Business Systems Analyst, Salesforce/AI

Accel Entertainment, Inc. • Burr Ridge, IL

40d • $80,000 - $95,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Business Systems Analyst (BSA) focused on Salesforce and AI, you will act as a bridge between business stakeholders, data/AI teams, and Salesforce platform administrators/developers. You will gather, analyze, and document business and technical requirements, provide guidance with Salesforce and AI tools, and support implementation, testing, deployment and adoption. Your aim is to drive business process improvements, enhance customer-facing systems, and leverage intelligent automation and insights to support strategic goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, Information Systems, Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule in our Burr Ridge, IL office.
• Demonstrated experience working with the Salesforce platform (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, customizations, reporting, dashboards).
• Strong understanding of business processes (sales, service, marketing, operations) and how to translate them into technology solutions.
• Familiarity with AI concepts and applications and how they can be applied to CRM/enterprise platforms.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and process-modelling skills.
• Strong verbal/written communication and stakeholder-management skills-able to interface with business and technical teams.
• Experience working in Agile or hybrid software development environments (scrum, sprint planning, backlog grooming).
• Ability to document business requirements, functional specifications, process flows and use cases clearly.
• Ability to manage concurrent projects and must be able to prioritize deliverables accordingly.
• Experience with project management and issue-tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Monday.com).

Nice To Haves

• Salesforce Certifications (e.g., Salesforce Administrator, Salesforce Business Analyst, or Platform App Builder).
• Experience with AI platforms, data science teams or analytics implementation in CRM.
• Experience with testing and UAT for CRM.

Responsibilities

• Engage with stakeholders to understand business problems, needs, and objectives.
• Elicit requirements using interviews, workshops, surveys, and document analysis.
• Translate business needs into functional and non-functional requirements.
• Develop and maintain documentation such as:
• Business Requirements Documents (BRDs)
• Functional Specifications
• User Stories and Acceptance Criteria
• Process Flows and Use Cases
• Map current ("as-is") business processes and identify inefficiencies.
• Design improved ("to-be") workflows to optimize performance and reduce costs.
• Facilitate discussions to align business teams on proposed process changes.
• Act as a liaison between business users, developers, QA testers, and management.
• Communicate clearly between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure alignment on scope and priorities.
• Organize and lead meetings, presentations, and testing.
• Assist with evaluating proposed solutions against business requirements.
• Conduct QA and validate the developed solution
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by creating test cases and validating results.
• Assist project managers with scope definition, timelines, and deliverable tracking.
• Support management activities - including training, communication, and adoption tracking.
• Document lessons learned and contribute to continuous improvement efforts.
• Understand enterprise systems such as ERP, CRM, and data analytics tools.
• Collaborate with technical teams to ensure system design aligns with business needs.
• Contribute to API or data integration discussions by clarifying business logic.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life, AD&D, critical illness, and hospital insurance
• short and long-term disability
• identity/legal protection
• access to FSA and HSA accounts
• Full and part-time employees are eligible to contribute to traditional and/or Roth 401(k) plans.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers counseling for a multitude of topics including (but not limited to) mental health, finances, adult care, disability, and grief.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees