Non IT Business Analyst in New York, NY 10172

Duration: 06 Months + Extension

Project Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst to support the Security Metrics & Reporting function within the ISDAD Business Management team. This role serves as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, supporting strategic initiatives through data analysis, reporting, requirements gathering, and process improvement activities.
The successful candidate will combine strong business analysis capabilities with hands-on reporting and data analysis skills. This individual will work closely with cybersecurity, technology, risk, and business stakeholders to gather requirements, execute data extracts, develop reporting solutions, analyze trends, and support decision-making. The ideal candidate possesses strong stakeholder management skills, proficiency in Excel and reporting tools, and working knowledge of SQL and relational databases.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to gather, document, and clarify business and reporting requirements.
• Conduct stakeholder interviews, workshops, and working sessions to understand business needs and reporting objectives.
• Analyze current business processes and identify opportunities for automation, efficiency improvements, and enhanced reporting capabilities.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications and reporting requirements for technical teams.
• Collect, organize, validate, and analyze data from internal systems, databases, spreadsheets, and reporting platforms.
• Write and execute basic SQL queries to perform data extracts, reconciliation, and analysis activities.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance recurring reports, dashboards, scorecards, and executive presentations.
• Create visualizations and reporting deliverables using Excel, Power BI, and other analytics tools.
• Identify trends, anomalies, and actionable insights to support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Support testing, user acceptance activities, training, and deployment of new reporting solutions and system enhancements.
• Facilitate communication between business users and technical teams throughout project and reporting lifecycles.
• Support ad hoc reporting requests and data analysis initiatives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to resolve data quality issues and improve reporting accuracy and consistency.
• Maintain business requirements, process documentation, reporting procedures, and supporting artifacts.
• Ensure reporting and analysis activities align with applicable data governance, privacy, and information security requirements.

Required Qualifications

• 4 7 years of experience as a Business Analyst, Data Analyst, Reporting Analyst, or related role.
• Experience gathering business requirements, facilitating stakeholder discussions, and documenting functional specifications.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, formulas, lookups, and advanced reporting techniques.
• Experience developing reports and dashboards using Power BI, Tableau, or comparable business intelligence tools.
• Working knowledge of SQL and relational databases, including the ability to create and execute queries for data extraction and validation.
• Experience with process mapping and business process analysis.
• Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at multiple levels.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting cybersecurity, risk management, technology, governance, or regulatory reporting functions.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity metrics, KPIs, KRIs, executive dashboards, and performance reporting.
• Experience with JIRA, Visio, Confluence, or similar project and business analysis tools.
• Exposure to data governance, data quality, and information management practices.
• Experience working with Power Query, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, or other modern analytics platforms.
• Understanding of information security concepts and controls.

Skills:

• Business analysis and requirements gathering
• Stakeholder engagement and relationship management
• Data analysis and reporting
• SQL and relational databases
• Process mapping and process improvement
• Power BI, Tableau, and Excel reporting
• Agile and SDLC methodologies
• Data governance and data quality management
• Executive presentation and communication skills
• Problem-solving and analytical thinking

#CareerBuilder #Monster #Dice #Indeed #LinkedIn