Technical Business Analyst
Position Title: Temporary Junior Technical Business Analyst
Location: Chicago, IL
Department: Technology Solutions
Reporting to: TBD
Firm Overview
Golub Capital is a market-leading, award-winning direct lender and credit asset manager, with over $30 billion of capital under management. We specialize in delivering reliable, creative and compelling financing solutions to U.S. middle market companies backed by private equity sponsors. The firm’s credit expertise also forms the foundation of our Late Stage Lending business and our Broadly Syndicated Loan investment program. Across our activities, Golub Capital nurtures long-term, win-win partnerships that inspire repeat business from our private equity sponsor clients and investors. Founded 25 years ago, Golub Capital today has over 450 employees and lending offices in Chicago, New York and San Francisco. For more information, please visit golubcapital.com.
Department Overview
The Technology Solutions Department is responsible for designing and delivering state of the art technology solutions that are designed to create efficiency, mitigate risk and grow revenue for the Firm. Technology Solutions is also responsible for defining, managing, and executing a robust Cyber Security program following the NIST Cyber Security Framework. Technology Solutions focuses on technical excellence through innovative application designs, robust data integration and analytics, high availability infrastructure and gold level service for our key stakeholders with information security embedded throughout. Critical functions within Technology Solutions include Project Management, Vendor Management, Business Analysis, Enterprise Data Governance and Stewardship, Application Development and 3rd Party Integration, Strategic and Secure Infrastructure, and Operations. The Technology Solutions Department collaborates closely with Firm leadership and business unit heads to develop plans in line with business objectives.
Position Responsibilities
Golub Capital has multiple summer intern positions for business analysis focused on analyzing and documenting pain points, defining alternatives to address those pain points through technology and/or process improvements, and collaborating with subject matter experts to design the final solution. This role will require learning business processes, data collection and processing, and system functionality in order to fully assess the problem and define feasible alternatives. Each student will be given an opportunity to learn and contribute as part of a team and will focus on a “showcase” project tailored toward their interests and background during their summer internship.
- Quickly learn the business processes, data, and technology in scope
- Participate in problem analysis and assist in determining software solutions and enhancements
- Utilize various tools including advanced Excel functions to analyze data as part of the problem evaluation
- Document a proposal using PowerPoint and other deliverables to summarize and present information in a way that influences the outcome
- Document and review requirements with the subject matter experts within the technology team and business team and participate in the design of the solution
- Collaborate with technical team members to ensure the developed solution meets the objectives through iterative reviews of deliverables and thorough test planning and execution
Candidate Requirements
Qualifications & Experience:
− Current Sophomore, Junior, or Senior working toward a Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems major
− Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint
− Exposure to a modern Integrated Development Environment (IDE), e.g. MS Visual Studio 2018 or MS VSCode, and the development lifecycle
− Exposure to Excel Data analysis tool; Exposure to R, Python a plus
− Ability to work full-time from June to mid-August (there is flexibility in start and end dates)
− Strong communication skills, analytical and detail-oriented
Critical Competencies for Success:
Our Gold Standards Model defines key behaviors and competencies across 4 dimensions: Leadership, Achieving Results, Personal Effectiveness and Thinking Critically. These behaviors and competencies drive our ability to win together.
− Leadership: Role models in this area consistently focus on the right goals and priorities and continually develop themselves and others. Always team players, they influence and engage with others to contribute to a great culture.
− Achieving Results: Role models in this area are high achievers who develop careful plans and execute consistently and effectively. They hold themselves and others accountable for delivering high quality results.
− Thinking Critically: Role models in this area understand our business, rely on analytical reasoning to define and solve problems and make decisions effectively. They are forward thinking, anticipating issues and addressing them in advance.
− Personal Effectiveness: Role models in this area build strong relationships and communicate effectively. They are driven to exceed expectations and adaptable to changing circumstances.
Golub Capital is an Equal Opportunity Employer.