Senior Business Data Analyst

Krasan Consulting Services is seeking a Senior Business Data Analyst to support a Data & Analytics Support initiative focused on Child Protection and Child Welfare. The role bridges business stakeholders and technical teams by translating requirements into data solutions, uncovering insights, designing data products, and enabling evidence-based decision-making.

Responsibilities:

• Working directly with business/users and stakeholders
• Conducting discovery sessions and gathering/documenting requirements
• Translating business needs into functional/reporting requirements
• Working directly with business users, understanding business processes, identifying needs and pain points, and driving requirements from discovery through delivery
• Conducting discovery sessions, interviews, and working sessions; asking the right questions; gathering/documenting requirements; and translating business needs into clear functional and reporting requirements
• Serve as the bridge between business users and technical teams, translating business requirements into data/reporting requirements and working effectively with Data Engineers, architects, and BI developers
• Support a high-impact Data & Analytics Support initiative, with a focus on enhancing outcomes in Child Protection and Child Welfare domains
• Serve as a strategic liaison between cross-functional stakeholders, ensuring the effective translation of complex business requirements into actionable data solutions
• Uncovering insights, designing data products, and enabling evidence-based decision-making that advances the mission of safeguarding children and supporting vulnerable populations

Requirements:

• Strong BA experience
• Working directly with business/users and stakeholders
• Conducting discovery sessions and gathering/documenting requirements
• Translating business needs into functional/reporting requirements
• Strong communication and storytelling skills
• Hands-on experience developing reports and data visualizations
• Experience translating business requirements into dashboards/reports/visual solutions
• Ability to work with users to understand what information they need and how it should be presented
• Expertise in Microsoft Power BI with ability to develop interactive, scalable dashboards and analytics reports
• Strong proficiency in SQL for querying, joining, and aggregating large datasets across relational databases
• Familiarity with metadata frameworks and enterprise data management practices
• Hands-on experience performing broader BA responsibilities, working directly with business users, understanding business processes, identifying needs and pain points, and driving requirements from discovery through delivery
• Strong experience conducting discovery sessions, interviews, and working sessions; asking the right questions; gathering/documenting requirements; and translating business needs into clear functional and reporting requirements
• Hands-on Power BI/data visualization experience with the ability to understand what information users need, how it should be presented, and how to tell the story through the data , rather than simply developing visuals from predefined specifications
• Ability to serve as the bridge between business users and technical teams, translating business requirements into data/reporting requirements and working effectively with Data Engineers, architects, and BI developers
• Excellent verbal/written communication, facilitation, presentation, and relationship-building skills. The candidate should be comfortable leading stakeholder discussions, challenging or clarifying requirements when necessary, and presenting information to both business and technical audiences