IT Business Analyst

Our direct client in Warren, NJ is looking for an IT Business Analyst to fill a 6 month contract.

Serve as liaison between Business and IT; translating business needs into functional business requirements. Collaborate with business partner to define project scope and business requirements for small to medium business requests.
Manage business requirements throughout the SDLC. Collaborate with Project Manager to manage scope and business partner expectations.
Plan business analysis activities. Develop estimates for business analysis tasks. Accountable for managing to estimates.
Analyze business objective/need and document business requirements while using industry standard analysis techniques such as data flow modelling, workflow analysis, functional decomposition analysis and business rule definition.
Elicit requirements using techniques such as interviews, workshops, JAD sessions, and/or existing systems documentation or procedures.
Understand and apply Corporate IT standards, designs and documentation standards into recommended project artifacts.
Collaborate with business and technical resources and participate in working sessions to provide input to the solution design; ensure business needs are appropriately addressed through the recommended solution.
Collaborate with the QSS team to plan and implement testing procedures to ensure that the designed solutions satisfy the business requirements.
Work with business partners to develop acceptance criteria and a plan to facilitate user acceptance testing to ensure that the solution meets the business needs.
Initiate, conduct and facilitate discussions with multiple stakeholders, and translate the results and issues at hand to the business and IT teams.
Provide regular updates and communicate business concerns or feedback to the Project Manager/Team as appropriate.
Identify and communicate risks to delivering solutions on time and on budget to the Project Manager; provide support as appropriate to resolve issues.
Participate with Business and Project Team in planning and executing training programs and/or demonstrations related to the launch of new solutions.
As appropriate, provide input into project plans, cost and/or resource estimating activities, including key and/or required skills.

Required:

6+ years of relevant IT industry work experience including system analysis, SDLC management, and infrastructure planning and/or operations.
4 years experience in Insurance- policy administration systems strongly preferred.
Experience with vendor solutions such as Guidewire a plus.
Must be detail-oriented and thorough with the ability to meet aggressive deadlines.
Must be flexible and effective at multi-tasking.
Establishes a positive relationship with IT staff and business partners.
Must possess outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
Effective in a variety of formal/informal presentation settings: one-on-one, small and large groups.
Must be pro-active with issue identification and resolution.
Must be experienced with the entire systems development life cycle.
Strong understanding of IT environments, technologies in relation to the business needs.
Proven practical experience with analysis and/or support to IT business processes.
Strong ability to perform analysis of small to medium complex business, workflow, and technology issues to support decision-making.
Must have the ability to work effectively with business partners, IT management, and team members.
Proven leadership experience in managing client relationships (internal and external).
Strong interpersonal, relationship and management skills.

Plusses:

- IIBA CBAP Certification

We will call qualified candidates after review.

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Overtime: straight time