Business Analyst IT L2

About the role

This role supports enterprise privacy and compliance initiatives, partnering with business and technology teams to ensure data practices, systems, and processes align with regulatory requirements and organizational standards.

Responsibilities

• Partner with project managers, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to define business objectives, project scope, and strategic outcomes.
• Lead requirements gathering efforts through stakeholder interviews, workshops, process reviews, and discovery sessions.
• Analyze complex business processes and systems to identify gaps, risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Translate business needs into clear functional requirements, user stories, process flows, and other business analysis deliverables.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, product teams, legal, compliance, and security teams to design and implement scalable solutions.
• Facilitate meetings, presentations, and working sessions with business and technical stakeholders to drive consensus and project alignment.
• Ensure requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle, from design and development through testing and implementation.
• Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) planning, execution, and validation to ensure solutions meet business requirements.
• Support enterprise privacy, data protection, and regulatory compliance initiatives by incorporating privacy-by-design principles into business processes and solutions.
• Create and maintain business requirements documents (BRDs), workflow diagrams, process maps, and other project documentation.
• Validate delivered solutions against business objectives, regulatory standards, and internal governance requirements.
• Support audit readiness activities and collaborate with stakeholders to address compliance and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in IT Business Analysis, Business Systems Analysis, or related roles.
• Proven experience leading requirements gathering, stakeholder workshops, and documentation efforts for complex enterprise initiatives.
• Strong experience creating BRDs, process flows, workflow diagrams, use cases, and functional requirements documentation.
• Experience collaborating with business stakeholders, architects, developers, and project teams throughout the SDLC.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid project delivery methodologies.
• Experience supporting UAT planning, execution, requirements traceability, and solution validation.
• Knowledge of data privacy, data governance, information security, regulatory compliance, or risk management frameworks.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, OneTrust, or similar tools is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in Business Analysis, Business Systems Analysis, or a related IT function.
• Demonstrated experience leading requirements elicitation and documentation efforts for large-scale, cross-functional projects.
• Strong knowledge of SDLC methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid environments.
• Experience working with data privacy, data governance, compliance, information security, or risk management initiatives.
• Proficiency with business analysis and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Visio, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience with privacy management platforms such as OneTrust or similar solutions is a plus.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills with the ability to translate business challenges into actionable solutions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Prioritization and attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-motivated professional with strong organizational skills, business acumen, and a collaborative approach to solving complex problems.
• Preferred qualifications include experience in automotive, manufacturing, or other highly regulated industries.

Benefits

Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Apex team member can provide.