Job Title:

Staff IT Analyst II

Location:

OH - Columbus

What you'll do:

As the Staff IT Analyst II, you'll lead activities to review current processes and metrics that support operational effectiveness, identify constraints or opportunities that inhibit or accelerate the business and/or technology strategy, while also developing potential options/approaches to improve business outcomes. You'll also lead development and review of artifacts to ensure they accurately describe current state processes, practices, and/or metrics, while also ensuring the documentation of any alternative processes or practice options with associated impact on KRIs, KPIs or Operational Metrics.

The Configuration Item (CI) Manager is accountable for the completeness, accuracy, compliance, and lifecycle management of assigned Configuration Item (CI) domains. Acting as the operational owner for their assigned technology areas (e.g., Servers, Databases, Network, End User Computing), the CI Manager ensures asset and configuration management standards, controls, and data requirements are consistently maintained and remediated when deficiencies are identified.

Additionally, as the Staff IT Analyst II, you'll identify and facilitate discussions with IT, Product, and the Business subject matter experts, to understand the problem statement and/or opportunity while also capturing any relevant insights to include a full review of the findings or artifacts produced to validate the right problem or opportunity is being assessed.

• Lead on projects with the expectation the business outcomes are achieved. Work to fully understand how the work connects to the defined project objectives, the work breakdown structure for the activities, setting and meeting deadlines for that work. Lead discussions with stakeholders and subject matter experts needed to gather requirements and review artifacts, while working to resolve issues that impede progress.
• Develop list of critical documentation and artifacts to meet project objectives and complete development of high quality deliverables, while effectively communicating any relevant learnings, findings, or impacts, with the subject matter experts.
• Leverage Risk Management experience from a large financial institution subject to heightened standards, specifically in risk, compliance, or corporate governance.
• The capture and upkeep of KRIs, KPIs, & Operational Metrics, as necessary.
• Own the asset and configuration management health of assigned CI domains, ensuring inventory, data quality, lifecycle, relationships, and other required information meet established standards and requirements.
• Monitor and drive compliance for assigned CI domains, including control performance, data certification, inventory validation, and identification of asset or configuration deficiencies.

• Own issues through resolution, performing root cause analysis and coordinating or directly executing remediation with technology owners, engineers, support teams, and other stakeholders.

What you'll need:

• 5+ years of related experience.
• Bachelor's degree in related field required.
• Entry level to intermediate knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking is preferred.
• Entry level to intermediate knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Intermediate to advanced in process and data analysis within a specific domain or functional area utilizing critical thinking skills.
• Intermediate to advanced working in Microsoft Office & relevant Diagramming Software (e.g. Lucid, Visio, etc.), as well as technical aptitude & experience within a specific domain.
• Intermediate speaking and writing communication skills.
• Occasional travel required.

Benefits you’ll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Serving clients nationwide, Western Alliance Bank includes six legacy bank brands — Alliance Association Bank, Alliance Bank of Arizona, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank and Torrey Pines Bank — that remain part of the company’s heritage, as well as AmeriHome Mortgage, a Western Alliance Bank Company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email [email protected] or call 602-386-2488.  When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue.  We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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