Industry: finance

Remote: however, they'd like this person to come to the office 1-2 times across 6 months.

Contract Duration: 6 months, with potential eligibility for up to 18 months (though not guaranteed)

Overview: Business Analyst to drive a new Data Lake warehouse project supporting our internal sales performance application. This role is ideal for a strategic thinker with a background in sales performance analysis and financial planning who can bridge business needs with technical requirements. Candidates with experience in subscription-based sales environments or organizations like S&P, Gartner, or Looker will stand out. This role is mostly remote but may require 1-2 office visits over the contract duration.

Key Responsibilities:

• Requirements Analysis : Gather, analyze, and document requirements through user stories, use cases, and sprint planning.
• Collaborative Development : Partner with business stakeholders and development teams to implement high-value features and solutions aligned with strategic objectives.
• Business Process Improvement : Drive process enhancements and support the development of efficient business workflows.
• Leadership : Act as a liaison between business teams and development, offering insights from the business user perspective to inform technical decisions.
• Agile & Waterfall Methodologies : Manage JIRA boards, plan sprints, prioritize backlog items, and ensure agile best practices.
• Documentation & Standards : Create and uphold documentation standards, ensuring clarity and consistency.

Required Qualifications:

• Education : Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field (Graduate degree preferred).
• Experience : 5+ years in enterprise sales systems, with a focus on sales planning, financial planning, and overall sales strategy.
• Technical Skills :
• Proficiency with SQL and Data Lake/Warehousing concepts
• Familiarity with Databricks
• Experience with JIRA, including sprint writing and backlog management
• Exposure to sales analytics within subscription-based models
• Business Acumen : Knowledge of financial planning, sales analysis, and data reconciliation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Quality Assurance : Prior experience in QA to support testers in writing effective test cases.
• Salesforce Project Experience : Familiarity with Salesforce-related projects.
• Data Visualization : Power BI experience a plus.

Interview Process:

• Round 1 : Interview with a Business Analyst (focus on business concepts, forecasting, and database knowledge).
• Round 2 : Follow-up with the Hiring Manager and Senior Director.

Join us as a key contributor in building future-ready data lake and empower our sales performance initiatives with data-driven insights. Apply today!