Strategic Cost Transparency & Financial Analytics Lead

Digital Federal Credit Union; Hillsboro (OR); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

401(k) match

Paid Time Off

Paid holidays

Employee discounts on lending products

Job summary

First Tech Federal Credit Union is seeking a Business Analyst, Cost Transparency & Financial Analytics to develop cost transparency and unit cost models, partnering with Finance to align analytics with delivery performance reporting. The role informs investment decisions and executive narratives for regulatory audiences.

Responsibilities include maintaining models, driving cost-to-value metrics, and translating data into clear, decision-ready insights for leadership across programs and vendors.

Qualifications

• Experience in workforce planning, capacity modeling, or resource management within a portfolio, program, or enterprise delivery environment
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize data across teams, vendors, and timelines
• Proven ability to influence decisionmaking through datadriven insights and scenario analysis
• Experience partnering with Finance and Delivery leaders on planning, forecasting, and tradeoff discussions
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex analysis into clear, concise executive narratives
• Strong business acumen with the ability to align capacity and workforce decisions to enterprise priorities, strategic commitments, and value outcomes
• Proven ability to influence without authority and guide leadership decisions on prioritization, trade-offs, and investment timing
• Exceptional critical thinking and judgment in evaluating competing demands, resource constraints, and risk implications
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust and credibility across Finance, Delivery, and vendor partners
• Effective facilitation skills to lead structured discussions on trade-offs, capacity constraints, and workforce strategies
• Demonstrated ability to operate in complex, matrixed environments with competing priorities and evolving demands
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple planning cycles, scenarios, and deadlines concurrently
• Ability to translate workforce and capacity insights into clear business impacts, including delivery timelines, cost implications, and risk exposure
• High level of ownership, accountability, and attention to detail in planning, analysis, and executive communications
• Strong collaboration and negotiation skills, particularly in balancing internal capacity with vendor strategies and constraints
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and driving clarity in workforce planning decisions where inputs or forecasts may be incomplete

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain cost transparency models aligned to delivery units, portfolios, and operating models
• Partner with Finance to define, govern, and track unit cost and cost to value metrics
• Analyze cost drivers related to delivery velocity, quality, rework, and capacity constraints
• Support investment, funding, and prioritization discussions by providing clear cost to value and trade off insights
• Align financial analytics with portfolio and delivery performance reporting for leadership governance and regulatory audiences
• Ensure consistency and integrity between delivery metrics, cost analytics, and financial narratives
• Translate complex financial and operational data into clear, executive ready insights that support decision making

Skills

Workforce planning

Capacity modeling

Resource management

Analytical skills

Data-driven insights

Scenario analysis

Finance partnership

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Business acumen

Influence without authority

Prioritization

Risk assessment

Delivery governance

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

First Tech Federal Credit Union is seeking a Business Analyst, Cost Transparency & Financial Analytics to develop cost transparency and unit cost models, partnering with Finance to align analytics with delivery performance reporting. The role informs investment decisions and executive narratives for regulatory audiences.

Responsibilities include maintaining models, driving cost-to-value metrics, and translating data into clear, decision-ready insights for leadership across programs and vendors.