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Business Analyst resume example

Business analysts sit between the business and technology. Your resume should show that you turn messy problems into clear requirements and that the solutions you defined saved time or money.

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Key skills for a business analyst resume

  • Requirements gathering and documentation
  • Process mapping (BPMN)
  • Data analysis (SQL, Excel)
  • Stakeholder workshops
  • User stories and acceptance criteria
  • Agile and Jira

Hannah Schmidt

Business Analyst

  • hannah.schmidt@example.com
  • +1 555 0100
  • Berlin, Germany
  • linkedin.com/in/hannahschmidt

Summary

Business analyst with 5 years of experience in banking and insurance projects. Translated the needs of 40 stakeholders into requirements for a claims platform that cut processing time by 45%, and run process workshops that turn manual work into automated flows.

Experience

Business AnalystMay 2021 – Present
Allianz
  • Gathered requirements from 40 stakeholders for a new claims platform
  • Reduced claim processing time by 45% through redesigned workflows
  • Wrote 300 user stories with acceptance criteria for 3 Agile teams
  • Analyzed 2M claims in SQL to prioritize automation opportunities
Junior Business AnalystSep 2019 – Apr 2021
N26
  • Mapped 25 onboarding processes in BPMN, identifying 8 manual bottlenecks
  • Coordinated user acceptance testing for 6 releases

Education

MSc Business Informatics2017 – 2019
Technical University of Berlin

How to write a business analyst resume

  1. Show outcomes of the projects you analyzed, not just documents you wrote.
  2. Name the methods and tools: BPMN, user stories, SQL, Jira, Confluence.
  3. Mention domain knowledge (banking, insurance, retail) — it is often a hard requirement.

ATS keywords for business analyst jobs

Applicant tracking systems rank resumes by how well they match the job post. Use the keywords that appear in the posting you are applying for — these are the most common:

  • business analysis
  • requirements gathering
  • stakeholder management
  • process improvement
  • user stories
  • BPMN
  • SQL
  • Agile
  • Jira
  • gap analysis

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