Senior Business Analyst

First Citizens; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 137,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens is seeking an experienced data analytics professional for a remote role across the United States. The candidate will evaluate profitability, growth, and efficiency drivers, and develop specifications to support strategic business initiatives.

Responsibilities include building advanced reports, leading analytics projects, and guiding junior team members. A strong background in banking analytics and tools like Tableau/Power BI, SAS, SQL, and Python is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field plus six years of experience in data analysis or analytics roles.

Responsibilities

• Assess factors impacting profitability, growth, and efficiency.
• Develop process improvements and support strategic initiatives.
• Produce advanced technical reporting and data-driven insights.
• Respond to inquiries and guide junior analysts; lead workflow and enhancements.

Skills

Data analysis

Banking experience

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree plus 6 years experience

Master’s degree plus 4 years experience

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

SAS

R

Python

SQL

ETL

Job description

Overview

This is a remote role that may be hired in several markets across the United States.

Assesses a wide scope of factors affecting business profitability, growth, and efficiency, and aids strategic initiatives to address identified issues. Evaluates current practices, collects information and industry trends, and creates specifications to support business initiatives. Develops and implements process improvements. Participates in special analytical projects and advanced technical reporting. Provides expert support for business operations by responding to inquiries, identifying issues, and working to continuously improve business practices. Handles escalated matters that arise during daily operations, providing guidance to lower-level business analysts and leading workflow. Develops and implements modifications and enhancements. Serves as an analytics resource to wider organization or business units. Determines business needs through highly technical analysis and reporting. Develops strategies to achieve company and department goals, and communicates these through the use of specifications, project plans, or other forms of documentation. Produces reports based on data analysis, industry trends, and process capabilities. Conveys patterns, problems, and areas of improvement. Develops process enhancements based on reporting. Sources, compiles, and interprets data. Performs data analysis on an advanced level, effectively communicating and directing analysis output.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, Economics, or related field plus six (6) years of experience in the job offered or as a Data Scientist, Data Analyst, or related occupation.
• Or a Master’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, Economics, or related field plus four (4) years of experience in the job offered or as a Data Scientist, Data Analyst, or related occupation.
• Requires at least three (3) years of banking experience.
• Requires experience with Database management.
• Requires experience with Tableau or Power BI to visualize data trends and analyze data.
• Requires experience with SAS, R, and Python to perform enhanced data mining and leverage programming to analyze complex data.
• Requires experience with ETL and SAS or SQL from extraction to complex data transformations within a relational database environment.

Additional Information

This job posting is expected to remain active for 31 days from the initial posting date listed above. If it is necessary to extend this deadline, the posting will remain active as appropriate. Job postings may come down early due to business need or a high volume of applicants.

The base pay for this position is generally between $136,861 to $154,582 per year. Actual starting base pay will be determined based on skills, experience, location, and other non-discriminatory factors permitted by law. For some roles, total compensation may also include variable incentives, bonuses, benefits, and/or other awards as outlined in the offer of employment.

Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates. More information can be found at https://jobs.firstcitizens.com/benefits