Advanced Business Analyst at Wintrust Financial Corporation in Rosemont, Illinois

Job Description:

Wintrust is a financial holding company with approximately $50 billion assets under management and traded on the NASDAQ:WTFC. Built on the "HAVE IT ALL" model, Wintrust offers sophisticated technology and resources of a large bank while focusing on providing service-based community banking to each and every customer. Wintrust operates fifteen community bank subsidiaries with over 170 banking locations in the greater Chicago and southern Wisconsin market areas. Additionally, Wintrust operates various non-bank business units including commercial and life insurance premium financing, short-term accounts receivable financing, out-sourced administrative services, mortgage origination and purchase, wealth management services and qualified intermediary services for tax-deferred exchanges.

Why join us?

• An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 8 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)




• Competitive pay and discretionary bonus eligible




• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few




• Promote from within culture

Why join this team?

• We stress the importance of teamwork and learning from each other so the team always exceeds business expectations




• We are a dynamic and growing team that plays a critical role at Wintrust.




• We foster a culture of collaboration, empowerment, responsibility and accomplishment.




• We hold ourselves accountable to high standards, share wins, operate ethically, and have fun during the process




• This role offers the ability to make an impact and interface with the various aspects of Wintrust’s businesses lines

Position Summary

The Advanced Business Analyst is a mid-level business analysis position and serves as a key subject matter contributor for organizing and coordinating strategic business analysis services to business partners. The focus of this position is to work closely with the business units to gain in-depth understanding of customer's business strategy, processes, services, roadmap and the context in which the business team operates. This role will be key to understanding and documenting capabilities and business, functional and technical requirements needed to address business challenges. Advanced Business Analysts will work closely with Business resources and stakeholders, internal Technology teams, and various vendors and third-party consultants and implementers.

What You’ll Do

• Distill and analyze complex, enterprise level business challenges and transform those challenges into succinct, written business, functional and technical requirements




• Review business processes from end-to-end to identify and address operational, financial and technological risks




• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency of business or technical processes




• Able to communicate high level technology requirements and specifications that meet current and future business needs




• Co-lead in large enterprise level projects while working with cross functional teams in planning, development and implementation of technical solutions




• Facilitate design sessions for business solutions




• Identify opportunities to leverage existing capabilities in Business Line portfolio to solve business challenges




• Ensure that the design and integration of proposed system, software and hardware solutions leads to the development and growth of the business through effective use of technology




• Escalate project roadblocks to Business Line and Program Management Leadership




• This position supports multiple business units, projects, programs and software applications

Qualifications

• 3-5 years experience working as a business analyst with special emphasis on coordinating business, functional and technical requirements and/or project management across large cross functional teams, programs or projects. Business Analyst experience in financial services preferred.




• Working knowledge of project management, general IT, and Business Operations




• Capability to relate underlying data to the corresponding business processes




• Must possess a leadership and relationship building mindset, time management, facilitation, and organizational skills




• Working knowledge of change management principles and performance evaluation processes




• Exposure to Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including Agile and Scrum Methodologies




• Must have working knowledge of business productivity tools like Microsoft Office, Excel, Power Point, and Visio.




• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, must be able to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical people




• Ability to be creative and think outside of the box to see the whole business picture while maintaining an exceptional eye for detail




• Ability to work on multiple projects and programs simultaneously




• Able to work with strict deadlines and time pressure




• Excellent attitude and positive demeanor




• B.S, B.A. in Computer Science or Business required

Benefits

Medical Insurance • Dental • Vision • Life insurance • Accidental death and dismemberment • Short-term and long term Disability Insurance • Parental Leave • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount • Critical Illness Insurance • Accident Insurance • Transportation and Commuting Benefits • Banking Benefits • Pet Insurance

#LI-REMOTE

From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To be Chicago’s Bank® and Wisconsin's Bank®, we need to reflect that diversity both in all the communities we serve, the people we employ, the organizations we work with, and our banking and lending practices. Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.