[Hiring] Business Analyst @Sequoia Connect

Role Description

We are currently searching for a Business Analyst:

• Operate independently and partner with senior stakeholders to deliver high-impact projects.
• Combine frontline support responsibilities with project management and diagnostic troubleshooting tasks.
• Perform scrum master activities within the team, managing, tracking, and owning the necessary agile ceremonies.
• Think through challenges critically and utilize AI tools to resolve issues independently.
• Present findings and troubleshooting guidance to varied audiences.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years of experience as a business analyst.
• Proven client-facing experience and comfort engaging with senior stakeholders.
• Experience working in the financial services sector, preferably capital markets and/or private equity.
• Solid foundation in core business analysis techniques including requirements elicitation, process mapping, stakeholder analysis, and UAT.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, troubleshoot problems, and provide quick, actionable guidance.
• Project-management oriented mindset with experience in planning, tracking, and coordinating project activities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excel: advanced use for analysis and reporting.
• SQL: intermediate competency—able to write joins, aggregations, window functions, and transform datasets.
• Practical experience with AI tools such as Cursor, Claude.
• Experience with common BA and support tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Visio) with the ability to manage and escalate issues effectively.

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience as a business analyst.
• Proven client-facing experience and comfort engaging with senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, troubleshoot problems, and provide quick, actionable guidance.
• Ability to think through challenges critically and utilize AI tools to resolve issues independently.
• Experience working in the financial services sector, preferably capital markets and/or private equity.
• Solid foundation in core business analysis techniques including requirements elicitation, process mapping, stakeholder analysis, and UAT.
• Experience combining frontline support responsibilities with project management and diagnostic troubleshooting tasks.
• Experience working as a scrum master, able to manage, track, and own the necessary agile ceremonies and activities.
• Project-management oriented mindset with experience in planning, tracking, and coordinating project activities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to present findings and troubleshoot guidance to varied audiences.
• Excel: advanced use for analysis and reporting.
• SQL: intermediate competency—able to write joins, aggregations, window functions, and transform datasets for analysis.
• Practical experience with AI tools such as Cursor, Claude.
• Experience with common BA and support tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Visio) with ability to manage and escalate issues effectively.
• Skills in diagnosing, troubleshooting, and supporting business and technical problems.

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangement: Remote.