Business System Analyst

Business Systems Analyst – Applications & Data
Location:
Cleveland, OH / Tampa, FL
Workplace:
Onsite
Employment Type:
Full-time
No H1b/OPT candidates Work Arrangement

• Hybrid
• Primary markets:
  Cleveland, OH / Tampa, FL
• Cleveland should receive stronger initial sourcing emphasis.
• Application ownership is the largest component of the role, followed by data analysis and business analysis.

We are seeking a Business Systems Analyst – Applications & Data to take ownership of business-critical applications, translate business needs into technical requirements, manage application roadmaps and backlogs, and support data analysis and business process improvement.

This role is approximately 40% application ownership, 30% business analysis, and 30% data analysis
. The successful candidate will serve as the Product Owner for primary applications and a secondary owner for other applications, partnering closely with business stakeholders, IT, developers, third‑party vendors, and the data team.

The primary application is Paycor
, with Net Suite and CaptivateIQ as secondary applications. The role will own application roadmaps, prioritize enhancements, gather requirements, coordinate UAT, and help determine what capabilities should be improved or introduced.

• 5+ years of experience in a Business Analyst, Business Systems Analyst, Application Support, or Application Management role.
• 2+ years of experience supporting and owning ERP, Payroll, or HCM platforms.
• Demonstrated application ownership experience, including:
• Managing application roadmaps or backlogs.
• Gathering and documenting requirements.
• Working with developers and IT teams.
• Managing User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Determining application improvements and new capabilities.
• Strong ability to work with and understand business data.
• Intermediate ability to extract, manipulate, reconcile, clean, link, and analyze data.
• Ability to understand underlying data structures and translate data into meaningful business insights.
• Strong business‑process analysis and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience working with stakeholders to translate business needs into product requirements.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel
  .
• Excellent documentation, communication, planning, and organizational skills.

• Working knowledge of SQL and/or other methods of extracting and manipulating data.
• Ability to use tools such as Excel functions, Power Query, or AI‑assisted scripting to obtain and analyze data.
• Experience working with Snowflake, SQL Server, and/or Power BI is beneficial.
• Complex SQL is a differentiator but not required
  ; this is not an SQL developer or data‑engineering position.
• Understanding of application integrations, data flows, and system‑to‑system processes.
• Experience with Agile/product‑development processes and backlog management.

• Experience with Payroll, HCM, ERP, financial, billing, invoicing, reporting, or related business processes
  .
• Ability to understand concepts such as revenue, gross profit, expenses, and the sub‑ledgers that feed financials.
• Experience with Paycor, Net Suite, CaptivateIQ
  , or similar business applications is highly valuable.
• Staffing/payroll experience is a plus.

• Own the roadmap, backlog, and ongoing improvement of assigned business applications.
• Serve as Product Owner for primary applications and secondary application owner where applicable.
• Define product/application vision based on business needs.
• Prioritize enhancements and capabilities based on business value.
• Gather, analyze, and document business and technical requirements.
• Partner with developers, IT, data teams, third‑party vendors, and business stakeholders.
• Lead User Acceptance Testing and support production deployments.
• Evaluate business processes and identify opportunities for optimization, automation, and modernization.
• Analyze data to identify performance improvements and support business decisions.
• Investigate data‑quality issues and reconcile information across systems.
• Develop reports, presentations, documentation, and process models.
• Manage application projects and monitor progress against…