Element6's client is looking for a Business Analyst to join their team on a contract basis. The Business Analyst drives, supports, and enables change through process improvement and delivery of technology. Reporting to the IT Delivery Manager, the Business Analyst participates and/or leads project initiation, process design, requirements, functional design, and test phases of projects. The Business Analyst may serve as a relationship manager with business stakeholders and collaborates with other team members to ensure projects and solutions meet business objectives.
Principal Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to define, prioritize, and manage project scope and requirements.
- Facilitate requirements and design sessions with various stakeholders from across the organization.
- Develop project and support documentation per project and organization standards.
- Participate in the estimating, planning, requirements, and design activities.
- Develop as-is and to-be process flows and models.
- Manage project issues, risks, and change requests.
- Provide clear and timely communication on project status, issues, risks, and changes to management and project stakeholders.
- Participate in internal continuous improvement projects.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 1 year of professional experience on a technology delivery team. Equivalent combination of education and experience will also be considered.
- Experience in developing scope and requirements; translating and documenting functional and non-functional business needs into requirements or user stories, including acceptance criteria and traceability through full project lifecycle.
- Strong facilitation and negotiation skills.
- Experience with multiple delivery methodologies, including Agile, Iterative, and Waterfall
- Experience with process flow development and process reengineering.
- Strong relationship management and customer service skills.
- Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and solution development skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; solid presentation skills.
- Must have a thorough understanding of company policies and procedures as they relate to this position. Must understand and comply with all job-related State and Federal laws and regulations.