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The Business Operations Liaison is the key conduit and advocate between the firm’s Business Units (BU) and Internal Firm Services (IFS). Approaching our services like products, the Business Operations Liaison owns connecting BU and IFS across all processes, data, workflows, tools, and cross‑functional touchpoints. As the single point of contact for ideas, enhancements, and issues, the Business Operations Liaison aligns stakeholders and translates opportunities into a clear, prioritized roadmap, partnering with the PM, IT, data governance teams, and leadership to deliver impactful and measurable outcomes on time and on target.
Job Responsibilities
Develop and maintain a service-area vision and multi-quarter roadmap tied to organizational strategy.
Understand upstream and downstream impacts, including related systems, data flows, and other service areas.
Partner with our internal clients and leadership to identify major initiatives, future-state recommendations, and improvement opportunities.
Facilitate planning sessions: aligning needs, priorities, and pain points across departments.
Serve as the primary intake channel for ideas, enhancement requests, and issues related to the service area.
Distinguish operational fixes from strategic initiatives and appropriately route them.
Facilitate discovery efforts: interviewing SMEs, mapping current-state and future-state processes, and gathering requirements.
Create clear documentation — business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and workflows — similar to a BA role.
Identify opportunities for automation, AI integration, simplification, or modernization inside the service area.
Own and prioritize the service-area backlog (process improvements, system updates, reporting needs, policy changes, etc.)
Translate service-area goals into actionable user stories for PM, IT, or data governance teams.
Ensure initiative readiness for project teams: clarified, validated, and aligned with the strategic roadmap.
Participate in governance, representing the service area in decision-making.
Ensure alignment on impacts, dependencies, and technical feasibility.
Communicate progress, risks, and blockers clearly and consistently to leaders and stakeholders.
Requirements
Minimum of 3 years’ experience in PMO, product, business analysis, consulting, operations, process improvement, or a similar role.
Experience working in or with internal service areas (billing, legal, onboarding, operations, HR, finance, etc.).
Familiarity with enterprise systems (Workday, CRM, ERP, ticketing systems, etc.).
Demonstrated history of cross-functional influence and end-to-end ownership.
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Armanino does not accept unsolicited candidates, referrals, or resumes from any staffing agency, recruiting service, sourcing entity, or third-party paid service at any time. Any referrals, resumes, or candidates submitted to Armanino or any employee or owner of Armanino without a pre-existing agreement signed by both parties covering the submission will be considered the property of Armanino and not subject to any fees or charges. For existing agreements, a role must be approved and open to external search; otherwise, unsolicited and unapproved submittals and referrals will be considered Armanino property and free of fees. In addition, Talent Acquisition is the sole point of contact, and contacting others in our organization without Talent Acquisition’s knowledge will result in termination of contract.
Certain states require us to disclose the pay range and benefits summary for job openings. For Colorado residents, the compensation range for this position: $100,900 - $118,700. For Washington residents, Illinois residents, New York residents, and Southern California residents, the compensation range for this position: $111,000 - $130,600. For Northern California residents, the compensation range for this position: $116,000 - $136,500. Compensation may vary based on skills, role, and location. Eligible employees at certain levels can participate in a discretionary long-term financial incentive plan, subject to plan participation rules.
Armanino has a robust offering of benefits, including:
Medical, dental, vision
Generous PTO plan and paid sick time
Flexible work arrangements
401K with Profit Sharing
Wellness program
Generous parental leave
11 paid holidays
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For Individuals who would be working within the City of Los Angeles, Armanino will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance
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