<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>
We are looking for an Accounting Analyst to join a retail organization in Tempe, Arizona on a Contract basis. This onsite opportunity is well suited for someone early in their career who is eager to build practical accounting operations experience in a supportive, fast-moving environment. The position focuses primarily on high-volume data matching and entry work, with limited involvement in traditional accounting tasks. Candidates who are organized, accurate, and comfortable handling repetitive processes with efficiency will be successful in this role.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Review, align, and transfer financial data accurately into BlackLine while maintaining consistency across records.<br>• Perform detailed comparisons between source documents and system information to ensure data is matched correctly.<br>• Support day-to-day accounting operations related to payable, receivable, billing, and reconciliation activities as needed.<br>• Maintain organized documentation and follow established procedures to help preserve data integrity.<br>• Assist with a small portion of general accounting work while concentrating mainly on transaction-focused support tasks.<br>• Work onsite five days per week in Tempe, Arizona and manage assigned tasks within a flexible daily schedule.<br>• Collaborate with team members to provide continuity of work during a transition in role coverage.<br>• Identify discrepancies in records and escalate issues promptly so corrections can be made efficiently.