Velera is the nation’s premier payments credit union service organization and an integrated fintech solutions provider. The Business Intelligence Analyst II will support cross-functional teams by gathering business requirements, analyzing data, and contributing to the development of BI solutions, focusing on delivering actionable insights and supporting data governance and quality initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Partnering with stakeholders to gather and translate business needs into technical requirements
- Supporting the development and maintenance of BI solutions, semantic layers, and data products
- Analyzing large datasets to generate insights for internal and external stakeholders
- Collaborating with Data Science to develop models and advanced analytics
- Promoting data governance, quality standards, and consistent data definitions
- Acting as a consultant on data best practices, architecture, and process improvement
- Providing training and support on governed data sources and tools
- Gather and translate business needs into clear, actionable technical requirements
- Support the design and enhancement of BI products and semantic layers
- Develop subject matter expertise in assigned data domains
- Analyze large datasets to uncover trends, validate data, and generate insights
- Collaborate with Data Science on model development and advanced analytics
- Deliver consultative insights to stakeholders to support data-driven decisions
- Maintain data definitions, metadata, and lineage documentation
- Enforce data governance standards and ensure data accuracy and consistency
- Assist in identifying and resolve data quality issues
- Facilitate stakeholder meetings and communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences
- Prepare documentation for product and marketing releases
- Build strong relationships across business units and external partners
- Lead training sessions and contribute to user education materials
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Science, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, Business Intelligence, or a related quantitative discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required
- Minimum 3–5 years of experience in a Business Intelligence or Business Analyst role, preferably in the payments industry
- Experience working with large datasets, identifying trends, and delivering insights
- Master's degree in Information Systems, Data Science, or Business Administration is preferred
- Experience with SAP Business Objects is preferred
- Experience with Snowflake and Databricks is preferred
- Exposure to product development or business consulting is a plus
- Project coordination experience preferred