Senior Applications Analyst

First Merchants Brand; Tennessee; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

401k

Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts

Vacation/Sick Time

Paid Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Additional Benefits

Job summary

First Merchants Bank is looking for a Senior Applications Analyst in Tennessee. This position will involve analyzing business needs, preparing documentation, and ensuring the reliability of applications within business operations.

The ideal candidate should have experience in financial systems analysis and technical knowledge of SQL, with qualifications ranging from a high school diploma to a bachelor’s degree. The role also allows for remote work within specific states.

Qualifications

• A minimum of three (3) years of application/business/systems analyst experience in a financial industry environment.
• Knowledge of SQL, SAS Visual Analytics, SSRS, or other reporting technology.

Responsibilities

• Ensure assigned applications are fully utilizing feature/functionality.
• Evaluate product offerings and potential enhancements.
• Lead and participate on projects as needed.
• Maintain and manage reporting systems.
• Ensure all application changes follow the standard process.

Skills

Application/business/systems analyst experience

Business process review

Technical certifications

SQL knowledge

Education

High school diploma or equivalent (GED)

Bachelor’s degree in business, operations or a related field

Tools

SQL

SAS Visual Analytics

SSRS

Job description

First Merchants Bank is seeking a Senior Applications Analyst to join our team. This position will be responsible for eliciting needs of the stakeholders, analyzing business requirements, identifying business opportunities, preparing documentation, and evaluating risk for assigned applications. Ensure assigned applications work reliably for the business and are kept current per the vendor requirements; maintain, troubleshoot, and support systems daily. This role can be remote within our operational footprint of Indiana, Ohio, Michigan or Kentucky.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the assigned applications are fully utilizing the feature/functionality and that processes are efficient. Perform business process review and analyses in order to drive efficiency and utilization gains throughout the department. Actively seek ways to improve the client experience.
• Responsible for evaluating product offerings and potential enhancements and identifying the feasibility, business value proposition, and/or the benefits to be gained. Make a recommendation to team with rationale and obtain a supported team decision.
• Lead and/or participate on projects as needed (system upgrades, bank integrations, etc.). Collaborate with other departments to lead and facilitate the implementation and fulfill the initiative purpose and goal through standard best practice project management techniques.
• Maintain and manage reporting systems to provide actionable information to drive business decisions.
• Maintain Disaster Recovery plans and models.
• Ensure all application changes follow the standard process while keeping exceptions to a minimum and only with special approval.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
• A minimum of three (3) years of application/business/systems analyst experience in a financial industry environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, operations or a related field
• Direct Banking experience, including exposure to and understanding of bank structure/operations
• For Enterprise Applications:
  • Technical certifications in Microsoft, CompTIA, and/or Cisco
  • Foxtrot Certification
  • Knowledge of SQL, SAS Visual Analytics, SSRS, or other reporting technology
• For Deposit Applications:
  • Payment Certifications (AAP, NCP, and/or APRP)
  • Knowledge of SQL

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 401k
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Additional Benefits

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