysis
  • Banking
  • Business Process
  • Design Thinking
  • Documentation
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • FRS
  • Finance
  • Process Flow
  • Productivity
  • Quality Assurance
  • Acceptance Testing
  • Agile
  • Appian
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Auditing
  • BPMN
  • Workflow
  • Requirements Elicitation
  • Scrum
  • Software Design
  • User Stories
  • Wireframe

Summary

Position: - Lead Business Analyst LCNC / n8n Workflow Automation

Location: - San Diego, CA - On site

Duration: Contract

Rate: DOE

We are seeking an experienced Lead Business Analyst with strong exposure to Low-Code / No-Code (LCNC) workflow automation platforms, preferably n8n, to support enterprise-wide automation and AI-led transformation initiatives within the Banking domain.

The ideal candidate will act as a critical bridge between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams, driving requirement discovery, solution design, and value realization. A strong inclination toward AI-assisted productivity tools, modern delivery practices, and large-scale workflow orchestration is essential.

Key Responsibilities

Business Analysis & Stakeholder Management

  • Engage with business stakeholders to understand current-state processes, pain points, and automation opportunities
  • Conduct discovery workshops, requirement-gathering sessions, and design-thinking workshops with business and IT teams
  • Translate business needs into clear functional requirements, user stories, process flows, and acceptance criteria
  • Serve as the single point of contact (SPOC) for requirement clarifications across the delivery lifecycle
  • Ensure alignment between business goals, automation outcomes, and regulatory constraints

LCNC / Workflow Automation

  • Analyze, design, and document workflows using LCNC platforms, with a strong preference for n8n
  • Experience with additional platforms such as Microsoft Power Automate, Zapier, Make.com, Appian is a plus
  • Define end-to-end process orchestration, system integrations, exception handling, retry mechanisms, and human-in-the-loop steps
  • Collaborate closely with developers, solution architects, and platform teams to ensure scalable, secure, and maintainable automation solutions
  • Support UAT, business validation, production go-live, and post-deployment optimization

AI & Productivity Enablement

  • Leverage AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor, and AI-driven documentation/analysis tools to:
  • Accelerate requirement gathering and documentation
  • Improve process analysis and solution design quality
  • Enhance personal and team productivity
  • Identify opportunities to embed AI capabilities or AI agents within workflows for:
  • Decision-making
  • Classification and routing
  • Data enrichment and automation

Documentation & Governance

  • Create and maintain high-quality delivery artifacts, including:
  • Business Requirement Documents (BRD)
  • Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS)
  • User stories and acceptance criteria
  • Process flows, wireframes, and solution diagrams
  • Automation value realization and benefit assessment documents
  • Ensure adherence to enterprise governance, security, compliance, and banking regulatory standards
  • Support audit and compliance reviews where required

Required Skills & Experience

Core Experience

  • 8 10 years of experience as a Business Analyst, preferably within Banking or Financial Services
  • Strong hands-on experience with workflow automation and LCNC platforms, preferably n8n
  • Proven experience working in enterprise automation or digital transformation programs
  • Solid understanding of end-to-end business processes, system integrations, and API-driven architectures

Technical & Functional Skills

  • Strong knowledge of:
  • Requirement elicitation techniques
  • Process modeling (BPMN preferred)
  • Agile / Scrum and/or hybrid delivery models
  • Experience working with cross-functional technical teams (developers, architects, QA)
  • Exposure to AI-driven automation, intelligent workflows, or decision automation is highly desirable

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (β€œAI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
  • Dice Id: 10398358
  • Position Id: 8949649
  • Posted 2 days ago
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