Business AnalystSummary: The Business Analyst performs analysis activities that support the decision making regarding matching technology solutions (package selection, configuration, development) with business, user(s), and functional needs from stakeholders. This involves conducting market research, functional comparisons, and staying abreast of what is being done at other companies. The analyst will also gather requirements, document procedures, and review the methods of the current processes.
The Business Analyst partners with the appropriate business stakeholders and the Program Manager to prioritize and create a project roadmap for their assigned area. With the business and IT teams, they maintain a set of institutional knowledge of what is working well within the program and what needs improvement.Responsibilities:Partner with business stakeholders to understand and prioritize their needs, creating a roadmap of projects for their assigned area.Seek input of user experience and document current procedures and processes to determine potential improvements to their assigned products.Stay abreast of best practices being done at other companies and technology developments that may affect the areas. Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders and the Program Managers to influence the technology decisions for the areas based on this knowledge.Analyze and consolidate all perspectives on the project – business needs, requirements, user experience, security, training, risk, time, cost, technology architecture, procurement/vendor management, operational considerations, etc.
– to help the company reach the best technology decisions.Gather business requirements from project stakeholders to further define the goals and objectives.Drives projects and business teams toward achieving intended business results within a specified time and budget.Perform risk analyses to identify and resolve critical path issues.Prepare and analyze program/project related data.Review and report on program/project status.Prepare materials for briefings and presentations to large size groups of key decision makers at the executive level.Other duties as assigned.Requirements:Bachelor's Degree in Business or related fieldA minimum of 2 years of relevant experience with Business Analysis playing the liaison between the business and IT/software development teamsExperience working in enterprise IT departmentsExperience working with 3rd party business systems (HR, Accounting, CRM, any business system is fine)Nice to haves:Experience researching & recommending solutions for business systems based on the business requirements that were gatheredExperience interfacing with business system vendorsExperience working with internal developers to customize 3rd party business systemsExperience with RFPs for new business systems