What Business Analysis contributes to Cardinal Health
Information Technology oversees the effective development, delivery, and operation of computing and information services. This function anticipates, plans, and delivers Information Technology solutions and strategies that enable operations and drive business value.
Business Analysis serves as a liaison between the organization's businesses and IT systems development teams to align business strategies and capability needs and to ensure IT systems enable their desired value. This job family identifies and analyzes business needs, defines requirements and objectives, and makes recommendations for solutions using new and existing technologies. This job family researches and documents relationships between the components of the application system (i.e., end users, business processes, data, applications, and devices) and translates business requirements into application requirements.
Job Summary
The Senior Consultant, Business Analysis partners with business leaders and project teams to identify business needs and deliver effective Information Technology solutions. This role defines project scope, facilitates requirements gathering, and ensures solution development, implementation, and change management activities achieve the intended business outcomes.
This position is responsible for deeply understanding the business in multiple functional areas and across business units, as well as understanding the application landscape and its capabilities. Business Analysts maintain strong relationships with the business and helps answer and solve problems the team is having with the systems. Systems leveraged by the team include Alteryx, Tableau, Custom SQL, Business Objects, SAP, BigQuery, Manhattan (Score and Warehouse Management).
Responsibilities
Develop and refine strategies for purchasing systems, aligning them with long-term business and technology goals.
Identify, diagnose, and resolve issues across both IT and business teams using data mining, system knowledge, anomaly detection, business analytics, and predictive analytics techniques.
Mediate across different IT teams utilizing knowledge of IT roles and responsibilities within the organization.
Find ways to improve processes and create solutions that help larger teams achieve goals.
Lead and prioritize work for IT partner teams, ensuring alignment with business priorities, constraints, and timelines.
Lead complex projects, including cross-functional initiatives impacting multiple business units.
Stay current on industry trends and emerging technologies, applying this knowledge to system strategy, modernization efforts, and process improvements.
Communicate effectively across cross-functional teams using diagonal communication to connect stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.
Focus on process analysis and re-engineering, with an understanding of technical problems and solutions in both current and future-state environments.
Provide data support for projects, including advanced analytics, pattern detection, and insight generation for decision-making.
Build, maintain, and enhance reports, dashboards, and metrics.
Participate in the solutions development process by defining requirements, objectives, and technical business specifications for IT partners.
Qualifications
8+ years of experience, preferred
Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred
Strong analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills, including experience with data mining, business analytics, predictive analytics, or anomaly detection preferred
Demonstrated ability to lead complex initiatives, build cross-functional relationships, and drive strategic outcomes preferred
What is expected of you and others at this level
Applies advanced knowledge and understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to manage a wide variety of projects
Participates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goals
Recommends new practices, processes, metrics, or models
Works on or may lead complex projects of large scope
Projects may have significant and long-term impact
Provides solutions which may set precedent
Independently determines method for completion of new projects
Receives guidance on overall project objectives
Acts as a mentor to less experienced colleagues
Anticipated salary range: $105,100 - $135,000
Bonus eligible: Yes
Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.
Medical, dental and vision coverage
Paid time off plan
Health savings account (HSA)
401k savings plan
Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
Short- and long-term disability coverage
Work-Life resources
Paid parental leave
Healthy lifestyle programs
Application window anticipated to close: 1/16/2026 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.
The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate's geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.
Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.
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