Job Title: Business Analyst
Project Context: Advanced Reporting & Analytics Data Governance
Location: Minneapolis MN 55402
Hybrid: 3 Days Per Week In Office Required
Working Hours: 8-4 CST
Duration: 6+ months on contract with possible extension
Pay Range: $60/hr to $64.28/hr
Top Requirements: 5 years’ experience. They must be able to take a process that is mainly done in MSAccess (some MSExcel) and use Excel, PowerBI and/or power automate to streamline the reporting and output process.

Overview
The Business Analyst will lead the modernization and streamlining of several compensation related risk reporting processes currently operating in MS Access and Excel. This role requires not only strong analytical and documentation capabilities but also the ability to re engineer legacy workflows into modern, efficient, and automated solutions using Workday Reports, Power Automate, Power BI, and advanced Excel techniques. The ideal candidate brings both technical skill and creativity—able to rethink outputs, redesign end to end processes, and ensure the solutions are efficient, scalable, and maintainable.

Key Responsibilities
Process Modernization & Automation
•   Assess existing MS Access and Excel based compensation risk reporting processes and identify opportunities to streamline, automate, and simplify.
•   Redesign workflows rather than duplicating existing antiquated processes (“not just lift and shift”).
•   Develop modernized solutions leveraging Power Automate, Power BI, and advanced Excel capabilities.
•   Reimagine how outputs are produced to improve efficiency, accuracy, and user experience.

Business Analysis & Requirements
•   Lead end to end business requirements definition to successful completion, including discovery, analysis, documentation, and validation.
•   Create detailed business requirements, process flows, use cases, test plans, and training materials.
•   Conduct customer and market needs analysis to ensure solutions meet evolving expectations and compliance needs.

Cross Functional Collaboration
•   Serve as the primary liaison between client subject matter experts, technology teams, product teams, relationship management, quality assurance, and project management partners.
•   Translate business requirements into functional specifications that development teams can execute.
•   Partner with stakeholders to ensure solutions align with tactical plans, risk standards, and long term reporting needs.

Solution Development Support
•   Assist with overall system design—from user interface considerations through backend logic—ensuring alignment with modern reporting and workflow capabilities.
•   Support user acceptance testing, issue resolution, and knowledge transfer during deployment.
•   Help identify additional business opportunities and improvements within existing processes and client engagements.

Knowledge Management & Documentation
•   Oversee business to system knowledge management to support continuity and future enhancements.
•   Maintain clear and comprehensive documentation for reengineered processes and system outputs.

Required Skills & Qualifications
•   Strong expertise with MS Access and Excel, including advanced functions and data transformation.
•   Workday Report Writing skills
•   Proven experience modernizing legacy processes using Power BI (datasets, data models, report design) and Power Automate (workflow automation, integrations).
•   Ability to design efficient, scalable solutions that improve on—not replicate—existing workflows.
•   Demonstrated success in business requirements gathering, process analysis, and creating detailed documentation.
•   Experience developing use cases, test plans, and training materials.
•   Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively across technical and business teams.
•   Creative problem solver who can rethink end to end processes to improve efficiency, accuracy, and usability.

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