Business Analyst, Cost Transparency & Financial Analytics

First Tech Federal Credit Union; Hillsboro (OR); Hybride; USD 117 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical, Dental, Vision coverage

401(k) match

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Paid holidays

Employee pricing on lending products

Résumé du poste

First Tech Federal Credit Union is seeking a Business Analyst for Cost Transparency & Financial Analytics. Hybrid role supporting cost models, unit cost metrics, and delivery-aligned financial insights to guide investments and prioritization.

You will partner with Finance and Delivery leaders to align analytics with performance reporting and governance. You will translate complex data into executive-ready insights, influence prioritization, and help drive responsible tradeoffs across portfolios.

Qualifications

• Experience in workforce planning or capacity modeling within a delivery environment.
• Strong ability to synthesize data across teams, vendors, and timelines.
• Proven ability to influence decisions with data and scenario analysis.
• Experience partnering with Finance and Delivery leaders on planning, forecasting, and tradeoffs.
• Clear, concise executive communication of complex analyses.

Responsabilités

• Develop and maintain cost transparency models aligned to delivery units, portfolios, and operating models.
• Partner with Finance to define, govern, and track unit cost and cost-to-value metrics.
• Analyze cost drivers related to delivery velocity, quality, rework, and capacity constraints.
• Support investment, funding, and prioritization discussions with cost-to-value insights.
• Align financial analytics with portfolio and delivery performance reporting for leadership governance and regulatory audiences.
• Ensure consistency between delivery metrics, cost analytics, and financial narratives.
• Translate complex financial data into executive-ready insights to support decisions.

Connaissances

Workforce planning

Capacity modeling

Data-driven insights

Finance partnership

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Strategic prioritization

Decision support

Outils

Excel

Power BI

Description du poste

Description

The Business Analyst, Cost Transparency & Financial Analytics is responsible for providing clear, consistent, and decisionready financial insights aligned to enterprise delivery execution. This role develops cost transparency and unit cost models, partners closely with Finance, and ensures financial analytics are fully aligned with delivery performance reporting. The role enables informed investment, prioritization, and tradeoff decisions while maintaining credible, regulatoryfinancial narratives.

Job Duties:

• Develop and maintain cost transparency models aligned to delivery units, portfolios, and operating models
• Partner with Finance to define, govern, and track unit cost and cost to value metrics
• Analyze cost drivers related to delivery velocity, quality, rework, and capacity constraints
• Support investment, funding, and prioritization discussions by providing clear cost to value and trade off insights
• Align financial analytics with portfolio and delivery performance reporting for leadership governance and regulatory audiences
• Ensure consistency and integrity between delivery metrics, cost analytics, and financial narratives
• Translate complex financial and operational data into clear, executive ready insights that support decision making

Essentials Skills:

• Experience in workforce planning, capacity modeling, or resource management within a portfolio, program, or enterprise delivery environment
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize data across teams, vendors, and timelines
• Proven ability to influence decisionmaking through datadriven insights and scenario analysis
• Experience partnering with Finance and Delivery leaders on planning, forecasting, and tradeoff discussions
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex analysis into clear, concise executive narratives
• Strong business acumen with the ability to align capacity and workforce decisions to enterprise priorities, strategic commitments, and value outcomes
• Proven ability to influence without authority and guide leadership decisions on prioritization, trade-offs, and investment timing
• Exceptional critical thinking and judgment in evaluating competing demands, resource constraints, and risk implications
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust and credibility across Finance, Delivery, and vendor partners
• Effective facilitation skills to lead structured discussions on trade-offs, capacity constraints, and workforce strategies
• Demonstrated ability to operate in complex, matrixed environments with competing priorities and evolving demands
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple planning cycles, scenarios, and deadlines concurrently
• Ability to translate workforce and capacity insights into clear business impacts, including delivery timelines, cost implications, and risk exposure
• High level of ownership, accountability, and attention to detail in planning, analysis, and executive communications
• Strong collaboration and negotiation skills, particularly in balancing internal capacity with vendor strategies and constraints
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and driving clarity in workforce planning decisions where inputs or forecasts may be incomplete

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience supporting large, crossfunctional portfolios or enterprise transformation initiatives
• Familiarity with vendorheavy delivery models and dependency risk management
• Advanced skills in planning, modeling,process engineeringand visualization tools (e.g., Excelbased models, Power BI, or similar)
• Experiencebuilding dashboardsand reports for leadership.Able to translate data into decisions
• Experience working within a governance, roadmap, or portfolio management function
• Skilled and comfortable with stakeholder management utilizing diplomacy
• Background or understanding of Agile/Scrum practices - this will impact capacity

Location: Hybrid model in Marlborough, MA 01752 | Chelmsford, MA 01824 | Hillsboro, OR 97124

Target Compensation in MA & OR: $116,500 - $140,000 annually + annual bonus

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Who We Are:

Every great journey begins with a bold idea-and ours is no different. First Tech and DCU were founded on the belief that financial solutions should put people first. That belief has fueled decades of innovation and service, rooted in the tech sector and expanding to support members from all walks of life.

Employees are eligible for:

• Traditional medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous 401(k) match
• Paid Time Off: You'll accrue up to 15 days in your first year. In addition, you'll receive 40 hours of sick time and 3 personal days, which refresh annually
• Paid federal holidays
• Special employee pricing on lending products such as mortgage, auto, and personal loans (eligibility subject to standard account requirements and underwriting criteria)

Employment Statements:

First Tech is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity, inclusion, and equity at our company. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

If you're applying for a job and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an email to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and contact information. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

First Tech is not currently offering Visa transfer/sponsorship for this position.