Job Title - GRC Business Analyst
Minimum Education
Bachelor's degree in business, Finance, Information Systems, or related field. Relevant certifications; preferred RSA. Minimum Experience
5 years of experience as a Business Analyst with the Archer GRC platform. Strong understanding of risk and control frameworks (e.g., COSO) Excellent analytical, documentation, and communication skills. Job Summary The GRC Business Analyst supports Synovus' Governance, Risk and Compliance program by maintaining frameworks, supporting enterprise risk initiatives, and having a continuous improvement mindset. This position participates in Archer related projects, is responsible for analyzing business processes, gathering and documenting requirements and translating them into effective solutions within the Archer platform. The analyst is also responsible for coordinating testing, providing training and delivering effective communication adhering to change management control protocols, and ensuring ongoing compliance with internal policies and regulatory expectations. The integrated GRC role serves as a critical bridge between business stakeholders, project managers, and technical teams, combining deep knowledge of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) processes with strong business analysis and Archer platform expertise.
The position integrates 3 core disciplines: Business Analysis
- Works closely with business partners to understand GRC objectives, gather and translate requirements, and ensure processes alignment with enterprise risk and compliance frameworks. The role interprets completes business needs into functional design for Archer solutions Project Management
- Coordinates project timelines, deliverables, and dependencies across cross-functional teams. This includes managing scope, stakeholder communication, testing cycles, and deployment schedules to ensure successful implementation. Archer Technical Expertise
- Collaborates with developers to design, configure, and optimize applications, data integrations, and workflows, dashboards, reports. Leverage strong understanding of Archer uses cases. Job Duties and Responsibilities
Serve as a subject matter expert on risk management Archer GRC best practices Collaborate with stakeholders to gather, document and prioritize Archer requirements. Translate business needs into functional specifications for GRC system configurations. Support design, testing, and implementation of new modules or enhancements. Maintain process documentation, workflows, and data mappings. Analyze GRC data to identify trends, issues, and opportunities for process improvement. Coordinate User Acceptance Testing and ensure solutions meet business objectives. Develop training materials and provide end-user training and support for GRC processes Ensure GRC processes align with regulatory, audit, and internal policy requirements. Support the implementation and continuous improvement of the enterprise GRC framework, including policies, standards and procedures. Participate in GRC and risk management projects, documenting requirements, providing analysis, testing, and validation of system changes, enhancements, and integrations. Provide Archer administrative support to risk management including creation of reports, dashboards and metrics to monitor risk trends and program effectiveness and making minor configurations to the platform, as needed. Participate in risk committees, audits, and management reviews, providing accurate and timely information. Collaborate with technology, risk management and audit teams to ensure Archer solution align with operational needs and regulatory expectations. Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, with a solid understanding of risk management, compliance frameworks, Archer lifecycle, change management, and project management methodologies. Experience of managing and providing business support for Archer. Experience with developing Archer risk management reporting, dashboards, analytics / insights, including the ability to analyze large amounts of data to identify trends, risks, and compliance gaps. Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work across business and technical teams. Proficiency in Microsoft product suite, such as Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI
Duties:
Job Summary Works independently with business partners within the business function to align solutions with business strategies. Identifies and communicates business needs and translates these needs into understandable requirements. Determines if internal or external solutions exist or whether new solutions are needed. Works with key technology and/or department analysts to determine if these solutions impact existing work processes and systems. Partners with appropriate resources to accurately prioritize, analyze, and document business processes. Provides input surround buy vs. build decisions for possible solutions. Identifies opportunities for improvement/enhancement, and negotiate agreements and commitments between business partners and IT from requirements gathering to the final implementation. Responsible for the more complex work and assignments typically required of a business analyst. Job Duties and Responsibilities Acts as an expert in the business units supported, as well as, an understanding of the IT and Operations capabilities. Supports and contributes to development of business strategy as a subject-matter-expert. Builds, maintains, and manages stakeholder relationships. Educates the IT and Operations organization on the direction of the business. Analyzes business partner's operations to understand strengths and weaknesses to determine opportunities to innovate and improve the customer experience. Understands and develops appropriate business models to represent business requirements and meet business needs. Understands the difference between a requirement and a desire or want. Develops business models to represent requirements, such as use cases, business process flows, and data flow diagrams. Obtains, captures, and validates needed information from stakeholders to form requirements through various analysis techniques. Responsible for requirements management, approval, change, and traceability. Participates in negotiation of agreements and commitments. Facilitates communication between business units and IT from initial requirements to final implementation. May make recommendations for buy versus build decisions. Maintains a current knowledge base and understanding of business industry trends. Leverages IT and VMO partnerships to bring solutions to business units supported and enhance the enterprise's competitive edge. Contributes to business ideation and concept development as required. Works on multiple projects as a project team member, occasionally as a project leader. Evaluates and identifies project complexity, assumptions, constraints, and dependencies. Participates in planning sessions with business units to improve business processes. Understands, documents and contributes to continuous improvement of business/IT value streams. Acts as a value stream subject-matter-expert to IT and the business. Each team member is expected to be aware of risk within their functional area. This includes observing all policies, procedures, laws, regulations and risk limits specific to their role. Additionally, they should raise and report known or suspected violations to the appropriate Company authority in a timely fashion. Performs other related duties as required. The information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, resp
Skills:
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, - Abilities: Financial Sector experience Agile certifications (CSM, CSPO, SAFe) Certified Business Analysis professional or other relevant industry designation
Bachelor's degree in business, Finance, Information Systems, or related field. Relevant certifications; preferred RSA. Minimum Experience
5 years of experience as a Business Analyst with the Archer GRC platform. Strong understanding of risk and control frameworks (e.g., COSO) Excellent analytical, documentation, and communication skills. Job Summary The GRC Business Analyst supports Synovus' Governance, Risk and Compliance program by maintaining frameworks, supporting enterprise risk initiatives, and having a continuous improvement mindset. This position participates in Archer related projects, is responsible for analyzing business processes, gathering and documenting requirements and translating them into effective solutions within the Archer platform. The analyst is also responsible for coordinating testing, providing training and delivering effective communication adhering to change management control protocols, and ensuring ongoing compliance with internal policies and regulatory expectations. The integrated GRC role serves as a critical bridge between business stakeholders, project managers, and technical teams, combining deep knowledge of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) processes with strong business analysis and Archer platform expertise.
The position integrates 3 core disciplines: Business Analysis
- Works closely with business partners to understand GRC objectives, gather and translate requirements, and ensure processes alignment with enterprise risk and compliance frameworks. The role interprets completes business needs into functional design for Archer solutions Project Management
- Coordinates project timelines, deliverables, and dependencies across cross-functional teams. This includes managing scope, stakeholder communication, testing cycles, and deployment schedules to ensure successful implementation. Archer Technical Expertise
- Collaborates with developers to design, configure, and optimize applications, data integrations, and workflows, dashboards, reports. Leverage strong understanding of Archer uses cases. Job Duties and Responsibilities
Serve as a subject matter expert on risk management Archer GRC best practices Collaborate with stakeholders to gather, document and prioritize Archer requirements. Translate business needs into functional specifications for GRC system configurations. Support design, testing, and implementation of new modules or enhancements. Maintain process documentation, workflows, and data mappings. Analyze GRC data to identify trends, issues, and opportunities for process improvement. Coordinate User Acceptance Testing and ensure solutions meet business objectives. Develop training materials and provide end-user training and support for GRC processes Ensure GRC processes align with regulatory, audit, and internal policy requirements. Support the implementation and continuous improvement of the enterprise GRC framework, including policies, standards and procedures. Participate in GRC and risk management projects, documenting requirements, providing analysis, testing, and validation of system changes, enhancements, and integrations. Provide Archer administrative support to risk management including creation of reports, dashboards and metrics to monitor risk trends and program effectiveness and making minor configurations to the platform, as needed. Participate in risk committees, audits, and management reviews, providing accurate and timely information. Collaborate with technology, risk management and audit teams to ensure Archer solution align with operational needs and regulatory expectations. Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, with a solid understanding of risk management, compliance frameworks, Archer lifecycle, change management, and project management methodologies. Experience of managing and providing business support for Archer. Experience with developing Archer risk management reporting, dashboards, analytics / insights, including the ability to analyze large amounts of data to identify trends, risks, and compliance gaps. Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work across business and technical teams. Proficiency in Microsoft product suite, such as Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI
Duties:
Job Summary Works independently with business partners within the business function to align solutions with business strategies. Identifies and communicates business needs and translates these needs into understandable requirements. Determines if internal or external solutions exist or whether new solutions are needed. Works with key technology and/or department analysts to determine if these solutions impact existing work processes and systems. Partners with appropriate resources to accurately prioritize, analyze, and document business processes. Provides input surround buy vs. build decisions for possible solutions. Identifies opportunities for improvement/enhancement, and negotiate agreements and commitments between business partners and IT from requirements gathering to the final implementation. Responsible for the more complex work and assignments typically required of a business analyst. Job Duties and Responsibilities Acts as an expert in the business units supported, as well as, an understanding of the IT and Operations capabilities. Supports and contributes to development of business strategy as a subject-matter-expert. Builds, maintains, and manages stakeholder relationships. Educates the IT and Operations organization on the direction of the business. Analyzes business partner's operations to understand strengths and weaknesses to determine opportunities to innovate and improve the customer experience. Understands and develops appropriate business models to represent business requirements and meet business needs. Understands the difference between a requirement and a desire or want. Develops business models to represent requirements, such as use cases, business process flows, and data flow diagrams. Obtains, captures, and validates needed information from stakeholders to form requirements through various analysis techniques. Responsible for requirements management, approval, change, and traceability. Participates in negotiation of agreements and commitments. Facilitates communication between business units and IT from initial requirements to final implementation. May make recommendations for buy versus build decisions. Maintains a current knowledge base and understanding of business industry trends. Leverages IT and VMO partnerships to bring solutions to business units supported and enhance the enterprise's competitive edge. Contributes to business ideation and concept development as required. Works on multiple projects as a project team member, occasionally as a project leader. Evaluates and identifies project complexity, assumptions, constraints, and dependencies. Participates in planning sessions with business units to improve business processes. Understands, documents and contributes to continuous improvement of business/IT value streams. Acts as a value stream subject-matter-expert to IT and the business. Each team member is expected to be aware of risk within their functional area. This includes observing all policies, procedures, laws, regulations and risk limits specific to their role. Additionally, they should raise and report known or suspected violations to the appropriate Company authority in a timely fashion. Performs other related duties as required. The information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, resp
Skills:
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, - Abilities: Financial Sector experience Agile certifications (CSM, CSPO, SAFe) Certified Business Analysis professional or other relevant industry designation