Position summary:
The Business Analyst works with a variety of technical and functional partners within the business (Technology, Operations, Sales, etc) to define requirements for application development, report requests, BI initiatives, or other changes and requests of the Technology team. This individual will research project requests in detail to identify areas of improvement and automation, then create the required documentation in order to move projects forward. All requests from individuals working on the project are filtered through the Business Analyst for review and this position is responsible for project scope and corresponding changes to scope. The role will be focused on increasing efficiency, production, revenue, market share, and competitive ranking in all decisions and processes that are implemented.
Responsibilities:
- Defines detailed requirements, analyzes business needs, and validates solutions with the client or end user
- Identify areas where our organization can increase efficiency and strengthen business processes
- Creates and maintains user stories within Jira or other project tracking utilities
- Create visual flow diagrams and other supporting documentation related to project scope and sign-off
- Performs feasibility analysis, scopes project, and recommends alternative solutions, project strategy and deliverable prioritization
- Serves as senior subject matter expert associated with content, processes, and procedures
- Devises or modifies procedures to solve complex problems to form desired results
- Serves as a liaison between functional stakeholders and Technology teams to help keep initiatives moving forward smoothly and in accordance with project plans
- Provide weekly status updates on current project assignments
- Participates in multiple key initiatives simultaneously
- Assists in the testing process to verify requirements have been met
You will be a person who has / is:
- Strong written comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing
- Deductive reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense
- Effective communication skills - The ability to communicate with other people in a manner which leads to the accomplishment of the goal or task at hand
- Oral comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences
- Teamwork – The ability to lead or follow others as appropriate in order to most effectively accomplish the goal or task at hand
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills; able to think outside of the box on a consistent basis
- Aptitude for Technology – Be able to discuss ideas related to technology and understand basic concepts of software development, hardware, and process flows
If you are looking for:
- A constant stream of challenges to solve - with the resources to solve them
- Informal, friendly and knowledge-sharing environment with smart people around you
- A chance to join a team and a company which uses cutting edge technologies for its cutting-edge products
- The opportunity to experience Agile methodologies such as “Scrum”
- Dynamic opportunity for professional growth
- The ability to collaborate across multiple teams to solve outstanding issues
- An opportunity to drive technical direction within the team and company