Business Analyst

Responsibilities

Kforce is looking for a talented Business Analyst for a position located in San Antonio, TX and or Plano, TX. Responsibilities will include:

• Provides insights and information-based context for key stakeholders in the business unit to optimally manage, influence, and impact line of business strategy
• Leads discussions with key stakeholders to communicate information learned from analyses, provide input into line of business strategy development, and drive and influence business decisions
• Leads integration of the analytic strategy and business strategy
• Oversees efforts to identify key business assumptions and hypotheses around line of business strategy
• Continuously refines hypotheses and identifies business questions to explore further
• Develops the analytical framework and blueprint to answer business questions identified in the business portfolio, product, or member experience and provides support to lower levels towards this effort
• Collaborates with key stakeholders to evaluate and uncover sophisticated or critical strategic insights related to Profit & Loss performance including Product Strategy, Pricing, Marketing, Sales, Credit Risk, Distribution Channels, and Member Experience
• Applies expert analytical rigor to define outcome measures, improve prioritization, increase agility in decisioning, improve ability to evaluate progress towards business outcomes, and to evaluate risks to strategic goals
• Import data into sandbox environment and extract from sandbox to provide for analysis and analytics
• Effectively influences and drives strategic agreement utilizing subject matter expertise and interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Serves as a team lead and provides mentorship and on-the-job training to team members
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Science, Finance, Economics or related discipline; 4 years of related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree
• 6 years of data and/or analytics or strategy consulting experience and up to 2 years of progressive functional business relevant experience for a total of 8 years of combined experience
• Experience identifying business needs and developing strategic plans driven by qualitative/quantitative analysis and market insights
• Experience working with leadership teams to identify key opportunities to develop and enhance business strategy using quantitative and qualitative analytics
• Experience influencing business decisions
• Strong analytical skills with experience using hypotheses-driven problem solving
• Extensive experience leading and performing complex data analysis using various data analytics tools (i.e., Microsoft Excel, Tableau, R, Python, SQL, Snowflake, SAS, Adobe Analytics)
• Business strategy forecasting and planning experience within the Financial Services industry
• Strong analytical experience using Microsoft Excel
• Experience crafting PowerPoint presentations for senior level executive conversations
  
  

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.