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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.
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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

Data analysisBanking operationsEPMO governanceChange managementMS Office SuiteCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

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

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Western Alliance Bank is a banking firm that offers commercial and business banking solutions.

H1B Sponsorship

Western Alliance Bank has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (42)
2024 (30)
2023 (49)
2022 (28)
2021 (13)
2020 (10)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$400M
2025-11-19Post Ipo Debt· $400M
2005-06-30IPO

Leadership Team

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Tim Boothe
Chief Operating Officer
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Barbara Kennedy
CHRO, EVP
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