Senior Business Analyst: Data, ERP & Transformation Leader

Retained; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Retained is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to lead discovery, requirements definition, and process analysis across data, analytics, ERP, and transformation initiatives. You will partner with senior leaders, SMEs, and technology teams to translate business needs into actionable requirements.

As a bridge between business and IT, you will develop process maps, functional requirements, use cases, and workflows; validate with stakeholders; and support solution design, testing, and

Qualifications

• 17–20 years of experience in business-facing roles such as Business Analyst, Senior Business Analyst, Product Analyst, Process Consultant, or similar business-facing role.
• Extensive experience leading business discovery, requirements gathering, workshop facilitation, process analysis, and stakeholder management.
• Demonstrated ability to work directly with senior executives and functional leaders, including CFOs, CIOs, Finance, Operations, IT, and Data leadership.
• Strong understanding of business intelligence, reporting, KPIs, data quality, data warehouses, data lakes, and analytics concepts.

Responsibilities

• Lead business discovery sessions, stakeholder interviews, and workshops with business leaders, SMEs, data teams, and technology teams.
• Analyze and document current-state business processes, workflows, pain points, business rules, decision flows, dependencies, and improvement opportunities.
• Translate business objectives and challenges into clear functional, data, reporting, analytics, and ERP-related requirements.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across Finance, Operations, IT, Data, Supply Chain, and other business functions to understand priorities and align requirements with broader organizational goals.
• Develop process maps, business requirements, functional requirements, use cases, workflows, and other supporting documentation.
• Work closely with SMEs to develop a deep understanding of business processes and operational context before moving into solution design.
• Facilitate stakeholder reviews, requirements validation, prioritization, and formal sign-offs.
• Partner with technical and solution teams to ensure proposed solutions accurately address business requirements.
• Identify gaps, inefficiencies, data challenges, and opportunities for process improvement or automation.
• Support solution validation, testing, and implementation activities to ensure business requirements are successfully delivered.
• Help define and validate reporting requirements, KPIs, metrics, data definitions, and business rules.
• Communicate complex business, process, and data concepts in a way that is easily understood by both business and technical audiences.
• Challenge assumptions constructively and help stakeholders reach consensus when priorities or requirements differ.

Skills

Business discovery

Requirements gathering

Workshop facilitation

Stakeholder management

Process analysis

Communication

Data concepts

ERP knowledge

JD Edwards E1

Tools

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

Job description

Retained is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to lead discovery, requirements definition, and process analysis across data, analytics, ERP, and transformation initiatives. You will partner with senior leaders, SMEs, and technology teams to translate business needs into actionable requirements.

As a bridge between business and IT, you will develop process maps, functional requirements, use cases, and workflows; validate with stakeholders; and support solution design, testing, and