Lead Business Analyst

Gdh Consulting, Inc.; Springdale (AR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance options

Dental, Vision, Life coverage

401(k) plan and benefits

Job summary

GDH Consulting, Inc. is seeking a Lead Business Analyst to bridge business strategy and data-driven solutions. You will translate complex requirements into analytics, reporting, and technology solutions, partnering with leaders to define initiatives and modernize reporting capabilities.

You will collaborate with data teams, architects, and vendors to support data modeling, governance, and deployment. This role emphasizes mentorship and establishing KPIs to show business value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in IS/CS/Business.
• 5+ years in business analysis, product ownership, or analytics.
• Experience supporting large-scale business and tech transformations.
• Proficiency with SQL and cloud analytics platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define analytics strategies, roadmaps, and data-driven solutions.
• Gather, document, refine, and prioritize requirements.
• Translate business needs into data, reporting, and AI requirements.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives with stakeholders, data teams, and vendors.
• Support reporting modernization and scalable analytics deployment.
• Develop KPIs and measure adoption and value.

Skills

SQL

BigQuery

Power BI

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems/CS/Business

Tools

Jira

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Job description

Role Summary The Lead Business Analyst bridges business strategy and data-driven solutions by translating complex requirements into scalable analytics, reporting, and technology solutions. This role partners with business and technology stakeholders to define initiatives, modernize reporting capabilities, and support analytics and AI solutions that improve operational efficiency and informed decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business and technology leaders to define analytics strategies, roadmaps, and data-driven solutions.
• Gather, document, refine, and prioritize business requirements, including current-state and future-state process mapping.
• Translate business needs into actionable data, reporting, dashboard, analytics, and AI requirements.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives involving business stakeholders, data teams, architects, developers, and vendors.
• Support enterprise reporting modernization, including migration from manual reporting processes to scalable analytics platforms.
• Collaborate with data architecture and engineering teams to support data modeling, integration, governance, and deployment activities.
• Develop business cases, evaluate opportunities and risks, and recommend solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Facilitate meetings, presentations, and working sessions with technical and non-technical stakeholders, including leadership.
• Establish key performance indicators and success metrics to measure adoption, business value, and solution performance.
• Support technology initiatives throughout requirements analysis, solution design, testing, implementation, and change management.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to team members and promote consistent business analysis and analytics practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or a related field, or equivalent education and practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in business analysis, product ownership, analytics, or a related field.
• Experience supporting large-scale business and technology transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
• Experience developing business capability and application roadmaps.
• Proficiency with SQL and cloud-based analytics platforms such as BigQuery or comparable technologies.
• Experience with reporting and visualization platforms such as Power BI.
• Knowledge of data warehousing concepts and dimensional modeling methodologies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with executive, business, and technical audiences.
• Demonstrated stakeholder management, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with project and work management tools such as Jira, Clarity, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Office applications.
• Relevant education, training, certifications, or equivalent practical experience.

Pay Range

Publishing Pay Range: $120,000.00 - $130,000.00 Annually

This position is based in office and requires employee to work on-site.

About GDH

At GDH, we believe in the power of people and the importance of caring. Our culture statement, "We care about people," isn't just a tagline - it's the core of everything we do. GDH is a premier staffing and talent solutions company dedicated to helping businesses find the best talent and assisting job seekers in finding their dream jobs. Who We Are: GDH, founded in 2001, has grown into a leader in providing staffing solutions across various industries. We specialize in IT across several sectors, connecting top talent with leading enterprises. As a Best of Staffing firm recognized for excellence in client, employee, talent, and women's services, we pride ourselves on our commitment to quality and service.

GDH Benefits

• Our health benefits include three medical insurance options with access to KISx Card, Zero Card, and HealthJoy concierge services.
• Other plan offerings include dental, vision, life, disability, supplemental insurance, and pet insurance plans.
• Enjoy additional perks like holiday pay, 401(k) plan, direct deposit, an employee referral program, work-life balance benefits, a Wellbeats membership, a discounted gym membership program, and more!

GDH provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, ancestry, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws. Applicants with disabilities who require an accommodation or assistance in applying and/or for interviewing, please contact our HR Department. Please visit our notice of collection for California applicants.