Technical Business System Analyst

SoftClouds; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SoftClouds seeks an experienced Technical Business Systems Analyst to guide a Finance application from proof of concept to production readiness. The BSA will act as the IT liaison across Finance and internal tech teams, translating business needs into actionable delivery items and ensuring knowledge retention within the client organization.

The role requires strong Agile delivery, Jira backlog management, and collaboration with Finance, Product, and vendor teams to define requirements,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Business Systems Analyst, Technical BSA, or comparable enterprise role.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum delivery and Jira or similar tools.
• Experience supporting Finance, FP&A, planning, pricing, profitability, or data‑intensive applications.
• Experience coordinating cloud-hosted apps, APIs, data pipelines, and enterprise integrations.
• Comfort with Azure environments, SSO/RBAC, CI/CD concepts, and Dev/Test/UAT/Production lifecycle.
• Strong requirements, testing, documentation, vendor management, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Ability to bridge Finance users and technical teams; automotive or complex planning experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the client’s primary Technical BSA for the application and coordinate day-to-day delivery activities.
• Partner with Finance/Product stakeholders to understand processes, priorities, calculations, workflow, and business rules.
• Translate business requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and technical requirements.
• Maintain and prioritize Jira backlog items, defects, dependencies, risks, decisions, and action items.
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, demos, retrospectives, and release planning.
• Coordinate dependencies across Azure, Data/EIM, Security, Infrastructure, Architecture, integrations, and other internal teams.
• Support data requirements for vehicle, cost, pricing, volume, mix, profitability, competitive, and planning inputs.
• Coordinate source-system and integration requirements; support data mapping, validation, reconciliation, and issue tracking.
• Coordinate application access, roles, environment needs, and security requirements.
• Support SIT, UAT, regression testing, defect triage, business validation, and release readiness.
• Partner with implementation vendors during design, development, testing, deployment, stabilization, and knowledge transfer.
• Document application functionality, data dependencies, integrations, design decisions, and operational procedures.
• Support production-readiness gates, go-live preparation, hypercare, and transition to ongoing support.
• Provide concise status, risk, and dependency updates to IT and Finance leadership.
• Help prepare future phases, including new integrations, workflow expansion, and AI-enabled capabilities.

Skills

Agile/Scrum delivery

Jira backlog management

Stakeholder communication

Requirements gathering

Azure

CI/CD concepts

Finance domain knowledge

Data integration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Jira

Azure

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Technical Business Systems Analyst to support a Finance application as it transitions from proof of concept into a production-ready capability. The Technical BSA will serve as the day-to-day IT liaison across Finance, and internal technology teams, translating business needs into actionable delivery items and ensuring application knowledge, decisions, and operating processes are retained within the client organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the client's primary Technical BSA for the application and coordinate day-to-day delivery activities.
• Partner with Finance/Product stakeholders to understand processes, priorities, calculations, workflow, and business rules.
• Translate business requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and technical requirements.
• Maintain and prioritize Jira backlog items, defects, dependencies, risks, decisions, and action items.
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, demos, retrospectives, and release planning.
• Coordinate dependencies across Azure, Data/EIM, Security, Infrastructure, Architecture, integrations, and other internal teams.
• Support data requirements for vehicle, cost, pricing, volume, mix, profitability, competitive, and planning inputs.
• Coordinate source-system and integration requirements; support data mapping, validation, reconciliation, and issue tracking.
• Coordinate application access, roles, environment needs, and security requirements.
• Support SIT, UAT, regression testing, defect triage, business validation, and release readiness.
• Partner with implementation vendors during design, development, testing, deployment, stabilization, and knowledge transfer.
• Document application functionality, data dependencies, integrations, design decisions, and operational procedures.
• Support production-readiness gates, go-live preparation, hypercare, and transition to ongoing support.
• Provide concise status, risk, and dependency updates to IT and Finance leadership.
• Help prepare future phases, including new integrations, workflow expansion, and AI-enabled capabilities.

Requirements

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Technical Business Systems Analyst to support a Finance application as it transitions from proof of concept into a production-ready capability. The Technical BSA will serve as the day-to-day IT liaison across Finance, and internal technology teams, translating business needs into actionable delivery items and ensuring application knowledge, decisions, and operating processes are retained within the client organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the client's primary Technical BSA for the application and coordinate day-to-day delivery activities.
• Partner with Finance/Product stakeholders to understand processes, priorities, calculations, workflow, and business rules.
• Translate business requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and technical requirements.
• Maintain and prioritize Jira backlog items, defects, dependencies, risks, decisions, and action items.
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, demos, retrospectives, and release planning.
• Coordinate dependencies across Azure, Data/EIM, Security, Infrastructure, Architecture, integrations, and other internal teams.
• Support data requirements for vehicle, cost, pricing, volume, mix, profitability, competitive, and planning inputs.
• Coordinate source-system and integration requirements; support data mapping, validation, reconciliation, and issue tracking.
• Coordinate application access, roles, environment needs, and security requirements.
• Support SIT, UAT, regression testing, defect triage, business validation, and release readiness.
• Partner with implementation vendors during design, development, testing, deployment, stabilization, and knowledge transfer.
• Document application functionality, data dependencies, integrations, design decisions, and operational procedures.
• Support production-readiness gates, go-live preparation, hypercare, and transition to ongoing support.
• Provide concise status, risk, and dependency updates to IT and Finance leadership.
• Help prepare future phases, including new integrations, workflow expansion, and AI-enabled capabilities.

Requirements

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Business Systems Analyst, Technical BSA, or comparable enterprise application role.
• Strong Agile/Scrum delivery experience and hands-on use of Jira or similar tools.
• Experience supporting Finance, FP&A, planning, pricing, profitability, or other data‑intensive business applications.
• Experience coordinating cloud-hosted applications, APIs, data pipelines, and enterprise integrations.
• Comfort working with Azure application environments, SSO/RBAC, CI/CD concepts, and Dev/Test/UAT/Production lifecycle.
• Strong requirements, testing, documentation, vendor‑management, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Ability to bridge Finance users and highly technical teams; automotive or complex planning experience is a plus.

Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.