Business Analyst
Spectraforce
Columbia, South Carolina
16 days ago
Job Description
Job Title: Business Analyst
Location: Columbia, SC
Duration: 6 Months
Description:
Supports business perspective processes for IT clients in Line of Business (LOB) and the Enabling Processes with a consultative mindset. Solves technical business problems and delivers business insights driven by analysis. Provides end customers with recommendations and partnering on next steps. Ensures correctness of analysis, and reports findings in a concise manner to senior management.
What You'll Do:
To Qualify for This Position, You’ll Need:
Required Skills and Abilities:
Required Software and Other Tools:
Required Education:
Required Work Experience:
6 years of IT business analysis experience.
We prefer that you have:
• A financial or finance background
• Experience working with stakeholders and business partners throughout various projects
About Us: SPECTRAFORCE is one of the fastest-growing workforce solutions firms in the United States. As a diversity-owned business, we place human connection at the heart of everything we do, building strong relationships with both clients and candidates to fill roles successfully. Our teams in North and Central America and India serve more than 150 Fortune clients globally, leveraging custom AI technology to provide direct hire, executive search, nearshoring, offshoring, and project staffing solutions.
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.
California Applicant Notice: SPECTRAFORCE is committed to complying with the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) effective January 1, 2023; and all data privacy laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. A Notice to California Job Applicants Regarding the Collection of Personal Information can be located on our website. Applicants with disabilities may access this notice in an alternative format by contacting NAHR@spectraforce.com.
LA County, CA Applicant Notice: If you are selected for this position with SPECTRAFORCE, your offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several requirements, including but not limited to, a criminal background check. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with all local ordinances and state laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) and the California Fair Chance Act (FCA). The background check assessment will consider whether a criminal history could reasonably have a direct, adverse impact on the job-related safety, security, trust, regulatory compliance, or suitability for this role. Such findings may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer.
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $40.00/hr.
Location: Columbia, SC
Duration: 6 Months
Description:
Supports business perspective processes for IT clients in Line of Business (LOB) and the Enabling Processes with a consultative mindset. Solves technical business problems and delivers business insights driven by analysis. Provides end customers with recommendations and partnering on next steps. Ensures correctness of analysis, and reports findings in a concise manner to senior management.
What You'll Do:
- Responsible for day-to-day operational tasks, training, project management, and data analysis to include reporting, designing, coding, or maintaining databases. Prioritizes initiatives to meet time constraints and adjust to business conditions. Manages assigned project tasks, and negotiates deadlines based on requirements.
- Facilitates communication issues with stakeholders at all levels to foster relationships that promote building trust throughout the organization. Leads meetings and provides the appropriate level of detail to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Trains customers on reports and dashboards while providing them self-service solutions. Presents data and analysis in a clear and concise manner to drive business recommendations that are supported by data.
- Stays abreast of the latest trends, capabilities, functionality, and other features and technology. Innovates creative ways to incorporate relevant features in reporting solutions. Creates interactive analytical tools and dashboards to deliver operational and financial performance insights.
- Learns new tools and skills to troubleshoot issues. Applies scalable tools and analytical techniques to respond to business questions. Documents processes, assumptions, and criteria for solutions.
- Translates findings, uses visuals, and creates presentations to communicate business insights. Works with customers to gather business requirements and conducts business analysis.
- Evaluates information from various sources, resolves conflicts, and compiles data and analyses to drive business decision making capabilities.
To Qualify for This Position, You’ll Need:
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Strong organizational, customer service, communications, consultative mindset, and analytical skills.
- Advanced experience using complex mathematical calculations and understand mathematical and statistical concepts.
- Knowledge of relevant computer support systems.
- Ability to train subordinate staff including provide assistance/guidance to staff in design/execution of reporting needs.
- Proven experience with report writing and technical requirements analysis, data and business process modeling/mapping, and methodology development.
- Strong understanding of relational database structures, theories, principles, and practices.
Required Software and Other Tools:
- Expert level skills in at least one of the following: Excel, Tableau, PowerBI, Access, SQL, and Python."
Required Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or other job related field. Or
- 4 years of job related work experience or
- 2 years of job related experience plus an associate’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration or other job related degree
Required Work Experience:
6 years of IT business analysis experience.
We prefer that you have:
• A financial or finance background
• Experience working with stakeholders and business partners throughout various projects
About Us: SPECTRAFORCE is one of the fastest-growing workforce solutions firms in the United States. As a diversity-owned business, we place human connection at the heart of everything we do, building strong relationships with both clients and candidates to fill roles successfully. Our teams in North and Central America and India serve more than 150 Fortune clients globally, leveraging custom AI technology to provide direct hire, executive search, nearshoring, offshoring, and project staffing solutions.
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.
California Applicant Notice: SPECTRAFORCE is committed to complying with the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) effective January 1, 2023; and all data privacy laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. A Notice to California Job Applicants Regarding the Collection of Personal Information can be located on our website. Applicants with disabilities may access this notice in an alternative format by contacting NAHR@spectraforce.com.
LA County, CA Applicant Notice: If you are selected for this position with SPECTRAFORCE, your offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several requirements, including but not limited to, a criminal background check. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with all local ordinances and state laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) and the California Fair Chance Act (FCA). The background check assessment will consider whether a criminal history could reasonably have a direct, adverse impact on the job-related safety, security, trust, regulatory compliance, or suitability for this role. Such findings may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer.
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $40.00/hr.