Business Analyst

Locals Only Please

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

- Gather business requirements from users and translate into functional and technical specifications
- Document business processes and provide best practices recommendations
- Work as a liaison between the business and IT (QA, test, developers)
- Translate business needs into effective requirements statements
- Assess the business impact of requested and ongoing systems improvements
- Participate on project teams to ensure that implementation satisfies the business need and maximizes process and system integration
- Participates in enterprise-level project teams to identify and implement process and system improvements.
- Works with stakeholders to identify improvements and assess their relative priority
- Determines the appropriate course of action for new requests: immediate resolution through existing functionality, support request for quick implementation, or as part of a larger project
- Utilize experience in business processes for IT systems; business case development; requirements gathering; gap analysis; process mapping; solution design; and support
- Actively manages customer expectations and communicates status of pending projects Tracks backlog of requests and works with customer to incorporate these into subsequent projects based on priority
- Proven ability to take complex business requirements translating those requirements into functional requirements

REQUIREMENTS:

- Bachelors degree
- 7 years experience as business analyst focused on enterprise applications and IT systems
- Business process expertise desired in the areas of Accounting and Billing, Finance/Controlling, HR/Benefits/Payroll, Procurement, Contract Management, Quality Assurance, Legal/Regulatory
- Experience in business case development, requirements gathering and definition, gap analysis, process mapping, solution design
- Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic, deadline-oriented environment
- Proven success as a business analyst, with demonstrated ability to facilitate discussion and build consensus
- Ability to produce quality requirements documents, process maps, use case diagrams.
- Ability to use various tools such as Visio and Powerpoint to graphically represent work flow diagrams, process flow and other information gathered