Senior Business System Analyst

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation, and they are seeking a Senior Business Systems Analyst. In this role, you'll collect and translate business requirements into documentation and design, participate in system testing, and collaborate with various stakeholders to enhance product offerings and drive technology initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Lead efforts to research, analyze, and align business needs with technology solutions to maximize efficiency and drive innovation. Evaluate complex business technology challenges, identify system enhancements, and provide strategic recommendations to improve processes and user experience
• Create, develop and oversee application interfaces, system linkages, and dashboard solutions to ensure seamless data flow and system performance. Take ownership of key business technology projects, driving execution, managing risks, and ensuring successful delivery of solutions that enhance business performance
• Act as a key technology advisor and provide expert-level guidance on system capabilities, integrations, and optimizations for business applications. Develop sophisticated reporting and data visualization solutions that provide deep business insights and support data-driven decision-making
• Collaborate with business leaders, IT teams, and vendors to drive technology initiatives, resolve challenges, and ensure alignment with organizational goals. Ensure all technology implementations adhere to regulatory, security, and operational standards while promoting industry best practices

Requirements:

• 8+ years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree in related field required
• Advanced knowledge of general banking operations, including deposit operations, loan administration, treasury management and/or other commercial banking products and services
• Advanced knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices
• Advanced experience in application testing skills to be able to create test cases and for documentation
• Advanced MS Excel skills and the ability to create pivot tables, perform XLOOKUPs, use conditional logic, compare data, and banking applications
• Advanced speaking and writing communication skills