Business Analysis Associate II

Business Analysis Associate II

 

Unlock your potential by turning demand forecasts into action, improving case outcomes, and delivering executive-ready insights with clear impact.

As a Business Analysis Associate within the Disputes team in Consumer and Community Banking, you manage end-to-end inventory and case management performance in partnership with business and capacity planning partners. You translate demand forecasts into operational plans, maintain healthy work in progress levels, and drive improvements in throughput, quality, and cost. You own critical reporting, embed controls into change initiatives, and deliver clear, executive-ready insights for senior leaders.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage inventory and work-in-progress health by setting targets for backlog, aging, and throughput and leading regular reviews to prevent bottlenecks
• Partner with capacity planning stakeholders to translate volume forecasts into staffing plans, shift coverage, work allocation, and overtime scenarios
• Lead queue and case management performance by defining routing, prioritization, service levels, exception handling, and real-time rebalancing
• Own disputes reporting by ensuring accuracy, completeness, timeliness, business logic, data lineage, and documentation
• Validate and reconcile report inputs by investigating anomalies and resolving data discrepancies
• Coordinate with analytics and technology teams to clarify requirements, prioritize enhancements, conduct user acceptance testing, and drive frontline adoption
• Analyze business, financial, credit, and risk data to identify opportunities, assess implications, and recommend client-focused solutions
• Drive process improvement and project initiatives from root-cause analysis through implementation, standardization, and automation
• Design enhancements to processes, operating models, business applications, and toolsets to improve efficiency, controls, and client experience
• Embed risk, regulatory, access, audit-trail, and change-management requirements into operational changes
• Produce executive-ready dashboards and narratives that highlight trends, risks, decisions, actions, owners, and due dates

Required qualifications, skills, and capabilities:

• Demonstrate experience in business analysis, operations, transformation, project management, or a related discipline
• Manage inventory, work-in-progress, queues, service levels, and operational performance using defined targets and routines
• Apply analytical skills to interpret data, identify root causes, and develop practical recommendations
• Translate forecasts and business demand into staffing, capacity, and work-allocation plans
• Define requirements that enable process or technology enhancements from concept through delivery
• Support user acceptance testing and implementation activities to drive effective adoption
• Communicate clearly in writing and verbally, including preparing concise materials for senior leaders
• Prioritize multiple workstreams, make sound decisions, and deliver within deadlines
• Influence stakeholders through collaboration, facilitation, and structured problem-solving
• Uphold sound risk practices and data integrity while driving continuous improvement
• Leverage reporting tools, workflow platforms, automation, and data visualization capabilities

Preferred qualifications, skills, and capabilities:

• Bring a bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience, with exposure to data operations, disputes operations, or related banking operations
• Own reports by validating data, documenting business logic, and resolving discrepancies
• Apply capacity planning, forecasting, workforce allocation, or overtime management practices
• Navigate risk management, controls, compliance, and regulatory requirements within a banking or financial services environment
• Partner with analytics and technology teams in an Agile or backlog-driven environment
• Support more than one Consumer and Community Banking Operations function or line of business
• Demonstrate: “Developing experience using AI-powered analytics, workflow automation, or intelligent process tools to drive efficiency gains, reduce manual effort, or improve accuracy in operational pr

Experience Level

Mid Level