IT Business Analyst – Legal, Global Trade

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Lead discovery efforts to gather business requirements for Legal and Global Trade projects.

• Convert regulatory and legal obligations into practical functional requirements for EMS, Appian, and Legal systems.

• Collaborate with Business Relationship Managers and IT Subject Matter Experts to clarify the scope and ensure adherence to consent-agreement expectations and GT modernization goals.

• Document both current-state and future-state workflows concerning jurisdiction/classification, contract/legal data management, export review cycles, approvals, and case management.

• Assist Legal in defining essential data elements, structured workflows, and compliance checkpoints for ITAR/EAR, export-controlled data, and global trade regulations.

• Analyze extensive datasets to inform compliance-driven decisions.

• Create reports, dashboards, and data summaries for leadership visibility and regulatory inspection purposes.

• Support system configuration, requirements validation, and testing assistance across Legal and Global Trade systems.

• Aid in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for Legal/GT workflows and verify new features against compliance, regulatory, and legal business requirements.

• Collaborate with integration teams to ensure accurate data flow between ERP, PLM, EMS, and GT modernization systems.

• Act as a bridge between Legal, Global Trade, Compliance, Architecture, and data teams.

• Work alongside product squads with configuration specialists, QA/testers, developers, and data/AI analysts.

• Support Legal and Global Trade stakeholders during audits, review cycles, and sessions for approval readiness.

• Document Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), compliance process expectations, structured workflows, and cross-functional decision-making paths.

• Assist in refining methodologies for classification, data governance, and compliance monitoring.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.

• 6–7 years of experience as a Business Analyst in Legal, Compliance, Global Trade, or regulated enterprise environments.

• Experience in interpreting ITAR/EAR, export-control requirements, or in supporting systems managing controlled technical data.

• Proven capability to document workflows, requirements, and regulatory considerations across cross-functional teams.

• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.

• Excellent communication skills and proficiency in cross-functional collaboration.

• High attention to detail and quality of documentation.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently at a senior individual-contributor level.

• Experience with compliance-related enterprise platforms.

• Experience working with Legal, Contracts, and Global Trade stakeholders, as well as supporting audit or certification reviews.

• Familiarity with low-code automation platforms used in compliance workflows.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Health savings accounts.

• 401(k) savings plan.

• Disability coverage.

• Life and accident insurance.

• Employee assistance program.

• Legal plan.

• Discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance.

• Paid time off.

• Paid holidays.

• Paid parental leave.

• Paid military leave.

• Paid bereavement leave.

• Applicable federal and state sick leave.

• Monetary or non-monetary recognition awards.

• Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.