Business Analyst II

Clayton Homes (New); United States; Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly profit share bonus program

Onsite gym with classes and wellness

Job summary

Clayton Homes (New) is seeking a Business Analyst to elicit and document business processes and requirements for new functionality. You will bridge business and tech teams across the organization, including Tech shared services and portfolio teams, with a focus on process improvements and effective change management.

The role requires strong communication, analytical, and organizational skills, and follows a hybrid schedule with commuting to the Maryville office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in technical/business fields.
• Experience facilitating workshops with large groups of users and leaders.
• Experience with process mapping, data gathering, and lifecycle phases.

Responsibilities

• Break down business requirements so engineers and users understand.
• Develop and execute change management strategies including communications and training.
• Advocate process improvements and future-state design.
• Lead implementations of process improvement opportunities and coordinate stakeholders.
• Coordinate with vendors or 3rd parties as needed.
• Mentor other team members.

Skills

Microsoft Office suite

Requirement workshops

Process mapping

Stakeholder communication

Analytical problem solving

Mentoring teammates

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Visio

Job description

Position Summary As a Business Analyst, you will be facilitating multiple business areas to elicit business processes and requirements and to identify improvement opportunities with the goal of implementing new functionality. As a member of your respective business units’ Portfolio team, you will use analytical skills and tools to document and clarify stakeholder requirements for designing and implementing projects. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must for you to serve as liaison between the business and technical teams including Tech shared services, portfolio teams, development teams, and subject matter experts. This is a business and technology facing role, requiring strong problem solving, analytical, and organization skills. This role follows a hybrid schedule. Candidates should be able to commute to the Maryville office.

About The Team

Corporate and Enterprise Services (CES) is a fun and diverse team that supports a variety of mission critical platforms that span and connect the entire Clayton organization. We partner with and are solution providers for business stakeholders such as Legal, Accounting, HR, Loan Originations and Servicing, Communications, Internal Audit and more. We value our team members, heavily invest in their work-life balance and skillset development, and find creative ways to celebrate our wins as a group. We support multiple different tech stacks from SaaS platforms (Workday, OnBase, etc.) to custom development both on-premises and in the cloud.

Primary Responsibilities

• Break down business requirement and technical complexities so that they can be easily understood by software engineers and business end users.
• May be responsible for developing, maintaining, and executing or organizational change management strategy and plan which includes stakeholder management, communications, training, and monitors overall organizational readiness.
• Advocate process changes to business stakeholders and technical professionals to support future-state design process improvements, and new products/platforms.
• Provide leadership for the implementation of process improvement opportunities by identifying potential improvements, mapping out process changes, obtaining buy-in and approval, refining requirements and scope, and proactively communicating project capabilities to business leaders, stakeholders, technical professionals, and users.
• May be responsible for vendor and/or 3rd party coordination and communication.
• Serve as a mentor to other team members.

Primary Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent technical and business experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite: Including Intermediate in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Proven ability to facilitate requirement workshops / training sessions with large groups of business users and leadership.
• Experience in process mapping, group facilitation, data gathering and analysis, and phases pf project life cycle (requirements gathering, design, development, deployment, training, and measuring effectiveness) and/or Agile Development cycles.
• Prove ability to collaborate with Quality Assurance professionals to develop test cases and conduct user acceptance testing.

Desired Skills

• Ability to learn software applications and understand data to ensure data integrity and to query, process, and analyze data.
• Ability to elicit report requirements, understand data to design a report, translate requirements for development and validate the report.
• Strong ability to work effectively within time constraints, changing priorities, and independently.
• Strong detail orientation and analytical / problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to introduce new technology features and functionality to user groups.
• Proven ability to improve processes for efficiency and/or cost savings.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills and the ability to interact with a diverse group of team members across a variety of business units, including executives, managers, technology professionals, subject matter experts, and end users.

Why Clayton?

Clayton is a leading single-family, values-driven home builder dedicated to attainable housing, sustainable practices and creating a world-class experience for customers and team members. Quarterly profit share bonus program. Onsite gym with variety of classes, wellness, professional and personal development programs and much more! Clayton is committed to creating an inclusive workplace. Clayton is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Benefits

• Quarterly profit share bonus program.
• Onsite gym with variety of classes, wellness, professional and personal development programs and much more!

Business Unit - B00023 Technology

The Clayton story began in 1956 with a simple but powerful mission – helping more hardworking families across America achieve homeownership. Clayton is committed to Opening Doors to a Better Life. We are a leading single family, values driven home builder dedicated to attainable housing, sustainable practices, and creating a world class experience for customers and team members. Our company portfolio includes a broad offering of attainable housing, and as a vertically integrated home builder, we are uniquely positioned to serve customers through every stage of the homeownership journey building, selling, financing, and insuring homes. Our success is in our team members – join our team and see how you can help us build a better tomorrow. As a shared service, Home Team team members support many functions across the Clayton enterprise. The Home Team includes wellbeing, internal audit, accounting/finance, marketing, legal, campus operations, and more. We believe our strength is our people. That's why we invest in opportunities for our team members to personally and professionally grow. As a leader in modern and attainable housing, Clayton is committed to delivering forward-looking technology solutions. With a dedicated team of over 500 technology professionals, we continue to evolve and innovate, ensuring we remain at the forefront of our industry. Our collaborative and innovative culture encourages team members to grow to their full potential. Our focus on team member experience, development and engagement is paramount, offering career pathing and leadership development opportunities to foster growth and success within our organization. Clayton Home Building Group has more than 12,000 team members across the United States, and built more than 59,000 homes last year. Home Building Group makes the dream of homeownership a reality every single day, delivering quality-built homes at an attainable price. We are dedicated to a world-class team member experience, environmentally responsible building practices and helping provide attainable housing for all. This business unit is comprised of Clayton Manufacturing, Clayton Supply, and Clayton Properties Group. With 2,900+ team members and 400+ Retail locations nationwide, our home consultants create a world-class home buying experience by assisting customers in identifying a floor plan, selecting options, and coordinating the construction process. Clayton Retail sells more than 25,000 homes annually, as we strive to help customers achieve homeownership across America.