Business Analyst

Centric Consulting • Chicago, IL

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

At Centric Consulting, we've cultivated a unique approach to business. Our business is built on three fundamental principles: Enjoy the people you work with, have fun, and do great work. These principles define our consulting model and have crafted one of the most vibrant cultures in the consulting industry – celebrating individuals, collaboration, and lifelong friendships.
You’re a hands-on, data driven analyst who loves turning complexity into clarity. You move fast, work with imperfect data, and thrive in large, matrixed environments. You’re execution oriented — not advisory — and you take pride in driving opportunities from data → insight → decision → action. You communicate crisply, collaborate well across business and IT, and deliver executive ready outputs.

Requirements

• 5+ years as a Business Analyst, Transformation Analyst, or Cost Optimization Analyst.
• Experience with technology portfolios, application rationalization, or cost takeout programs.
• Strong analytical skills with financial, operational, and technology data.
• Ability to operate in large, complex enterprises with tight timelines.
• Excellent communication skills and comfort producing executive ready deliverables.

Nice To Haves

• Enterprise simplification or transformation programs
• IT financials, vendor management, or contract analysis
• Healthcare/regulated industry background
• Ability to work with partial data and still drive clarity

Responsibilities

• Analyze technology spend, applications, contracts, and licenses to build clear current state baselines.
• Identify and validate simplification and cost reduction opportunities (rationalization, consolidation, renewals, optimization).
• Quantify savings, timing, dependencies, and execution complexity, partner with Finance on estimates.
• Build concise business cases, opportunity summaries, and decision ready materials for leadership.
• Track execution of approved initiatives — actions, owners, milestones, risks, and value realization.
• Maintain dashboards, trackers, and Wave 2 opportunity backlogs.
• Coordinate across Business, IT, Finance, Procurement, and GBS to close data gaps and accelerate alignment.

Benefits

• We proudly offer competitive compensation, and a comprehensive and well-rounded benefits package for full-time employees that have been designed to nourish your well-being.
• Benefits offered include health, dental & vision coverage, 401(k) with company match, life insurance, self-managed PTO, paid holidays, parental leave, and other unique incentives that celebrate your accomplishments.
• We also offer access to many voluntary benefits such as Flexible Spending Accounts, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Legal Services, as well as discounts on home, auto and pet insurance
• Remote and Hybrid Work
• Time Off When You Need It
• Benefits That Flex
• Professional Development

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees