Senior Business Analyst

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What you'll do:

• Seeking a skilled Business Analyst to join our Financial Technologies engineering team. The Business Analyst will play a crucial role in bridging business requirements and technical implementation, ensuring our solutions align with strategic objectives. This individual will work closely with Software Developers, Quality Assurance engineers, Product Managers, and Project Managers to define, document, and optimize business processes and system functionality.
• Key Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document business requirements, user stories, and functional specifications.
• Work with product and engineering teams to translate business needs into technical requirements.
• Conduct gap analyses to identify process inefficiencies and areas for improvement.
• Develop process models, workflows, and system diagrams to aid in solution design.
• Assist in defining acceptance criteria and work with Quality Assurance teams to ensure solutions meet business needs.
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and other Agile ceremonies.
• Provide insights and recommendations for feature prioritization and roadmap planning.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by preparing test cases and validating implemented solutions.
• Serve as a liaison between business users and technical teams to ensure alignment and clarity.
• Document business processes, system integrations, and operational workflows.
  

What you'll need:

• Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, preferably in financial technology, banking, or payments.
• Understanding of compliance and security considerations in financial systems.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and experience working in Agile development environments.
• Ability to analyze complex business problems and translate them into clear, actionable requirements.
• Familiarity with API integrations, data analysis, and software development processes.
• Background in financial technologies, payments processing, or banking systems.
• Knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements related to financial transactions.
• Experience with SQL and data analysis for reporting and insights.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to create UML process diagrams for system documentation.
• Experience working with AWS services, Redshift, and data pipelines.
• Experience with tools like Microsoft Azure DevOps, Confluence is a plus.

Benefits you'll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

Western Alliance Bancorporation