Senior Business Analyst

Brandt Information Services. LLC; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Health insurance options

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays

Job summary

Brandt Information Services, LLC is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for its Payments & Transactions team. This fully remote role requires coordinating with Product, Engineering, Finance, and Operations to drive accurate, auditable financial transactions and reporting.

You will own discovery, define requirements, and ensure end-to-end delivery while supporting production workflows as needed. Competitive benefits and a flexible remote setup are offered.

Qualifications

• 4–8+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in a technology-driven environment.
• Hands-on experience with transactional systems (e.g., authorization, settlement, reconciliation, gateways, or ledger platforms).
• Strong understanding of transaction lifecycles, including authorization, settlement, reconciliation, and ledger posting.
• Experience working with financial reporting, auditability, and data integrity requirements.
• Proven ability to lead discovery and drive alignment across cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical skills, including root cause analysis and production issue investigation.
• Experience translating complex workflows into clear requirements and data/process models.
• Experience working in agile environments and with agile tooling (Scrum, Jira, Azure Dev Ops, Confluence, process modeling tools).
• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence in a remote, distributed team.
• Ability to operate independently, prioritize effectively, and own outcomes end-to-end.
• Experience with government systems, regulated environments, or high-audit financial systems is a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead Discovery & Define Requirements and drive discovery for payments and transaction lifecycles.
• Align business, product, and financial workflows across teams.
• Ensure requirements are complete and aligned before development begins.
• Document workflows and data mappings across transaction and financial systems.
• Own requirements quality from discovery through delivery.
• Partner with Product Owner, Engineering Lead, Finance, and Operations on scope and priorities.
• Drive backlog refinement and prioritization using business value and risk.
• Identify dependencies and risks early, especially around reconciliation and ledger accuracy.
• Participate in testing and validation to ensure implementation meets business requirements.
• Operate in an agile scrum environment.
• Analyze and resolve issues in payment processing, transaction flows, and reporting pipelines.
• Validate ledger behavior, reconciliation processes, and reporting outputs with Finance & Stakeholders.
• Identify and drive improvements in accuracy, traceability, and efficiency across financial workflows.
• triage issues impacting transactions, payments, or reporting accuracy.
• Identify recurring defects and systemic gaps; escalate high-impact issues

Skills

Transactional systems

Agile / Scrum

Data analysis

Requirement gathering

Cross-functional teamwork

Remote collaboration

Regulated government systems

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Confluence

Process modeling

Job description

Senior Business Analyst –** Payments & Transactions **** (Remote)

Location: Remote (U.S.-based)
Department: Technology
Reports To: ProductManager
Job Type: Full-time

About Brandt

At Brandt, we build technology that powers critical government and public-facing services—from licensing and registrations to reservations and payments that support conservation and outdoor access.

As part of our Transactions& Paymentsteam,you’llwork on systems that process and reconcile high-volume, multi-system financial transactions across state and partner platforms.

In addition to gathering requirements,you’llhelp ensure that every dollar is accurately processed, accounted for, and reported.

About the Role

We’rehiring a Senior Business Analyst to drive clarity and execution across complex financial and transactional systems.

This is a fully remote role, working with distributed teams across Product, Engineering, Finance, and Operations.

This role sits at the center of how payments are processed, reconciled, and reported—directlyimpactingfinancial accuracy, compliance, and customer trust.

Your primary focus will be:

• Leading discovery and defining requirements

• Aligning business, product, and financial workflows

• Ensuringtransactionand reporting accuracy across systems

Secondarily,you’llsupport production triage and operational workflows (as needed, ~10–20%).

You’llmove between discovery, delivery, and production supportowning problems end-to-end and ensuring solutions are right the first time.

WhatYou’llDo

Lead Discovery & Define Requirements

• Drive discovery for initiatives across payments, transaction lifecycles, ledger entries, and financial reporting

• Translate business needs into clear, testable requirements, user stories, and process/data flows

• Ensure requirements are complete and aligned before development begins—minimizing rework

• Document workflows and data mappings across transaction and financial systems

• Own requirements quality and completeness from discovery through delivery

Align Teams & Drive Delivery

• Partner with ProductOwner, EngineeringTech Lead, Finance, and Operations to align on scope, priorities, and outcomes

• Drivebacklog refinement and prioritization using business value,financial impact, and risk

• Identifydependencies and risks early,especially those affecting reconciliation, reporting, or ledger accuracy

• Activelyparticipateintesting and validation to ensureimplementationmeet businessrequirementsand financial expectations

• Operate expertly in an agile scrum environment.

Improve Transaction & Financial Outcomes

• Analyze and resolve issues in payment processing, transaction flows, and reporting pipelines through root cause analysis

• Partner with Financeand Stakeholderstovalidateledger behavior, reconciliation processes, and reporting outputs

• Identifyand drive improvements in accuracy, traceability, and efficiency across financial workflows

Support Production & Operational Workflows (as needed, ~10–20%)

• Triage issuesimpactingtransactions, payments, or reporting accuracy

• Identifyrecurring defects and systemic gaps

• Escalate high-impact issues affecting customers or financial data

What You Bring

• 4–8+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in a technology-driven environment

• Hands-on experience withtransactionalsystems (e.g.,authorization, settlement, reconciliation, gateways, or ledger platforms)

• Strong understanding of transaction lifecycles, including authorization, settlement, reconciliation, and ledger posting

• Experience working with financial reporting, auditability, and data integrity requirements

• Proven ability to lead discovery and drive alignment across cross-functional teams

• Strong analytical skills, including root cause analysis and production issue investigation

• Experience translating complex workflows into clear requirements and data/process models

• Experience working in agile environmentsand with agile tooling(Scrum,Jira,Azure Dev Ops,Confluence, process modeling tools)

• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence in a remote, distributed team

• Ability tooperateindependently, prioritize effectively, and own outcomes end-to-end

• Experience withgovernment systems, regulated environments, or high-audit financial systemsis a plus

What Success Looks Like

• Requirements are clear, complete, and rarely reworked

• Teams are aligned before development begins

• Transaction and reporting accuracy improves measurably

• Financial discrepancies areidentifiedand resolved proactively

• Stakeholders trust the dataand the systems producing it

Why Join Brandt?

• Fully remote work environment with flexibility and autonomy

• Work onhigh-impact, high-volume transaction systems

• Influencehow financial systems and processes are designed delivered

• Collaborate with teams solving complex, real-world problems

• Bepart of a culture that values ownership, clarity, and continuous improvement

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: $90,000 - $110,000(depending on experience)

• Health insurance options, including plans fully covered for employees

• Vision and dental coverage options

• Flexible paid time off (PTO)

• Paid holidays

• 401(k) with company match

• Parental leave benefits

• Life and disability insurance

• Professional development support

Equal Opportunity Employer

Brandt Information Services is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.