Business Analyst (Hybrid)

Northwest Administrators • Seattle, WA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Are you a great communicator, listener, and critical thinker? Do you excel at developing and recommending creative solutions that will help shape strategy? Are you skilled in creating requirements specifications, visual models, and ‘as is - to be’ process flows? If so, you may be a perfect fit as a Business Analyst in our Quality Control Group (QCG). What you'll be doing... In this key role, you will act as a liaison between business operations and development to build or enhance internal systems, websites, mobile applications and reports. On occasion, you may also act as project manager, taking the project from initial request to implementation. In addition to business analysis skills, a background in employee benefits or accounting is helpful, but not required. This position has a hybrid work schedule with 3 days per week (Tue/Wed/Thu) on-site in our Seattle office.

Requirements

• Educated: Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred
• Experienced: Three years demonstrated experience in business analysis required
• Emotional Intelligence: Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
• Analytical: Proven analytical & quantitative skills to complete root cause analysis
• Self-Starter: Ability to work independently and at own direction
• Technically Savvy: Advanced skills in MS Office suite & Azure DevOps

Nice To Haves

• In addition to business analysis skills, a background in employee benefits or accounting is helpful, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders, subject matter experts, compliance and IT, to elicit, analyze and document business needs
• Translate business, operational and regulatory needs into clear functional requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria
• Server as a liaison between business users and development teams to ensure shared understanding and alignment
• Analyze current-state processes and systems; document future-state workflows and recommend improvements
• Produce and maintain high-quality documentation, including business requirements, functional specifications, process flows and data mappings
• Ensure requirements and solutions align with data governance, security and compliance standards

Benefits

• Salary range of $6,078 - $8,224 per month (dependent upon experience & qualifications)
• Medical, Dental (w/Orthodontia), Vision, Rx benefits, disability & life insurance
• Optional benefits: health flex spending, dependent care assistance & pet insurance
• Paid Vacation (10 days), Sick Leave (10 days) and Holidays (10 days)
• Collaborative team environment
• Work-life balance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees