Business Analyst · cover letter
Dear [Hiring Manager],
When the operations team at my current company told me their monthly close took nine business days, I mapped the entire workflow, interviewed eight stakeholders, and traced the delay to three manual handoffs. The redesign I proposed cut the close to four days and saved roughly 120 analyst hours per quarter. That is the kind of work I want to bring to the Business Analyst role at [Company].
For the past four years I have sat between business teams and engineering, turning vague requests into clear requirements. I gather and document user stories, build process maps, and write acceptance criteria that developers can actually estimate. On a recent CRM migration I led requirements gathering across sales, support, and finance, delivering 47 documented requirements that shipped with zero post-launch rework tickets.
What draws me to [Company] is your focus on using data to make decisions rather than defending opinions. I am comfortable in SQL and Tableau, fluent in writing functional specifications, and I enjoy the part of the job most people skip: validating that what we built actually solved the problem. I read your recent product update and would love to learn how your team prioritizes its roadmap.
The first weeks on any new migration go into sitting with support and finance before writing a single requirement, since the CRM project only hit zero rework tickets because sales was not the only voice in the room. I already work daily in SQL and Tableau and can start mapping your current process in week one.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
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