Cengage Learning

Sr Business System Analyst (Remote)

Cengage Learning$88K — $115K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Ohio, US
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Over 10 years as a Business Systems Analyst, Business Analyst, or Systems Analyst.
  • Practical experience with Salesforce Sales Cloud and its associated applications.
  • Experience working with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Finance, and CRM teams.
  • Strong skills in business process analysis and improvement.
  • Ability to gather, document, and manage business and functional requirements.
  • Experience in Agile environments.
  • Excellent communication, facilitation, and collaboration skills.
  • Familiar with Jira, Confluence, Visio, and Smartsheet.

Responsibilities

  • Build relationships with business leaders to understand goals and challenges.
  • Facilitate workshops to identify process improvement opportunities.
  • Translate business needs into functional requirements and documentation.
  • Act as liaison between business and technical teams throughout projects.
  • Analyze existing business processes to create scalable workflows.
  • Collaborate with technical teams to implement Salesforce solutions.
  • Drive improvements in Salesforce Sales Cloud operations.
  • Assess solution options balancing requirements and user experience.
  • Maintain documentation for key business workflows and Salesforce features.
  • Support testing processes and production releases.
  • Identify opportunities to automate processes and enhance efficiency.

Benefits

  • Participation in the company's discretionary incentive bonus program.
  • Access to a comprehensive Total Rewards package.
Full Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Business Systems Analyst to collaborate with team members from Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Finance, and Technology. You will develop scalable business processes and Salesforce solutions that enhance efficiency, support growth, and improve the experience for our internal users.

This role is perfect for someone who enjoys tackling complex business challenges, converting business needs into technical solutions, and promoting ongoing enhancement throughout the lead-to-cash lifecycle.

What You'll Do Here:
  • Build positive relationships with business leaders and cross-functional teams to understand strategic goals, operational challenges, and business needs.
  • Facilitate discovery sessions and requirements workshops to find opportunities for process improvements and system enhancements.
  • Convert business needs into functional requirements, user stories, process documentation, data flow diagrams, business process maps, data mapping specifications, and acceptance criteria.
  • Serve as the primary liaison between business collaborators and technical teams throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Analyze current business processes and build scalable, future-state workflows that streamline operations, improve data quality, and reduce manual effort.
  • Partner with Salesforce Administrators, Developers, Architects, Product teams, and Project Managers to implement and improve Salesforce solutions supporting Go-to-Market (GTM) processes.
  • Support improvements across Salesforce Sales Cloud, including automation, workflows, security, reporting, and data management.
  • Evaluate solution options by balancing business requirements, user experience, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
  • Develop and maintain documentation for essential GTM business workflows and Salesforce functionality.
  • Write user stories with clear acceptance criteria and support testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), defect management, and production releases.
  • Identify and recommend opportunities to automate manual processes, simplify workflows, improve user adoption, enhance operational efficiency, and standardize business processes through governance.


Skills You'll Need Here:
  • Bachelor's degree in business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
  • Over 10 years of experience working as a Business Systems Analyst, Business Analyst, or Systems Analyst.
  • Practical experience providing support for Salesforce Sales Cloud and associated business applications.
  • Experience collaborating with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Finance and CRM teams.
  • Strong business process analysis and process improvement skills.
  • Experience gathering, documenting, and managing business and functional requirements.
  • Experience working within Agile delivery teams.
  • Excellent communication, facilitation, and collaborator management skills.
  • Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, Visio, and Smartsheet.


Compensation

At Cengage Group, we take great pride in our commitment to providing a comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower our employees. Click here to learn more about our Total Rewards Philosophy.

The full base pay range has been provided for this position. Individual base pay will vary based on work schedule, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and geographic location. Sales roles often incorporate a significant incentive compensation program beyond this base pay range.

In this position, you will be eligible to participate in the company's discretionary incentive bonus program. This position's bonus target amount, which is not guaranteed and is dependent on individual performance and overall company results among other factors, is provided below.

15% Annual: Individual Target

$88,600.00 - $115,200.00 USD

About Cengage Learning

Cengage is an American educational content, technology, and services company for the higher education, K-12, professional, and library markets. It operates in more than 20 countries around the world. The company provides print and digital textbooks, instructor supplements, online reference databases, distance learning courses, test preparation materials, corporate training courses, career assessment tools, and other educational materials. Cengage was founded in 2007 as a merger between Thomson Learning and Gale. In 2018, the company filed for bankruptcy and emerged with a new ownership structure. Cengage has approximately 5,000 employees and generates over $1.5 billion in annual revenue.
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1994

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