Western Alliance Bank · 6 hours ago
Senior Business Analyst - Payment Operations
Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation, and they are seeking a Senior Business Analyst to lead the analysis of complex business challenges within their Payment Operations team. The role involves collaborating with stakeholders to define business requirements, optimize workflows, and provide analytical insights to support decision-making.
FinanceBankingFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Partner with stakeholders to define business requirements, assess impacts, and prioritize initiatives, ensuring alignment with the organization's strategic goals
Lead efforts to document evaluate and enhance business processes and procedures. Identify opportunities for automation and efficiency improvements. Design and manage complex reports, synthesize large datasets, and develop actionable insights that support executive decision-making
Monitor key performance indicators (KPI's) and analyze transaction data to provide insights and recommendations for operational efficiency
Oversee change management initiatives by developing communication plans and ensuring smooth adoption of process and system changes
Act as a liaison between business units, technology teams, project teams, project sponsors and leadership to drive alignment, resolve challenges, and ensure successful project execution
Assist Senior Project Manager in leading cross-functional meetings to communicate project status between stakeholders, gather feedback, update implementation plans, timelines, milestones, tasks, action items to ensure projects are delivered on time
Qualification
Required
6+ years of related experience
Understanding of EPMO (Enterprise Project Management Office) and ECM (Enterprise Change Management) governance frameworks and methodologies
High school diploma required; Bachelor's degree in related field preferred
Intermediate to advanced knowledge of general banking operations, including deposit operations, loan administration, treasury management and/or other commercial banking products and services
Intermediate to advanced knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices
Intermediate to advanced experience with data analysis and research with the ability to identify and escalate cases or inquiries to mitigate bank risks
Intermediate to advanced skills in MS Office Suite
Intermediate speaking and writing communication skills
Preferred
Intermediate to advanced experience with banking applications and systems preferred
Benefits
Medical and dental insurance
Time off
A great 401k matching program
Tuition assistance program
An employee volunteer program
A wellness program
Company
Western Alliance Bank
Western Alliance Bank is a banking firm that offers commercial and business banking solutions.
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$400M2025-11-19Post Ipo Debt· $400M
2005-06-30IPO
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