Job Description
This is a remote contract role for a Business Analyst. The
Business Analyst will be responsible for analyzing business processes,
gathering and documenting business requirements, and communicating with
stakeholders. They will also be responsible for conducting data analysis,
identifying areas for improvement, and recommending solutions.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Works with business managers,
stakeholders, and end users to define system and project needs and
requirements.
- Deep, obsessive understanding of
portfolio of applications, users and user journeys within the system or
product.
- Defines features and creates
detailed user stories for IT to fully evaluate scope, level of effort and
timing.
- Responsible for managing and
prioritizing the product backlog management for future development
- Understands the company vision,
delivering new/enhanced features that support strategic initiatives.
- Communicates project needs, and
responsible for ongoing communication through completion.
- Schedules and runs meetings as
needed, to facilitate the forward movement of projects.
- Sets timelines in conjunction
with management and IT feedback, tracks progress of work, communicating to
all parties along the way.
- Offers suggestions and brings
recommendations for next steps and improvements and facilitates the
completion of projects in a holistic manner.
- Participates in, and/or leads
special projects as assigned- creating and mapping the user stories to
deliver new capabilities for end users
- Locates and defines new process
improvement opportunities and works with management to prioritize business
and information needs.
Internal Support:
- Assists with custom system or
data needs, as needed
- Evaluates and develops the need
and scope of internal requests as needed and is responsible for work being
clearly communicated to IT and being completed.
- Develops and assists in
implementation of strategies to optimize efficiency and quality in
products, keeping end-user needs at top of mind.
- Communicates regular product
updates and timing of enhancements and ongoing projects to leadership and
executive teams, in a summary format.
- Assists with and coordinates end
user testing to help ensure the delivery of quality products.
Qualifications
- Analytical Skills, Business
Analysis, and Business Process skills
- Excellent communication and
interpersonal skills
- Ability to gather and document
business requirements
- Experience in conducting data
analysis
- Knowledge of business analysis
methodologies
- Strong problem-solving and
critical thinking skills
- Demonstrated history of
delivering products and features through formal and detailed story
writing, providing scope details, background/context and acceptance
criteria.
- Knowledge of the Agile software
development process, leveraging Azure DevOps, for IT projects.
- Effectively deliver information
and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers.
- Practical problem-solving skills,
dealing with a variety of variables and situations.
- Experience in the IT industry is
a plus.
- Strong organizational skills, and
ability to prioritize and multi-task.
- Bachelor’s degree in business
administration, Information Technology, or related field.
