We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst to join our team in Downers Grove, Illinois. In this role, you will act as a vital link between business operations and IT, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration to meet organizational objectives. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, a customer-focused approach, and the ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Collaborate with business units to understand operational needs and translate them into technical requirements.<br>• Act as the primary liaison between IT and business stakeholders, fostering clear communication and alignment.<br>• Conduct research, impact analysis, and workflow evaluations to gather and analyze requirements for new initiatives.<br>• Develop detailed specifications, test plans, and documentation to support system functionality and business processes.<br>• Provide technical and functional support for enterprise systems, including configuration, testing, and troubleshooting.<br>• Design and implement training programs to enhance user understanding of systems and processes.<br>• Create and execute test cases to validate system functionality and ensure quality standards are met.<br>• Lead the resolution of technical issues, acting as the escalation point for help desk cases and ensuring timely solutions.<br>• Monitor industry trends and emerging technologies to recommend improvements and innovative solutions.<br>• Maintain compliance with change control procedures, ensuring proper documentation and communication throughout projects.
<p><em>The salary range for this position is $100,000-$121,000 plus bonus, and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this remote role please send your resume to [email protected].</em></p><p><br></p><p>Fast-Track Career Advancement Opportunity (This position is expected to advance quickly within the company over the next few months.)</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES:</u></strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>· Lead the Internal Audit data analytics function, serving as the primary point of expertise for data analytics, automation, AI-enabled solutions, and continuous auditing within the department.</p><p>· Apply a data-driven mindset to build, enhance, and execute Internal Audit data solutions that deliver advanced audit capabilities, including automation, continuous auditing, and data analytics.</p><p>· Lead and oversee data analytics initiatives supporting audit, SOX, and risk projects, leveraging advanced analytical techniques to enhance audit procedures, expand coverage, and identify risks.</p><p>· Design and execute data-driven testing of key controls across in-scope processes, systems, and programs, elevating levels of assurance, consistency, and audit efficiency.</p><p>· Develop and implement AI-enabled and advanced analytics solutions using available tools to support audit teams and audit operations.</p><p>· Drive automation across audit, SOX, and risk activities, unlocking efficiencies and improving the quality and scalability of testing and analysis.</p><p>· Develop and enhance continuous auditing capabilities, including dashboards and monitoring solutions that provide timely control and business insights to support management action.</p><p>· Serve as a data champion within Internal Audit by elevating awareness of appropriate, effective, and responsible uses of data in assurance and advisory work.</p><p>· Collaborate closely with audit teams to integrate analytics into audit planning, execution, and reporting activities.</p><p>· Build and maintain strong relationships with key data leaders, system owners, and data custodians to enable timely and reliable access to data required for audit and risk initiatives.</p><p>· Leverage enterprise systems such as Workday, JD Edwards (JDE), Salesforce, and other core platforms as key data sources to support audit analytics, continuous auditing, and data-driven control testing.</p><p>· Use existing data sources and structures to provide more quantitative, evidence-based assessments of key risks, controls, and audit conclusions.</p><p><br></p>
