Salesforce Business Systems Analyst

For more than a century, Big Brothers Big Sisters has been helping change kids’ perspectives and giving them the opportunity to reach their potential.

Since 1904, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is incredible potential. As the nation’s largest donor- and volunteer-supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 5 through young adulthood in communities across the country. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people.

Position Purpose

As a direct report of the Senior Product Manager, the Salesforce Business Systems Analyst (BSA) is primarily responsible for analyzing business requirements, designing, and implementing Salesforce solutions, and leading Salesforce initiatives to drive business growth and success for our network of 200+ agencies and the National office. You will work closely with the Senior Product Manager as a member of the Salesforce development and administration team within the Information Technology department of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) to ensure solutions meet the needs of the organization. BSAs are supporting the life cycle of the solution implementations. The ideal candidate will have an advanced background in Salesforce, business analysis, and project management. The candidate will also possess excellent communication and leadership skills.

Location: Continental United States (100% Remote),
FSLA Status: Full Time, Exempt
Travel: Approximately 5%

Remote Work Location Requirement: This position is approved for remote work within the Continental United States only. Any permanent change to the geographic location of an employee’s remote work arrangement from the region identified at the time of hire must be reviewed and approved in advance by both the employee’s direct manager and Human Resources.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Salesforce 

• Performing Salesforce admin/UAT/configuration/data migration/integration/training tasks. 

• Provide ongoing support to business stakeholders and end users on Salesforce functionality and best practices.

• Designing and implementing Salesforce solutions and functionalities.

• Designing and implementing Salesforce reports and dashboards.

• Stay current with Salesforce updates, releases, and industry trends to ensure the organization is leveraging the platform to its fullest potential. 

Analysis

• Reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating business systems, models, requirements, and needs. 

• Identify opportunities for process improvement and optimization within Salesforce and related systems. 

• Defining requirements and converting them into workable user stories. 

• Preparing key documentation such as user stories, business processes, process flow analysis, requirements definitions, data models, detailed functional designs, ERDs, executive summaries, and project postmortems. 

• Participating in pre-project engagements with the Product Development Team, business stakeholders, and vendors to ascertain business requirements, then recommending best practice solutions based on business needs. 

Project Management 

• Lead Salesforce initiatives, including managing project timelines and resources. 

• Effectively facilitate and manage business stakeholder-related meetings and workshops driving toward stakeholder satisfaction and success.

• Analyzing/identifying areas of risk, collaborating on solutions, and developing plans to minimize risk and communicate to stakeholders. 

• Working closely with Technical Leads to ensure the business requirements are accurately translated into technical requirements, and the team has all the information required for action. 

Culture

• Demonstrate commitment to BBBSA’s shared leadership competencies and organizational values. 

• Provide consistent follow-up regarding assigned projects and after meetings.   

• Cultivate an environment where all team members feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve their potential. 

• Manage related and other duties as assigned in support of department and business needs. 

Education, Skills & Related Work Experience

Education Level:  Bachelor's degree in a related field, such as computer science, information systems, or business administration, or equivalent combined work experience 

Years of Related Work Experience:  A minimum of 3-5 years of relevant experience as a Salesforce Administrator and 1-2 years of relevant experience as a Business Analyst. 

Skills and Knowledge:   

Our Commitment

At Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, we recognize, affirm, and celebrate the backgrounds, lives, and experiences of all of our stakeholders, including youth, families, donors, volunteers, and staff. We ensure the opportunity for all voices and perspectives to be heard and honored. In the workplace, we foster an environment where all people can be their best selves. We affirm that every person has the opportunity to reach their full potential. We strive to realize the full potential that is within all of us by ensuring that all voices and perspectives are heard and honored.

Equal Employment Opportunity

BBBSA provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, creed, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, age, sex, familial or marital status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, or any other legally-protected status in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and ordinances.

Americans with Disabilities Act

Employee must be able to perform all essential job functions, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Job Responsibilities

The above statements reflect the general duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job and should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. BBBSA may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is directly recruiting and hiring for this position. We are not engaging any staffing/recruitment firms or agencies for this position. If any candidate profile/resume/identifying information is sent to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and/or Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies, we will not pay any referral or firm fees in relation to this information.