Strategic Banking Business Analyst

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Apple Valley (MN); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

HSA with company contribution

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Vacation & Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Ent Credit Union and Wings Credit Union have merged to create a broader, service-focused financial partner committed to member well-being and community impact. The Business Analyst will translate strategic priorities into actionable solutions, partnering with stakeholders to deliver measurable value across projects.

Ideal candidates bring 3+ years in business analysis, cross-functional collaboration, and a background in financial services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Technology, Finance, or related field (preferred).
• 3+ years of experience in business analysis, requirements management, process improvement, or related work (required).
• Experience working on cross-functional projects with business and technology stakeholders (required).
• Financial services, banking, or credit union experience (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Act as a liaison between business units and project teams to elicit, analyze, document, and validate business needs, scope, and requirements.
• Support initiative discovery and planning by defining problem statements, scope boundaries, assumptions, dependencies, risks, and expected business value.
• Facilitate requirements gathering sessions and stakeholder interviews to identify business, functional, non-functional, and reporting requirements.
• Translate business needs into clear, actionable functional and technical specifications that guide solution design and delivery.
• Maintain requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle to ensure alignment between business objectives, solution design, and delivered outcomes.
• Collaborate with Business Leads, Business Process Designers, Data Analysts, Architects, Developers, vendors, and other stakeholders to analyze requirements and support solution design.
• Leverage knowledge of business processes and technology applications to evaluate solution options and recommend approaches that meet business objectives.
• Partner with project delivery teams to develop and maintain user stories, acceptance criteria, and other project artifacts within approved collaboration tools.
• Support user acceptance testing by working with QA and business stakeholders to define, review, and validate acceptance criteria.
• Document and maintain current-state and future-state process models to support operational improvements and strategic goals.
• Estimate business area resource needs and support project intake, prioritization, and capacity planning activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve business processes, efficiency, member experience, and organizational effectiveness.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements management

Cross-functional collaboration

Process improvement

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Technology, Finance, or related field

Tools

Visio

Excel

Outlook

Projects

PowerPoint

Job description

Ent Credit Union and Wings Credit Union have merged to create a broader, service-focused financial partner committed to member well-being and community impact. The Business Analyst will translate strategic priorities into actionable solutions, partnering with stakeholders to deliver measurable value across projects.

Ideal candidates bring 3+ years in business analysis, cross-functional collaboration, and a background in financial services.