Business analyst cover letter example
A business analyst's cover letter should walk through one piece of analysis: the problem, how you found out what was happening, what changed and how you know. Then name your techniques and why this organisation.
Fictional letter from James Whitfield, the applicant in the business analyst cv example. Every person and employer in it is invented.
Why each paragraph is there
I am applying for the Senior Business Analyst role in your change team. I have five years' experience as a business and process analyst in insurance operations, and I hold the BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis.
The role, your experience and your certificate.
Last year I mapped our home insurance claims process with 14 claims handlers and found three hand-offs that added four days to every claim. I wrote the requirements for a redesigned process, organised user acceptance testing with staff, and average claim time fell from 19 to 12 days.
One piece of analysis from problem to measured result.
I write user stories for an agile delivery team, keep the backlog prioritised with the product owner and present the costs, benefits and risks of each option to our operations board. Your plan to rebuild the mortgage application journey is the kind of process work I do best.
Techniques and stakeholders, then a reason for this organisation.
My CV is attached. Thank you for considering my application.
The CV and a polite close.
