Business Analyst II

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders and end users to identify, understand and document business and technical processes and requirements
• Analyze and prioritize current processes
• Conduct gap analyses
• Manage projects ensuring end-to-end successful completion to meet business goals
• Activities may include creating and managing project plans, scope, RAID log, budget
• Communicate project status updates
• Cook with vendors and other partners to successfully deliver end-to-end projects
• Compiles detailed cutover plan for the launch activities
• Develops and maintains positive effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and users of business analysis services
• Create test plans, develop test cases, conduct and coordinate business acceptance and regression testing
• Aid in the development of training materials and policy and procedure manuals
• Focus on building and refining BA skills and competencies to successfully work independently on end-to-end projects
• Resolve production support requests
• Perform other tasks as assigned by management/supervisory staff
• Perform tasks after hours, on weekends, and as required by management/supervisory staff

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• At least 3 years of work experience in the software development life cycle
• At least 2 years of experience leveraging knowledge areas, competencies, and techniques; described in the IIBA Business Analysis Body of Knowledge, BABOK
• Experience with Business Acceptance test planning, test case development and test execution
• Experience working within project management practices; described in the PMI Project Management Body of Knowledge, PMBOK
• Experience with data analysis
• Excellent MS office skills including Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and MS Project
• Soft Skills: Detail oriented with excellent organization, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to plan and take initiatives to accomplish objectives in timely fashion
• Ability to quickly learn new business environment
• Ability to adapt to an environment with constant innovation and change
• Strong ability to facilitate meetings
• Ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with project team members, supervisors, and employees from other departments
• Strong verbal communication skills; able to discuss complex topics one-on-one, in a group setting, and as a lead presenter to an audience of varying levels of experience
• Education and/or Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or a related discipline
• Language Skills: Speak, read, write and understand English
• Reasoning Ability: High
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Certification in Business Analysis
• Preferred Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Under 1/3 of the time: Standing, Walking, Climbing or Balancing, Stooping, Kneeling, Crouching, or Crawling
• 1/2 to 2/3 of the time: Sitting, Reaching with Hands & Arms
• Over 2/3 of the time: Talking or Hearing
• 100% of the time: Using Hands
• Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• 1/3 to 2/3 of the time: Work near moving or mechanical parts, exposure to radiation, moderate noise.