<p>The Business Analyst plays a pivotal role in driving digital transformation initiatives by deeply analyzing organizational challenges and identifying process inefficiencies. This position goes beyond traditional requirements gathering, often taking on product owner-like responsibilities such as defining features and prioritizing development efforts. The Business Analyst works collaboratively across teams to ensure strategic alignment with business objectives, promote agility, and help tech leaders achieve continuous improvement.</p><p>Key Responsibilities:</p><ul><li>Analyze business processes and organizational challenges to identify opportunities for improvement and efficiency.</li><li>Engage stakeholders to elicit, document, and validate project requirements, ensuring alignment with business goals.</li><li>Develop and maintain detailed project documentation, including business requirements, workflows, and use cases.</li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams (including PMOs and project managers) to drive successful digital transformation projects—from cloud migration to AI integration.</li><li>Prioritize features and development efforts in product owner-like capacities, promoting innovation and strategic value.</li><li>Utilize data analysis and reporting to measure project success, ROI, and support informed decision-making.</li><li>Promote agile project management practices (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe®) and iterative delivery, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.</li><li>Liaise between technical and non-technical teams to ensure business requirements are clearly understood and implemented.</li><li>Prepare and facilitate workshops or meetings to support project objectives and stakeholder engagement.</li></ul><p><br></p>
<p>Robert Half Management Resources is looking for a Functional Business Analyst to support one of our clients on an interim basis. This position is ideal for a hands-on, detail-oriented individual who can bridge accounting operations, transactional data analysis, and business systems support in a fast-paced environment. The role focuses on improving reconciliation processes, translating business needs into functional solutions, and partnering across finance, payments, and technology teams to strengthen accuracy and control.</p><p><br></p><p><u>Responsibilities:</u></p><p>• Partner with accounting, payments, retail systems, and IT teams to define business needs and convert them into clear functional specifications and process improvements.</p><p>• Lead data mapping and transformation activities for system enhancements, acquisitions, and platform-related initiatives affecting financial and transactional workflows.</p><p>• Build and refine complex queries using SQL and Microsoft Access to extract, validate, and analyze large volumes of transactional and reconciliation data.</p><p>• Assess end-to-end transaction flows across retail, vendor, and accounts receivable processes to identify gaps, improve consistency, and reinforce internal controls.</p><p>• Support the administration and functional maintenance of reconciliation applications, including configuration, mapping updates, and issue resolution.</p><p>• Develop business requirement documentation and related process artifacts to guide technical teams and ensure solutions align with operational accounting objectives.</p><p>• Investigate reconciliation exceptions across cash, credit card, and other payment activity, and recommend corrective actions to improve financial accuracy.</p><p>• Coordinate with stakeholders to standardize reporting and reconciliation practices across high-volume business operations.</p>
<p>We are looking for an Accounting Analyst to join a retail organization in Tempe, Arizona on a Contract basis. This position supports core accounting functions including month-end close, account reconciliations, and general ledger analysis, with a focus on utilizing BlackLine to improve accuracy and efficiency. This role combines traditional accounting responsibilities with system-driven process improvement and automation.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><ul><li>Perform balance sheet reconciliations using BlackLine or similar tools</li><li>Prepare journal entries and support general ledger activity</li><li>Assist with month-end close, ensuring timely and accurate reporting</li><li>Analyze account variances and resolve discrepancies</li><li>Maintain and improve reconciliation processes and documentation</li><li>Identify opportunities for automation and process enhancements</li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Operations, IT, Audit)</li><li>Support internal controls and SOX compliance efforts</li><li>Assist with system administration tasks, reporting, and user support</li></ul><p><br></p>