Senior Business Analyst: Strategy & Process Leader

S.P. Richards Company; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

S.P. Richards Company is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to lead complex business analysis across multiple systems, defining requirements strategy, process improvements, and testing readiness. You will influence cross-functional teams and guide IT professionals toward measurable business value.

The role emphasizes independence, stakeholder collaboration, and a strong focus on implementing technology solutions that deliver strategic outcomes. A fast-paced environment with broad scope awaits.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience analyzing complex business processes and implementing technology solutions.
• Able to lead requirements and analysis across multiple systems, functions, and stakeholder groups.
• Strong knowledge of SDLC, requirements management, testing, implementation, and production support practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including evaluation of business, operational, system, and data impacts.
• Ability to understand and use SQL, relational data, reports, integrations, and system data flows to support analysis.
• Experience with process modeling, requirements documentation, test planning, and business process reengineering.
• Ability to influence and build trust with technical and nontechnical stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.
• Experience coordinating or guiding analysts and IT professionals in a project environment.
• Knowledge of data visualization, APIs, data models, and system integration is a plus.
• Experience with wholesale distribution or logistics industries is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain strategic and ongoing relationships with internal and external customers to understand operating environments, business needs, priorities, and opportunities.
• Lead requirements strategy, elicitation, validation, documentation, and stakeholder alignment for complex initiatives.
• Lead analysis across multiple systems, business functions, data sources, integrations, and stakeholder groups.
• Define the analysis approach, stakeholder-engagement plan, and documentation expectations for assigned initiatives.
• Ensure requirements are complete, traceable, testable, and aligned with strategic business outcomes.
• Partner with IT teams to evaluate solution options and determine how technology can best address functional requirements.
• Lead stakeholders in evaluating business value, operational impact, data impact, implementation readiness, and expected benefits of proposed solutions.
• Lead business process reengineering and cross-functional process-improvement efforts.
• Lead resolution of conflicting requirements, dependencies, and cross-functional process issues.
• Guide and perform QA and UAT efforts by clarifying expected behavior, assessing requirement coverage, and supporting resolution of complex issues.
• Support complex production issues by coordinating business analysis, impact assessment, and stakeholder communication.
• Identify, assess, and communicate significant project risks, dependencies, assumptions, decisions, and opportunities.
• Coordinate the work of Business Analysts and other IT professionals on assigned initiatives.
• Review complex analyst deliverables and provide coaching, guidance, and feedback.
• Mentor Business Analysts and Associate Business Analysts in analysis methods, documentation, stakeholder management, testing, and application knowledge.
• Perform selective project management functions, including coordination of scope, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables, as appropriate.
• Recommend improvements to BA standards, templates, tools, governance, and SDLC practices.
• Follow and promote established SDLC, change-management, documentation, testing, security, and deployment procedures.
• Adapt to evolving business processes, applications, analytical tools, and delivery methodologies and help promote effective practices across the team.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements elicitation

SDLC knowledge

Data analysis

SQL

Stakeholder management

Process reengineering

Education

Bachelor's degree

5+ years exp

Job description

S.P. Richards Company is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to lead complex business analysis across multiple systems, defining requirements strategy, process improvements, and testing readiness. You will influence cross-functional teams and guide IT professionals toward measurable business value.

The role emphasizes independence, stakeholder collaboration, and a strong focus on implementing technology solutions that deliver strategic outcomes. A fast-paced environment with broad scope awaits.