Business Analyst

Career Area:

Technology, Digital and Data

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do - but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

Our common values and focus on inclusion and respect drive the decisions made by our company, teams and people. This is why we are committed to hiring and building diverse teams representative of the customers we serve globally. When you join our team, you can apply your unique life and job experiences and work in an environment where your ideas are heard, your contributions are celebrated, and your whole-self matters.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do - but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

About Cat Financial

Cat Financial is a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For more than 40 years, Cat Financial has provided a wide range of financing solutions to customers and Cat dealers for machines, engines, Solar gas turbines, genuine Cat parts and services. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Cat Financial serves customers globally with offices and subsidiaries located throughout North and South America, Asia, Australia, Europe and Africa. Visit cat.com to learn more about Cat Financial.

Role Definition

We are seeking a highly motivated Business Analyst to work closely with cross-functional teams, including product owners, developers, and stakeholders, to define and refine requirements for Agile projects. The ideal candidate will have a strong analytical mindset, excellent communication skills, and experience in Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to gather and refine business requirements.
• Translate business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, and backlog items.
• Work with development teams to ensure requirements are well understood and feasible.
• Assist in backlog grooming, sprint planning, and daily stand-ups.
• Perform impact analysis on business processes and suggest improvements.
• Support testing and validation of solutions to ensure they meet business needs.
• Facilitate workshops, interviews, and requirement elicitation sessions.
• Ensure documentation aligns with Agile principles-focus on lightweight, value-driven documentation.
• Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams.
• Provide insights based on data analysis to improve decision-making.

Required Skills:

• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).
• Proficiency in Azure DevOps, or other Agile tools.
• Experience writing user stories, acceptance criteria, and business process models.
• Ability to analyze and visualize business processes using flowcharts or UML diagrams.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in conducting impact assessments and gap analysis.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Agile certifications (e.g., Certified Agile Business Analyst (IIBA-AAC), SAFe Agilist, Salesforce Business Analyst certification).
• Experience working with Salesforce experience cloud

Degree Requirement

Degree or equivalent experience desired

Skill Descriptors

Business Analysis: Knowledge of business analysis and the set of tasks, techniques and tools required to identify business needs; ability to recommend solutions that deliver value to stakeholders.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Explains the key concepts, techniques and steps involved in the business analysis process.
• Lists examples of how the organization realized the benefits of business analysis and improved the way of doing business.
• Outlines the scope of the business analysis process.
• Understands the purpose of each business analysis technique and their specific needs.

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Names specific tools or techniques that can be used to support the analytical thinking process.
• Describes specific software applications or products used for business analytics.
• Gives examples of how analytical thinking has been used to resolve problems.
• Helps others research and learn more about business analytics tools and applications.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Explains the value of a disciplined approach to problem solving.
• Describes problem reporting and escalation practices.
• Utilizes accepted procedures for problem analysis and resolution.
• Identifies key aspects of problem-solving techniques used in own area.

Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Provides examples of the characteristics of effective business relationships.
• Identifies key business relationships in own organization.
• Describes the nature of a productive business relationship.
• Explains the benefits of building business partnerships.

IT Environment: Knowledge of an organization's IT purposes and activities; ability to create an effective IT environment for business operations.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Names key IT departments, functions, and players.
• Gathers information on key IT initiatives and projects.
• Describes key activities performed by IT professionals and managers.
• Identifies major roles and responsibilities of the IT function.

IT Standards, Procedures & Policies: Knowledge of Information Technology (IT) standards and policies; ability to utilize a variety of administrative skill sets and technical knowledge to manage organizational IT policies, standards, and procedures.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Identifies current initiatives and key issues related to organizational technological policy.
• Describes expected benefits of effective organizational IT policies, standards and procedures.
• Explains the importance of defining and following IT policies, standards and procedures.
• Outlines the key concepts and features of IT policies, standards and procedures.

Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Cites examples of functional and non-functional requirements.
• Describes basic concepts and major activities associated with requirements analysis.
• Explains the life cycle context and scope of requirements analysis.
• Explains the structure and components of effective requirements analysis documents.

System Testing: Knowledge of system and software testing; ability to design, plan and execute system testing strategies and tactics to ensure the quality of software at all stages of the system life cycle.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Describes major components of system testing used by the organization.
• Documents the standard processes and procedures involved in system testing.
• Explains the importance of thorough system testing prior to implementation.
• Identifies common errors that occur in standard system testing activities.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of "essential job functions" as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Summary Pay Range:

$72,672.00 - $135,444.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

Annual incentive bonus plan*

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)

401k savings plan

Health savings account (HSA)

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Healthy Lifestyle Programs

Employee Assistance Programs

Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts

Tuition Reimbursement

Career Development

• Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

Posting Dates:

February 11, 2025 - February 18, 2025

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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