Business Analyst - II (Non-IT)

Company:  Varite, Inc
Location: Chicago
Closing Date: 20/10/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
Job Description:

Responsibilities:

Conducts and documents moderately complex analysis for a Business Unit and makes recommendations to implement solutions that improve the quality of services delivered assisting in integration, testing and implementation of solutions to achieve desired results.

Coordinates small to intermediate Department or Client Bank of Chicago (FRBC) projects and acts as a liaison between team members and functional area management. Creates and administers assigned budgets, monitors and analyzes actual spending and develops projections in order to authorize financial commitments, projects future performance and functions purchasing activities and interfaces with vendors.

Utilizes problem solving, decision making and analytical skills to meet changing business needs. Administers and monitors department's compliance and control environment activities. The level of work is considered intermediate, and staff must be able to work under general supervision. This position has no direct reports.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Conducts moderate to complex analysis and projection (financial, performance, operational and statistical) projects, including compilation and arrangement of data, computations, result analysis, charts and exhibit creation, report preparation and data accuracy validation; identifies issues or problems with data and makes recommendations to remedy errors

Plans, directs and coordinates department project activities and resources to ensure project goals are completed on time, within budget and with optimum quality; provides direction, prioritization, and conflict resolution in managing project teams to accomplish project objectives

Develops, maintains, manipulates and analyzes spreadsheets and databases for department, extracting data from other systems as necessary; develops metrics to track performance plans

Develops briefing materials and presentations for the Bank and Client System management as needed

Supports department business operations, financial processes and improvement/efficiency initiatives Monitors, reconciles and analyzes budget performance, analyzes spending, processes purchase as well as prepare detailed reports on budget expense management

Develops internal and external communications for stakeholder groups, including use of innovative technologies to reach multiple audiences throughout the Bank Conducts market research, trend, cost/benefit and best practice analysis to develop a business case and recommendations to be presented to senior leadership

Consults with department to define and document current business processes and areas for improvement

Works with senior leaders to establish metrics and targets to be used to analyze and determine organizational performance.

Qualifications:

Education And Experience:

Bachelor's degree

1 to 5 years of direct work experience

Knowledge And Skills:

Experience in project management methodologies

Experience in performing specialized business analysis and project assessment

Experience gathering and analyzing data, reporting and presenting financial data and coordinating efforts of a project team Experience communicating with internal stakeholders including executives, technical resources, internal communications and public relations

Strong analytical skills and ability to think independently

Self-directed and motivated

Knowledge of Bank operation preferred

Demonstrated ability to learn new technical applications

Possesses and applies strong internet navigation and research skills

Strong written, oral and interpersonal communication skills

Strong relationship building skills

Comments/Special Instructions

Please list the top 3 hard skills:

Demonstrated ability to learn new technical applications (Ariba, workday, etc.)

Experience communicating with internal stakeholders including executives, technical resources, internal communications and public relations

Experience in performing specialized business analysis and project assessment

Please list the top 3 soft skills:

Strong analytical skills and ability to think independently

Self-directed and motivated

Strong relationship building skills

Other/Additional Requirements:

This document indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this position. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

An employee's responsibilities, tasks, and duties might differ from those outlined in the job description, and other duties, as assigned, are a part of the job.

Client Bank of Chicago reserves the right to modify the elements of this job description, as business needs require.

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