Analytics Business Specialist

Velera; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 61,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical with telemedicine

Dental and Vision

401k with employer match

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Paid Time Off (PTO)

12 Paid Holidays

Wellness program

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Velera is seeking an Analytics Business Specialist in the United States (Oregon) to support product lifecycle by researching and detailing analytics improvements and requirements for Velera Member Insight solutions.

You will work with internal and external users, design and develop reports, create training assets, and facilitate trainings to drive adoption and improved decision making across financial services clients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Science, Data Science, Applied Math, Business Intelligence or a related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• Three (3) years product service/support or client relationship experience within the financial services industry required.
• Two (2) years Data Analyst or Business Analyst role with experience in large data sets, identifying trends, and relational database required.

Responsibilities

• Support end-user engagement processes such as assisting credit unions and internal users in the creation of reports.
• Research data questions/issues and reporting solutions back to the BI Analysts when a defect is found, or improvement is needed.
• Design and develop new reports to solve complex business problems.
• Create and maintain educational assets and training materials.
• Facilitate internal and external training classes.
• Champion and promote analytic tools, methods and conceptual approaches by demonstrating paths to improved business intelligence, and decision making.
• Define and execute within product lifecycle and iterative design processes for new work products (reports, educational assets, engagement techniques).
• Participate in formal projects to produce project definition/initiation document clearly defining scope and project objectives; elicit, document and prioritize business requirements, understand business risks, and transition from requirements to solutions and business implementation principles.

Skills

Business analysis

Data analysis

Reporting

Training facilitation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Science, Data Science, Applied Math, BI or related discipline

Tools

BI tools

Job description

Join the People Helping People Velera is the nation's premier payments credit union service organization (CUSO) and an integrated fintech solutions provider. The company serves more than 4,000 financial institutions throughout North America, operating with velocity to help our clients keep pace with the rapid momentum of change and fuel growth in the new era of financial services. Our purpose: We accelerate partners' success through innovative financial technology solutions and inspired service.

The Opportunity

The Analytics Business Specialist will support the product lifecycle by researching and providing the groundwork for Analytics product improvements and updates in support of strategic goals within the organization. This position will identify the initial concepts or reported issues, assessing the impact of changes or issues, developing specific work-efforts to resolve issues or improve the product, collecting and documenting requirements for work-efforts, developing end-user engagement work products with an effective communication plan. This position will work closely with internal and external end-users to analyze and translate information between assigned business and operational teams, to align needs with the current or future capabilities delivered thru Velera Member Insight solutions.

Day in the Life

• Support end-user engagement processes such as assisting credit unions and internal users in the creation of reports.
• Research data questions/issues and reporting solutions back to the BI Analysts when a defect is found, or improvement is needed.
• Design and develop new reports to solve complex business problems.
• Create and maintain educational assets and training materials.
• Facilitate internal and external training classes.
• Champion and promote analytic tools, methods and conceptual approaches by demonstrating paths to improved business intelligence, and decision making.
• Define and execute within product lifecycle and iterative design processes for new work products (reports, educational assets, engagement techniques).
• Participate in formal projects to produce project definition/initiation document clearly defining scope and project objectives; elicit, document and prioritize business requirements, understand business risks, and transition from requirements to solutions and business implementation principles.
• Collect, evaluate and compress data and information from various sources, elicit actual user needs, and document a new concept or remediation plan.
• Develop use cases and execute test scripts for user acceptance testing processes.
• Identify, develop and support business implementation and readiness tasks, mitigating risk and remediating end-user adoption hurdles.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Science, Data Science, Applied Math, Business Intelligence or a related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• Three (3) years product service/support or client relationship experience within the financial services industry required.
• Two (2) years Data Analyst or Business Analyst role with experience in large data sets, identifying trends, and relational database required.
• Two (2) years of experience with data delivery or analytic tools/applications preferred.

About Velera

At Velera, inclusion isn't an initiative - it's how we work. Guided by a people‑helping‑people philosophy, we cultivate a culture where every employee feels valued, respected and empowered to do their best work. We're committed to building a diverse workforce and fostering meaningful connection across our teams. Through a remote‑first, flexible environment, we prioritize psychological safety, wellbeing and belonging so individuals and teams can collaborate to thrive. Together, we're shaping a new era of secure, innovative solutions for the clients and communities we serve. Learn more about what it's like to work at Velera.

Pay Equity

Pay Equity $60,500.00 - $77,100.00 - $93,700.00 of salary range. The anticipated hiring range for this position is typically between the minimum and midpoint of the posted salary range; however, actual compensation may vary based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, skills and qualifications, education, internal equity, and overall business and budget considerations. Velera is committed to providing competitive compensation that reflects both individual role and responsibilities, individual performance, and market.

Great Work/Life Benefits!

• Competitive wages
• Medical with telemedicine
• Dental and Vision
• Basic and Optional Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Maternity, Parental, Family Care
• Community Volunteer Time Off
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Company Paid Disability Insurance
• 401k (with employer match)
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with company provided contributions
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Supplemental Insurance
• Mental Health and Well-being: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Wellness program
• Benefits are subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions

Velera is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local law. Velera is an Equal Opportunity Employer that complies with the laws and regulations set forth in the following "EEO is the Law" Poster. Velera will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the legal duty to furnish information. Velera is an E-Verify Employer. Review the E-Verify Poster here. For information regarding your Right To Work, please click here. This role is currently not eligible for sponsorship. As an ongoing commitment to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities please contact a recruiter at for assistance.