Business Analysis Manager
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
A Business Analysis Manager manages business analysis process. Responsible for delivery of analysis reports and products to internal and external stakeholders. May supervise Business or Management Analysts.
Job Outlook
There were 195 Business Analysis Manager job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 6370 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the Business / Management Analyst industry, which includes the Business Analysis Manager career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2016:
Salary
Many new Business Analysis Manager jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.
National
The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $124,012.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $118,510.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Business Analysis Manager postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $109,838.
Education and Experience
Posted Business Analysis Manager jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.
| Education Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Associate's Degree | 0% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 75.38% |
| Master's Degree | 28.87% |
| Doctoral Degree | 1.98% |
| Other | 3.22% |
Posted Business Analysis Manager jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.
| Years of Experience | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 years | 8.2% |
| 3 to 5 years | 50.29% |
| 6 to 8 years | 31.54% |
| 9+ years | 9.97% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Business Analysis Manager positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.
Baseline Skills
A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.
- Communication (55.13%)
- Leadership (54.66%)
- Management (49.4%)
- Operations (33%)
- Problem Solving (29.26%)
- Planning (24.44%)
- Decision Making (24.38%)
- Presentations (22.14%)
- Microsoft Excel (19.18%)
- Influencing Skills (18.98%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Business Analysis (24.19%)
- Agile Methodology (17.54%)
- Data Analysis (39.12%)
- Business Intelligence (27.92%)
- Business Requirements (21.06%)
- Business Process (22.18%)
- Dashboard (29.04%)
- Finance (27.44%)
- Tableau (Business Intelligence Software) (24.71%)
- SQL (Programming Language) (37.24%)
- Project Management (38.28%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT) (6.21%)
- Workflow Management (10.56%)
- Business Operations (8.91%)
- Atlassian Confluence (2.94%)
- Continuous Improvement Process (14.57%)
- Waterfall Methodology (2.43%)
- Data Management (7.5%)
- Accounting (9.78%)
- Business Development (3.6%)
- Automation (14.05%)
- JIRA (7.95%)
- Customer Relationship Management (6.43%)
- Computer Science (15.28%)
- Change Management (8.23%)
- Business Analytics (24.53%)
- Data Warehousing (8.02%)
- Data Modeling (9.2%)
- R (Programming Language) (8.19%)
- Performance Management (6.41%)
- Economics (12.38%)
- Data Visualization (16.55%)
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (17.9%)
- Information Systems (6.26%)
- Financial Services (6.51%)
- Functional Requirement (5.06%)
- Python (Programming Language) (15.43%)
- Financial Analysis (7.59%)
- Systems Development Life Cycle (7.24%)
- Marketing (13.34%)
- Risk Management (4.49%)
- SAS (Software) (7.55%)
- Requirements Elicitation (5.84%)
- User Story (6.57%)
- Microsoft Visio (4.87%)
- Microsoft SharePoint (2.81%)
- Process Improvement (18.72%)
- Business Strategies (11.07%)
- Scrum (Software Development) (9.12%)
- Power BI (24.81%)
- Statistics (16.91%)
- Advanced Analytics (6.28%)
- Stakeholder Management (5.06%)
- Process Mapping (3.05%)
- Data Science (9.12%)
Salary Boosting Skills
A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.
- Finance (48.54%)
- Project Management (67.71%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with Business Analysis Manager skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- Lead Business Analyst
- Analytics Manager
- Business Analytics Manager
- Business Intelligence Manager
- Project Manager/Business Analyst
- Business Analyst/Project Manager
- Business Insights Analyst
- Business Analytics Lead
- Business Systems Analysis Manager
- Business Analyst
Similar Occupations
If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.
- Business Analyst (General)
- Business Intelligence Analyst
- Data Analyst
- Business / Management Consultant
- Healthcare Analyst
- Systems Analyst
- Data Manager
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most Business Analysis Manager jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- CVS Health (251)
- Walmart (170)
- PNC (121)
- Accenture (116)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (114)
- Lincoln Financial Group (111)
- Humana (109)
- T-Mobile US (103)
- Carrington (101)
- Amazon (96)
North Carolina
- Wells Fargo (10)
- CVS Health (6)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (5)
- Cisco (5)
- UNC Health (5)
- Ally (4)
- Truliant Federal Credit Union (4)
- TD Bank (4)
- Lincoln Financial Group (4)
- AIG (3)
NC State Programs Relevant to this Career
If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!
- Management, Marketing Analytics Master's Degrees
- Professional Communication and Managerial Skills Graduate Certificates
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