Business Analyst

Role: Business Analyst

Locations: Boston, Seattle, Alpharetta (Hybrid)

Duration: 12+ Months

General Description:

The Senior Business Analyst will work with the business and technology teams on building technical products from inception through ongoing maintenance. This position will lead business and functional requirements gathering, analysis and documentation, including workflows, user stories, acceptance

criteria, data mapping, data flows, assistance with user testing and where applicable, processes and procedures.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Communicate effectively - both verbally and written - to peers and business partners to include strong questioning and listening skills and the ability to look beyond obvious answers to understand impacts.
• Interview business counterparts to effectively draw out and articulate the business need/problem/ opportunity to be addressed. Provide scaled options for implementation based on the business need.
• Gather and analyze requirements. Organize and document business needs to enable design and development, including elicitation and documentation of current state and future state workflows, user stories, acceptance criteria, data mapping and UI wireframes.
• Elicit and document processes and procedures, as well as prepare training and adoption materials.
• Lead and influence cross-functional teams.
• Facilitate and derive consensus towards the target operating model and data/business related Policies.
• Provide consultation to development team and product owner for business facing application enhancements.
• Create test cases, participate in and help coordinate user acceptance testing and verify production completeness.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor s degree required.
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in Business Analysis.
• Strong experience in querying, mapping and documenting data.
• Experience leading and directing others to achieve measurable results.
• Demonstrated ability to articulate customized solutions to meet business requirements.
• Advanced experience working with Agile/Lean/Kanban software development processes

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Advanced skills using a variety of tools to document workflows and data mapping including but not limited to Excel and Visio/Lucid.
• Understanding of analysis and documentation goals throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ability to facilitate decision making through workshops.
• Ability to learn quickly and work in a changing environment and under tight deadlines.
• Ability to independently manage personal timelines and meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to successfully manage and coordinate simultaneous project deliverables across groups and teams.
• Strong data analysis skills and experience with SQL, Excel, Visio/Lucid, Jira, Tableau, Agile.