Business Data Analyst

AgWest Farm Credit is a member-owned financial cooperative that provides financing and related services to farmers, ranchers, agribusinesses, commercial fishermen, timber producers, rural homeowners and crop insurance customers in a seven-state territory in the Western United States. AgWest is part of the 100 year-old Farm Credit System – the leading provider of credit to American agriculture.

AgWest champions the growth and advancement of agriculture, the value of rural communities, and the vital contribution our customers make to the economy and society. We serve customers in 59 locations throughout the West.

We are in search of a Business Data Analyst I or Business Data Analyst II to join our Portfolio Risk and Analytics department in Spokane, Washington (Headquarters). This full-time position reports to the VP, Data Governance and Operations and is responsible for collecting, clarifying, and translating business requirements into documentation and conceptual design from which business solutions are developed.

This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule and one-time home office stipend after initial training period.

Compensation Information

The base salary range for this position is:

Level I: $57,000 - $95,000; bonus at target is 8% or 10% of salary, depending on experience.

Level II: $69,000 - $108,000; bonus at target is 10% of salary.

Job Requirements

• Work with internal stakeholders, including IT project teams and business clients, to develop high-level requirements that provide solutions to the most critical and complex user and business needs while ensuring the solutions align with intended business outcomes; utilize information to shape data solutions needed to address stated business outcomes and ensure data governance standards are maintained or enhanced on all assigned projects.
• Clearly articulate and documents business requirements including communications, training needs, and procedures.
• Develop recommendations for achieving business outcomes while enhancing data governance objectives.
• Design solutions, using appropriate tools and models to ensure usability, data governance and stated business outcomes are met.
• Perform ad-hoc data querying and analysis to support validation, data quality, and data extracts.
• Directly participate in the building and testing of data solutions used to achieve stated business outcomes and governance objectives.
• Deliver quality solutions, including effective communications to ensure adoption of new processes across the organization.
• Serve as a technical resource for supporting mission critical data.
• Perform all duties and maintain all standards in accordance with company policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Note: This is not a remote role and will require on-site work at the Spokane, Washington office. This role is eligible for a hybrid schedule after an initial training period.

AgWest Farm Credit does not provide visa sponsorships.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, business, accounting, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Generally, requires experience as a Business Analyst, Systems Analyst or a similar role, ideally in financial institution operations
• Understanding of databases, data integration and mining, and analysis tools
• Knowledge of business technology, financial management concepts, and methods of analysis
• Intellectual curiosity and ability to structure and solve problems
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage assignments
• Ability to plan, prioritize, organize and control assigned activities
  
  

Preferred Requirements

• Ability to read, and comprehend and write SQL code
• Knowledgeable in at least on reporting toolset, preferably PowerBI
• R-Studio experience
• Knowledge of Python coding
• Working knowledge of Microsoft data products
• Ability to identify patterns and potential issues and translate ambiguous business needs into solid functional requirements
• Ability to influence and demonstrate team leadership in all interactions
• Ability to effectively elicit information to create concise, organized business requirements
• Ability to apply critical thinking to evaluate cross functional dependencies, including upstream and downstream impacts
  
  

Benefits Offered By AgWest

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Basic term life and AD&D insurance (fully paid for by the company)
• Paid days off annually: 15 vacation*, 15 sick, 11 holidays and 3 volunteer
• 401(k) plan (6% match plus 3% employer contribution)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Program
• Jeans are welcome at work every day at AgWest!
• Vacation accrual rates increase with tenure.
  
  

Details about insurance and retirement benefits are available at: https://www.farmcreditfoundations.com/fcfbenefits

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender orientation, national origin, marital status, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by law.

When you apply for a position with AgWest Farm Credit, we collect personal identifiers (from your resume and other application information you submit), such as your name, email address, mailing address, telephone number(s) and employment and education related information. This helps us evaluate job applicants for hiring opportunities, and, communicate with them.

To comply with federal regulations for equal employment opportunity and affirmative action (EEO/AA), we track our applicants by gender, race/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, and the position for which they applied. You will be presented with a voluntary self-identification form as part of this application; we wanted you to know why we collect this information and what we do with it. Please be aware that this information is kept separate from your application, and not utilized in the selection process.

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