Business Analyst (Non-IT)

Cook Systems is seeking a Business Analyst to analyze non-IT business problems and support process improvement. The role develops business intelligence and analytics solutions, financial assessment frameworks, and data-driven recommendations in collaboration with business, IT, and data engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze non-IT business problems and articulate requirements to support process improvement opportunities
• Create frameworks for assessing financial payback and document current and desired states
• Identify alternative solutions, make recommendations, and develop requirements to bridge process owners and solution developers
• Gather complex business requirements and partner with customers to define business problems and data needs
• Lead the development and implementation of business intelligence solutions, including data visualization and transformation
• Develop analytic infrastructures, data engineering, and related business intelligence efforts
• Apply data visualization best practices to identify and interpret trends or patterns
• Utilize advanced knowledge of data structures and sources for analytics solutions, including leveraging Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Partner with IT and data engineering teams for the development of scalable data pipelines
• Collaborate on the design and implementation of technical standards and governance practices
• Apply innovative analytical approaches to drive business change and provide system thinking for data architecture decisions

Requirements:

• Proven experience with SQL and SAS
• Strong understanding of data visualization and data transformation tools
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to assess process performance and articulate business requirements
• Preferred experience in large banks or fintech industries and familiarity with credit processes
• Preferred US education background