Senior Data Business Analysis

Ascensus; Florida; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Ascensus is seeking a Senior Business Systems Analyst (Data Platform) to bridge business needs and data delivery. You will lead data requirements across models, integrations, and pipelines with a focus on definitions, lineage, and governance in a regulated financial services environment.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, data architects, and engineering teams to ensure data quality and actionable insights while protecting confidential information. Equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a Business Systems Analyst or data-focused role.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into enterprise-scale data requirements.
• Experience with enterprise data platforms including Oracle, Azure and ETL tools.
• Ownership of a data dictionary and/or business glossary.
• Strong understanding of source-of-truth principles, data governance, and data quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead elicitation, analysis, and documentation of data-related business requirements for enterprise data initiatives.
• Translate business needs into clear, data-specific requirements including metrics and data definitions.
• Own and maintain the enterprise data dictionary/business glossary for consistency across teams.
• Partner with Data Architects and Data Engineering to reflect requirements in models, pipelines, and integrations.
• Document end-to-end data flows and lineage from source systems to downstream consumers.
• Serve as liaison between business stakeholders and data delivery teams to resolve definition conflicts.
• Support backlog refinement and ensure requirements are complete and actionable.
• Identify and remediate data quality, consistency, and access issues.
• Reinforce data governance standards and approved access methods.
• Participate in design reviews and cross-functional sessions for regulated fintech use cases.

Skills

Data governance

Data modeling

Stakeholder communication

Data quality

ETL tooling

Cloud data warehouses

Data dictionary

Tools

Oracle

Azure

Informatica

Job description

Ascensus is the leading independent technology and service platform powering savings plans across America, providing products and expertise that help nearly 16 million people save for a better today and tomorrow.

Section 1: Position Summary

TheSenior Business Systems Analyst (Data Platform)partners with business stakeholders, product leadership, data architects, and data engineering teams to translate business needs intoclear, actionable data requirements. This role serves as a bridge between business and technology, ensuring the enterprise data platform is atrusted, governed source of truth.

The Senior BSA leads data requirements definition across data models, integrations, pipelines, and consumption layers, with a strong focus on data definitions, metrics, lineage, and usability within a regulated financial services environment.

Section 2: Job Functions, Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead theelicitation, analysis, and documentation of data‑related business requirementsfor enterprise data initiatives
• Translate business needs intoclear, data‑specific requirements, including data elements, metrics, hierarchies, transformations, and access patterns
• Own andmaintainthe enterprise data dictionary and business glossary, ensuring consistency and alignment across teams
• Partner closely withData Architects and Data Engineeringto ensure requirements are accurately reflected in data models, integrations, and pipelines
• Documentend‑to‑end data flows and lineage, from source systems to downstream consumers
• Serve as theprimary liaison between business stakeholders and data delivery teams, resolving definition conflicts and clarifying requirements
• Supportbacklog refinement and prioritization, ensuring requirements are complete and actionable prior to development
• Identifyand help remediatedata quality, consistency, and access issues
• Reinforcedata governance standards, documentation practices, and approved access methods
• Participate in design reviews, planning sessions, and cross‑functional working groups
• Supportregulated fintech and financial services use cases, including auditability, security, and sensitive data handling
• Responsible for protecting, securing, and proper handling of all confidential data held by Ascensus to ensure against unauthorized access, improper transmission, and/or unapproved disclosure of information that could result in harm to Ascensus or our clients.
• At Ascensus we are guided by our Core Values of People Matter, Quality First and Integrity Always®. They inspire us every day to prioritize an environment of respect for those we serve and one another and should be visible in your actions on a day-to-day.

Supervision

• NA

Section 3: Experience, Skills, Knowledge Requirements

• Minimum 10 yearsof experience as a Business Systems Analyst, Data Analyst, Data Product Owner, or similar data‑focused role

• Proven experience translating business needs intoenterprise‑scale data requirements

• Strong experience withenterprise data platforms, including:

• Oracle (transactional data understanding)

• Cloud data warehouses (Azure preferred)

• ETL / integration tools (Informatica or similar)

• Analytics and reporting consumers

• Demonstrated ownership of adata dictionary and/or business glossary

• Strong understanding ofsource‑of‑truth principles, data consistency, and governance

• Experience partnering withdata architects and engineering teamsin complex environments

• Financial services or fintech experience, including regulated data requirements

• Excellent analytical, documentation, and communication skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The national average salary range for this role is$110K-150K in base pay, exclusive of any bonuses and benefits.This base salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salary offered will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to location, experience, performance, and internal pay alignment. We do not anticipate that candidates hired will begin at the top of the range however, from time to time, it may occur on a case‑by‑case basis. Other rewards and benefits may include: 401(k) match, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid-Time-Off, etc. For more information, please visitcareers.ascensus.com/#Benefits