Proven ability to translate strategic business needs into technology solutions
Experience with industry best practices and different technologies
Strong critical thinking and decision-making skills
Ability to influence and collaborate with diverse teams
Strong organizational and analytical skills
Responsibilities
Provide expertise in executing business analysis duties across various projects
Elicit and analyze complex requirements, ensuring testability and traceability
Refine and manage requirements using tools like team backlogs and templates
Build and justify business cases for projects
Lead requirement walk-throughs with key stakeholders using various methods
Estimate work efforts based on priority using planning techniques
Act as liaison between business units, technology teams, and support teams
Benefits
Professional development opportunities
Mentorship and training for junior associates
Potential involvement with multiple business units
Collaboration with diverse teams across the organization
Involvement in a dynamic environment utilizing both waterfall and agile methodologies
Full Job Description
Overview
Business Analyst
Salary range (depending on experience): $70k-$140k
Position Summary
As a Business Analyst, you will define requirements and manage waterfall/agile frameworks to facilitate complex business needs in accordance with software development life cycle (SDLC) guidelines. Independently execute large projects and lead other analysts in completing projects.
Break down complex business and technology terms to aid in collaborative problem solving.
Essential Job Functions
Provide expertise in executing the duties of a business analyst for projects of various types and sizes
Elicit, define and analyze complex requirements in various formats ensuring they are testable, measurable and traceable
Refine, prioritize and manage requirements using various tools (e.g., templates, team backlogs, requirements management or agile task management applications)
Build the business case and project justification
Build/Lead requirement walk-throughs with key stakeholders using various methods (e.g., team demos, workshops, sprint planning and backlog refinement sessions)
Identify and estimate anticipated work efforts based on priority using requirement work plans, program increment (PI) and sprint planning
Define and resolve dependencies, issues and risks along with identification of impacted areas through team collaboration
Identify and define complex business processes for current and future state analysis
Act as the liaison between the business units, technology teams and support teams
Lead/facilitate the process needed to make an informed build versus buy decision
Participate in growing team competency by mentoring, providing on-the-job training to more junior associates and helping to develop training materials/process improvements
Apply an in-depth knowledge of multiple business areas, familiarity with enterprise strategies and an understanding of different technologies and industry best practices to meet/exceed business goals/priorities
Minimum Position Qualifications
5+ years business analysis experience
Excellent written and oral communication, collaboration and presentation skills to effectively communicate information to all levels within the organization
Proven ability to understand strategic business requirements and translate them into strategic technology solutions for use across multiple lines of business
Demonstrated experience with industry best practices and an understanding of different technologies
Strong ability to make difficult/quick decisions demonstrating critical/innovative thinking
Ability to effectively interact with and influence a diverse group of associates
Ability to effectively partner with all levels of the organization
Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills
Desired Previous Experience/Education
Bachelor's Degree in information technology (IT) or a related business field
Equivalent work experience in an IT position or comparable business unit experience
Prior experience as a business or applications analyst in agile projects
Agile, SAFe, Six Sigma, IIBA certification a plus (ECBA, CCBA, CBAP, CBATL)
