Analytics Business Specialist - Remote

Velera is the nation’s premier payments credit union service organization (CUSO) and an integrated fintech solutions provider. The company serves more than 4,000 financial institutions throughout North America, operating with velocity to help our clients keep pace with the rapid momentum of change and fuel growth in the new era of financial services. Our purpose: We accelerate partners’ success through innovative financial technology solutions and inspired service.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a talented Analytics Business Specialist who will support the product lifecycle by researching and providing the groundwork for Analytics product improvements and updates in support of strategic goals within the organization. This position will identify the initial concepts or reported issues, assessing the impact of changes or issues, developing specific work-efforts to resolve issues or improve the product, collecting and documenting requirements for work-efforts, developing end-user engagement work products with an effective communication plan. This position will work closely with internal and external end-users to analyze and translate information between assigned business and operational teams, to align needs with the current or future capabilities delivered thru Velera Member Insight solutions.

Day in the Life:

• Support end-user engagement processes such as assisting credit unions and internal users in the creation of reports.

• Research data questions/issues and reporting solutions back to the BI Analysts when a defect is found, or improvement is needed.

• Design and develop new reports to solve complex business problems.

• Create and maintain educational assets and training materials.

• Facilitate internal and external training classes.

• Champion and promote analytic tools, methods and conceptual approaches by demonstrating paths to improved business intelligence, and decision making.

• Define and execute within product lifecycle and iterative design processes for new work products (reports, educational assets, engagement techniques).

• Participate in formal projects to produce project definition/initiation document clearly defining scope and project objectives; elicit, document and prioritize business requirements, understand business risks, and transition from requirements to solutions and business implementation principles.

• Collect, evaluate and compress data and information from various sources, elicit actual user needs, and document a new concept or remediation plan.

• Develop use cases and execute test scripts for user acceptance testing processes.

• Identify, develop and support business implementation and readiness tasks, mitigating risk and remediating end-user adoption hurdles.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Science, Data Science, Applied Math, Business Intelligence or a related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience required. 

• Three (3) years product service/support or client relationship experience within the financial services industry required.

• Two (2) years Data Analyst or Business Analyst role with experience in large data sets, identifying trends, and relational database required.

• Two (2) years of experience with data delivery or analytic tools/applications preferred. 

About Velera

At Velera we are committed to fostering a workplace where every employee feels valued, respected, and connected. We understand, attract and engage a diverse workforce where every employee can live up to their full potential; ensuring that our employee base reflects the consumers we serve. The result of this effort is an inclusive environment where diverse talent thrives. We strive to foster a safe and inclusive work environment for people to bring their authentic selves in order to build a better community within our company and with our partners.   Learn more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion HERE!

Pay Equity

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Actual Pay will be adjusted based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.

Great Work/Life Benefits!

• Competitive wages

• Medical with telemedicine

• Dental and Vision

• Basic and Optional Life Insurance

• Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Maternity, Parental, Family Care

• Community Volunteer Time Off

• 12 Paid Holidays

• Company Paid Disability Insurance

• 401k (with employer match)

• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with company provided contributions

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

• Supplemental Insurance

• Mental Health and Well-being: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Wellness program

• Benefits are subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions

Velera is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local law.

Velera is an Equal Opportunity Employer that complies with the laws and regulations set forth in the following "EEO is the Law" Poster. Velera will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the legal duty to furnish information.

Velera is an E-Verify Employer. Review the E-Verify Poster here.  For information regarding your Right To Work, please click here.

This role is currently not eligible for sponsorship.

As an ongoing commitment to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities please contact a recruiter at [email protected] for assistance.