What is difference between an Analyst and a Business Analyst?

An Analyst is an individual who performs analysis of a topic. The term may refer to one of the following professions:

Domains – Accounting, Business and Finance

• Accounting Analyst – An accounting analyst evaluates and interprets public company financial statements
• Business Analyst – An employee who examines the needs and concerns of clients and stakeholders to determine where potential problems and opportunities lie, known also as a Business Systems Analyst in business
• Cost Analyst – An employee who analyzes business operations to determine which courses of action are most efficacious in business
• Financial Analyst – An individual who analyzes securities and business equity in economics and finance
• Industry Analyst – An individual who performs market research on segments of specific industries toward the identification of trends in business and finance
• Marketing Analyst – A person who analyzes price, customer, competitor and economic data to help companies
• Quantitative Analyst – It applies mathematical techniques to investment banking, especially in the fields of risk management, trading and financial derivatives

Business analyst is a part of analyst profile, where these professional will take care of over all business, analysis the business during its downs and suggest some best solution for the improvement of the business.

Business Analysts involve in gauging the ability of an organization to accept the change as they aim to focus entirely on the technical part of the job, preferably requirements engineering.