Business Analyst

We re looking for a Business Analyst who will act as the intermediary between the business and IT, using a deep understanding of business processes and technology to help business partners achieve their desired outcomes.

Quick overview and pertinent details of job:

Start date: ASAP

Duration: 12 months

Location: east coast hours (remote) is preferred

Must haves:

• We are looking for a True Business Analyst with 5+ years of experience
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication- they use slack and google workspace to communicate a lot!
• Understand reqs gathering enough to evaluate/survey the landscape and give tech preferences
• Strong consultant background to pick up and start running right awa
• They could be helping finance, sales, or even marketing projects.
• Must have experience with Jira

Job Description:

• In this role, you will Work with business partners to elicit high-level requirements, capture business needs, understand the customer journey, and define user requirements
• Engage with business partners and influence project decisions, assess the risks of various solutions, and prioritize competing business demands
• Provide consultative support on business-led technology initiatives, promoting architectural consistency and usability
• Identify opportunities for business-led delivery, coaching employees to make use of technology and information
• Facilitate requests for new technologies and architecture reviews
• Proactively monitor industry, functional, and technology trends

What we re looking for

• At least eight years of experience as a BA (with a Bachelor's degree in any field) converting business and functional requirements into use cases, epics, and user stories with acceptance criteria
• Ability to convey complex and technical business issues to diverse audiences, projecting a highly credible, polished image in presentations and communications
• Skill in applying different strategies to convince others to change their opinions or plans, and ensuring that proposals or arguments are supported by strong logic and a compelling business case

Broad IT domain experience in three or more of the following areas:

• Enterprise Architecture, Software Development and Architecture, Infrastructure, Project Management, Vendor Management, and Maintenance and Support
• Demonstrated ability to quantify resource requirements and measure/communicate proposed project benefits
• Excellent meeting facilitation and organizational skills
• Proven ability to create excellent technical documentation and diagrams
• Strong risk assessment, problem resolution, negotiation, and influencing skills
• A passionate, solutions-focused, diligent, and innovative professional who can influence everything we do