Minimum three years of experience as an applications/business/systems analyst in financial services.
Bachelor's degree in business, operations, or a related field preferred.
Experience in banking operations is advantageous.
Technical certifications in Microsoft, CompTIA, and/or Cisco beneficial for enterprise applications.
Responsibilities
Analyze stakeholder needs and translate requirements into functional applications.
Drive efficiency by conducting business process reviews and analyses.
Evaluate product offerings, assessing feasibility and recommended enhancements.
Lead projects relating to system upgrades and bank integrations collaboratively.
Manage reporting systems to present actionable insights for decision-making.
Maintain updated Disaster Recovery plans and ensure application reliability.
Oversee application changes to adhere to standard processes.
Benefits
Base pay plus bonuses
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401k retirement plan
Health savings and flexible spending accounts
Paid vacation and sick time
Paid holidays
Paid parental leave
Tuition reimbursement
Other additional benefits
Full Job Description
First Merchants Bank is seeking a Senior Applications Analyst to join our team. This position will be responsible for eliciting needs of the stakeholders, analyzing business requirements, identifying business opportunities, preparing documentation, and evaluating risk for assigned applications. Ensure assigned applications work reliably for the business and are kept current per the vendor requirements; maintain, troubleshoot, and support systems daily.
As part of this role, duties and responsibilities include:
Ensure the assigned applications are fully utilizing the feature/functionality and that processes are efficient. Perform business process review and analyses in order to drive efficiency and utilization gains throughout the department. Actively seek ways to improve the client experience.
Responsible for evaluating product offerings and potential enhancements and identifying the feasibility, business value proposition, and/or the benefits to be gained. Make a recommendation to team with rationale and obtain a supported team decision.
Lead and/or participate on projects as needed (system upgrades, bank integrations, etc.). Collaborate with other departments to lead and facilitate the implementation and fulfill the initiative purpose and goal through standard best practice project management techniques.
Maintain and manage reporting systems to provide actionable information to drive business decisions.
Maintain Disaster Recovery plans and models.
Ensure all application changes follow the standard process while keeping exceptions to a minimum and only with special approval.
In order to be successful in this position, we require the following:
High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
A minimum of three (3) years of application/business/systems analyst experience in a financial industry environment.
The following would be a plus:
Bachelor's degree in business, operations or a related field
Direct Banking experience, including exposure to and understanding of bank structure/operations
For Enterprise Applications:
Technical certifications in Microsoft, CompTIA, and/or Cisco
Foxtrot Certification
Knowledge of SQL, SAS Visual Analytics, SSRS, or other reporting technology
